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Must-read Windows coverageĭefend your network with Microsoft outside-in security servicesĪccording to Microsoft blog posts and answers to user’s questions, the new Edge browser cannot, and should not, be uninstalled from a Windows 10 computer. The installation of this new Edge browser also signals the end of Internet Explorer, which should please many cybersecurity experts. This new version of Edge replaces the older Edge versions, which have been reclassified as deprecated legacy browsers. Unless you or your company actively take steps to prevent it, Microsoft will roll out a new Chromium-based Edge browser to your Windows 10 PC by the end of 2020 if they haven’t already. Image: Vitalij Sova, Getty Images/iStockPhoto The right PowerShell command entered in the right folder can accomplish the task. Microsoft says its new Edge web browser cannot be uninstalled, but that is simply not true.

You will find that new version of Edge is gone, and the old non-Chromium edition is available again.How to uninstall Microsoft Edge from Windows 10

Type setup.exe -uninstall -system-level -verbose-logging -force-uninstall and press Enter.

Type C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\83.0.478.58\Installer and press Enter.

Click the Start button, type cmd, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

The company has decided that if you manually installed Edge, you can uninstall it (although there's no guarantee you won't be given it again), while if you had it installed for you via Windows Update, the option to get rid of the browser is unavailable in Settings. This is entirely reasonable, and if you've made this decision, why bother having Edge installed? There's no need to be restricted by what Microsoft says you can and can't do. You may very well have decided that you're happy to stick with whatever browser you've chosen, so long as it isn't Edge.

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