EdgeUninstallGuide.md

Uninstall Microsoft Edge

Important

Working on the latest supported Windows versions. Run Windows Update before following this guide.

1. Open Powershell > RUN AS ADMIN

2. Paste in irm https://gist.github.com/ave9858/c3451d9f452389ac7607c99d45edecc6/raw/UninstallEdge.ps1 | iex and press enter

3. Microsoft Edge will be completely uninstalled.

Note

The Microsoft Edge Update service might remain, this is normal as it is required for updating WebView2.

UninstallEdge.ps1

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 ave9858 <edging.duj6i@simplelogin.com>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$regView = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryView]::Registry32
$microsoft = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine, $regView).
OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Microsoft', $true)
$edgeUWP = "$env:SystemRoot\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe"
$uninstallRegKey = $microsoft.OpenSubKey('Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge')
if ($null -eq $uninstallRegKey) {
	Write-Error "Edge is not installed!"
}
$uninstallString = $uninstallRegKey.GetValue('UninstallString') + ' --force-uninstall'

$edgeClient = $microsoft.OpenSubKey('EdgeUpdate\ClientState\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}', $true)
if ($null -ne $edgeClient.GetValue('experiment_control_labels')) {
	$edgeClient.DeleteValue('experiment_control_labels')
}
$microsoft.CreateSubKey('EdgeUpdateDev').SetValue('AllowUninstall', '')
[void](New-Item $edgeUWP -ItemType Directory -ErrorVariable fail -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
[void](New-Item "$edgeUWP\MicrosoftEdge.exe" -ErrorAction Continue)
Start-Process cmd.exe "/c $uninstallString" -WindowStyle Hidden -Wait
[void](Remove-Item "$edgeUWP\MicrosoftEdge.exe" -ErrorAction Continue)

if (-not $fail) {
	[void](Remove-Item "$edgeUWP")
}

Write-Output "Edge should now be uninstalled!"

I'm getting an error even after following the guide, please explain.

That error happens when Edge is already uninstalled, can you show screenshot of edge on your system?

Here's the screenshot

Does it show up in Control Panel?

Does it show up in Control Panel?

Yes, in control panel and apps and features

Are you able to just manually uninstall? Can you try repairing and then attempting uninstall again?

Are you able to just manually uninstall? Can you try repairing and then attempting uninstall again?

There is no option to manually uninstall. In control panel it can only be repaired and it requires "MicrosoftEdgeEnterprisex64.msi" to actually repair it, even if say I deleted the edge folders manually it will attempt to restore it in the next security patch.

You installed MSI version of edge, checking how best to remove that. you can download the msi from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business/download