The new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge is the company’s flagship browser, but you may want to learn how to uninstall Edge. Perhaps you’ve encountered an Edge issue that you don’t know how to fix. Or you may not have used it, but it keeps popping up from time to time even if you have Google Chrome set as your default web browser. No matter the cause, if you want to uninstall Microsoft Edge there are multiple ways to do this, but none of them are this easy and require messing with the command prompt, something that a normal user or your parents can’t.
That said, here’s an in depth guide on how to uninstall Microsoft Edge from any Windows PC easily using a free tool called IOBit Uninstaller instead of messing with the command prompt.
Installing IOBit Uninstaller
First and foremost you will need to download an app called IOBit Uninstaller, a third party uninstallation client that offers way more control than Microsoft’s native uninstallation tool. here’s how to install it:
Step 1: Downloading IOBit Uninstaller
- Go to Google Chrome and type IOBit Uninstaller in the address bar and hit enter as shown below
- Click on the first link from www.iobit.com that says Download IObit Uninstaller 11 Free
- Click on the big green download now button to start the download
Step 2: Starting IOBit Uninstaller Installation Process
- Once downloaded click on the iobituninstaller.exe from the downloads bar
- Upon clicking it click yes in the new dialogue box that appears on the screen
- Now you will see a new window with a green install button click on it (you might want to deselect addons by clicking checkboxes in bottom left corner)
- After the installation is complete you will see an installation complete message and that’s it.
How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge?
So you’ve successfully installed IOBit Unintaller, now lets get to the important part, Uninstalling Microsoft Edge and here’s how to do it:
Step 1: Finding & Selecting Microsoft Edge
- In the IOBit Uninstaller window search for edge using its search bar
- Select Microsoft Edge and click on the green Uninstall button
Step 2: Starting Uninstallation Process
- In new window click on the Uninstall button once again which leads you to uninstall Microsoft Edge prompt where you can finally click on uninstall for the last time
- This starts the uninstall process which will be followed by a cache removal process
- Voila you’ve successfully deleted Microsoft Edge once and for all
However, just so you know, Microsoft Edge might install itself whenever you install any major software update and you will have to uninstall it again using this same process.
Apart form helping you to uninstall Edge, the IOBit Uninstaller also helps you to get rid of unnecessary bloatware that comes installed with your operating system using its bulk uninstallation feature.
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