

Go to Security tab and click the Advanced button.Ĥ. Once Advanced Security window opens, locate Owner section (it should be assigned to Trusted Installer) and c lick Change ĥ. Find the Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder, right click it and choose Properties ģ. Navigate to the C:\Windows\SystemApps\ folder Ģ. In order to apply the changes to the MS Edge files, first you have to take administrative ownership over them. This method is considerably more complicated than the previous one, but it comes with the advantage that it allows easier reversing to the initial state of MS Edge and of the affected system components, in case things go wrong. Manually rename and delete MS Edge core files

Once the computer is restarted, MS Edge should be uninstalled. wait for the process to finish, then restart your computer. right-click the Uninstall Edge.cmd file and select Run as Administrator Ĥ. once you’ve download the file, extract it to any folder of your choice ģ. You may never know the trouble you're getting into by using this method, and that's why I also don't recommend it, despite it being undeniably easier and faster than the latter one. Getting MS Edge back on to its initial state after using this method is a lot harder, therefore, in case removing Edge also alters other aspects of your Windows, fixing those aspects would be more difficult as well. This method is fast and simple, but it's also quite brutal and almost irreversible. Anyway, here are the ways to get rid of MS Edge from your Windows 10 system. Actually, the fact that it's so closely connected to other Windows components is what also makes MS Edge so hard to remove from Windows. MS Edge may still pop out once in a while, especially since it's tightly linked to other applications and Windows components. Unfortunately, this often seems to not be enough. I personally make part of the first category: I prefer ignoring it, which can be done easily just by setting other browsers as the default ones. Many users simply ignore it, while others actively seek to disable or remove it completely from their Windows systems and have as little as possible to deal with it. How to disable or remove MS Edge from Windows 10Īlthough it was rebranded with a new name, the web browser that Microsoft includes by default in its Windows OS is still far from the success that its makers hoped it will have.
