How to i finally get rid of Edge!


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Mike 8

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have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
 

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You don't. Microsoft said so.
 

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Mike 8 said:
have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
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Hello, Mike.

Welcome to the forum.

Personally I've not tried to remove Edge, as I use it. But you may find the following thread worth a read... Uninstalling Edge

Take care.
 

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    Intel i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz
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Mike 8 said:
have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
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You can no longer uninstall Edge as it is intertwined with the OS and the widgets.
Just ignore it by not making it your default browser.
 

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    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
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    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
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    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
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    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
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    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & 400MB Orange-fr
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    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev
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    Windows Defender
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    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
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    Windows 11 Insider Canary
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    ASUS X751BP
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    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
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    ASUS
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    8 GB
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WXC said:
Hello, Mike.

Welcome to the forum.

Personally I've not tried to remove Edge, as I use it. But you may find the following thread worth a read... Uninstalling Edge

Take care.
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This method is no longer working as MS has removed the ability to uninstall from their own installer.
Unless you find an .exe from version 106 and up, I believe.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
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    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
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    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
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    24428 Megabytes
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    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
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    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
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    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
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    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
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    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
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    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
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    Dual Fans
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    MS Bluetooth
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    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & 400MB Orange-fr
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    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev
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    Windows Defender
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    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
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    Windows 11 Insider Canary
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    Laptop
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    ASUS X751BP
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    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
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    ASUS
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    8 GB
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    AMD Radeon R5 M420
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    Realtek
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    17.3
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    1600X900 16:9
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    1TB 5400RPM
Mike 8 said:
have reviewed several online articles about removing edge, from ungreying the uninstall item in control panel to applying registry fixes to stop it reinstalling when windows updated. But it still finds its way in. How can i get rid of it finally :)
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www.techradar.com

How to remove Microsoft Edge from Windows 10

Want to remove Microsoft Edge from Windows 10? We show you how to get the job done
www.techradar.com www.techradar.com

www.makeuseof.com

How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge From Windows 11

Microsoft Edge has made major strides since its release, but it may still not be your ideal browser.
www.makeuseof.com www.makeuseof.com


Yes... uninstalling EDGE will break Widgets, but LOL... no great loss there. :-)


After messing around with EDGE uninstall many times... I came up with my own solution.
Bitdefender Internet Security. I just blocked EDGE and it's updater in Bitdefender's firewall, and disabled EDGE in the Task Manager Startup list... problem solved.

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That way... for those one or two times I have to use it, it's still there and I can temporarily unblock it.





The more Microsoft "junk" you safely remove... the better... in my opinion.

00000 REVO Junk Removal.jpg
 
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    Built by Ghot® [May 2020]
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    Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 5002)
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    CM Hyper 212 EVO (push/pull)
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    Logitech Optical M-100
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    Firefox (latest)
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    Bitdefender Internet Security
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    ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition
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    TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800)
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>>The more Microsoft "junk" you safely remove... the better... in my opinion.

That is so true. I let Microsoft back in thinking that they might have grown up a bit. Eleven wasn't so bad at the start, but so much crap is getting thrown into it that I'm bordering on wiping the Windows partition. Eleven gets in the way of productivity, rather than enabling it.
 

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    Windows 11 & Linux Ubuntu
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    Laptop
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    Framework
Not everything but Winaero Tweaker does the job for me -

Screenshot 2024-10-29 082514.png
disabled lots of annoyances ;-)
 
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    HP Omen45L
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    Intel Core I9 12900K
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    HP 8917
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    32 GB
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    Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 24GB
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    HP
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    2 HP 27 & 23
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    3840x2160
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    1 SSD 1 HDD 1 TB ea.
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    HP 800 Watt
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    HP
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    Water
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    Logo Tech G 213
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    Logi Tech 502
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    FireFox
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    MS Defender / Malwarebytes Prem.
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    Brother Printer MFC-L2700DW series Macrium Reflect 8.1 24H2 Installed Oct 15 2024
I just use this and click on (No) just to remove Edge Browser Only. The Widgets still work as they rely on WebView2 to work which I leave installed.
(Edge Remover v17.17)
 

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    Custom Build
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    Intel Core i9 12900KF
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    ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero
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    1x Samsung 980 Pro Series Gen4 250GB M.2 NVMe
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    Firefox
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    Kaspersky
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