{"id":17206,"date":"2021-09-26T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=17206"},"modified":"2021-09-26T12:35:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T12:35:04","slug":"uninstall-microsoft-edge-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/uninstall-microsoft-edge-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Way to Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 \/ 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Edge comes preinstalled as the default web browser in Windows 11 and Windows 10. When you try to uninstall Microsoft Edge using either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/9-ways-to-open-control-panel-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Control Panel<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Settings app<\/a>, you will find the Uninstall option is missing or greyed out. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you a simple way to uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 \/ 10.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unable-to-uninstall-edge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unable-to-uninstall-edge.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/unable-to-uninstall-edge-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 \/ 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right-click on the <strong>Microsoft Edge<\/strong> shortcut on your desktop and then select &#8220;<strong>Open file location<\/strong>&#8221; from the context menu.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/open-edge-file-location.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"302\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/open-edge-file-location.png 390w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/open-edge-file-location-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>File Explorer will open to the folder: <em>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application<\/em>. Simple double-click the folder which is named with the version number of your Microsoft Edge. In my case, it is 94.0.992.31.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/edge-installation-location.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/edge-installation-location.png 579w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/edge-installation-location-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next, double-click and open the <strong>Installer<\/strong> folder.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/edge-installer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/edge-installer.png 579w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/edge-installer-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll later use the <strong>setup.exe<\/strong> file for uninstalling Microsoft Edge. To open an elevated PowerShell at this location, click the <strong>File<\/strong> menu in the top-left corner.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/file-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/file-menu.png 579w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/file-menu-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>select <strong>Open Windows PowerShell<\/strong>, and then <strong>Open Windows PowerShell as administrator<\/strong>. Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> if the UAC dialog appears.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/open-powershell-as-administrator.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/open-powershell-as-administrator.png 579w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/open-powershell-as-administrator-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When a PowerShell window opens up, type the following command and press Enter. After a while, Microsoft Edge will be removed and uninstalled from your system.\n<p><code>.\\setup.exe -uninstall -system-level -verbose-logging -force-uninstall<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uninstall-edge-with-powershell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"217\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uninstall-edge-with-powershell.png 551w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uninstall-edge-with-powershell-300x118.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tWhenever you need to install Microsoft Edge later, you can download it from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Edge comes preinstalled as the default web browser in Windows 11 and Windows 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. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you a simple way to uninstall Microsoft Edge in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,4713],"tags":[4716,4714,4715,4717],"class_list":["post-17206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-unable-to-uninstall-microsoft-edge","tag-uninstall-edge-windows-10","tag-uninstall-microsoft-edge-powershell","tag-uninstall-microsoft-edge-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17206"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17226,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17206\/revisions\/17226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}