
When a PowerShell window opens up, type the following command and press Enter.
select Open Windows PowerShell, and then Open Windows PowerShell as administrator. To open an elevated PowerShell at this location, click the File menu in the top-left corner. We’ll later use the setup.exe file for uninstalling Microsoft Edge. Next, double-click and open the Installer folder. Simple double-click the folder which is named with the version number of your Microsoft Edge. File Explorer will open to the folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application. Right-click on the Microsoft Edge shortcut on your desktop and then select “ Open file location” from the context menu. How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 / 10 In this tutorial we’ll show you a simple way to uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 / 10. When you try to uninstall Microsoft Edge using either Control Panel or the Settings app, you will find the Uninstall option is missing or greyed out. If you rename the exe, even just by changing a single character, it should prevent legacy Edge from being automatically opened, as the app would appear to be missing.Microsoft Edge comes preinstalled as the default web browser in Windows 11 and Windows 10. You can find the legacy Edge exe file by browsing to “C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe” in File Explorer. If you want to at least prevent it from launching in the future, you can try renaming the executable.
Unfortunately, you can’t uninstall legacy Edge. Once new Edge uninstalls, the legacy version of Edge will appear again and will open to a feedback form asking why you uninstalled new Edge. Double-click Edge in the program list, select if you want to delete your browsing data too, then click “Uninstall”. Tick the checkbox if you want to, then click “Uninstall” to uninstall new Edge. A confirmation dialogue box will open, to check if you want to delete all of your Edge browsing data too. At this point, you’ll likely get a UAC (User Account control) administrator permission prompt, click “Yes” to continue. You next need to locate Microsoft Edge in the list of applications, then double-click it. This will open Control Panel to the “Uninstall or change a program” page. Search for “Microsoft Edge” in the start menu, right-click, then click “Uninstall”.
Right-click on Edge and then click “Uninstall”. First, press the Windows key, then type “Microsoft Edge” but don’t press enter. Uninstalling new Edge is relatively easy to do. Tip: Legacy Edge is the original version of the Edge browser.