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'
$tempPath = "$env:SystemRoot\SystemTemp"
if (-not (Test-Path -Path $tempPath) ) {
	$tempPath = New-Item "$env:SystemRoot\Temp\$([Guid]::NewGuid().Guid)" -ItemType Directory
}
$fakeDllhostPath = "$tempPath\dllhost.exe"

$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', '')

# Don't you have anything better to do?
Copy-Item "$env:SystemRoot\System32\cmd.exe" -Destination $fakeDllhostPath

[void](New-Item $edgeUWP -ItemType Directory -ErrorVariable fail -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
[void](New-Item "$edgeUWP\MicrosoftEdge.exe" -ErrorAction Continue)
Start-Process $fakeDllhostPath "/c $uninstallString" -WindowStyle Hidden -Wait
[void](Remove-Item "$edgeUWP\MicrosoftEdge.exe" -ErrorAction Continue)

[void](Remove-Item $fakeDllhostPath -ErrorAction Continue)

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

Write-Output "Edge should now be uninstalled!"

Follow all steps of the guide, don't quit when edge has disappeared.

DONT FORGET TO REMOVE THE MICROSOFT EDGE REGISTRY KEY AFTERWARDS OR ELSE YOU WILL WASTE MANY HOURS OF YOUR LIFE FIXING WINDOWS UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please explain.

please what steps ate u talkin about i just ran the script and got this

That comment is outdated, it's based on an old version of the guide which had you do a different set of steps manually instead of running a script. Running the script can't cause any issues like that

quick question, this script works everywhere right? all around the world

quick question, this script works everywhere right? all around the world

not sure about 24h2 and 25h2
works fine on 23h2
haven't tested on 10

Your doing way to much you just need to run this i tested it and it dose work

New-Item "$env:SystemRoot\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe" -ItemType Directory
New-Item "$env:SystemRoot\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe"

cmd /c ((Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge').UninstallString + ' --force-uninstall')

That's not going to work in all cases, the script is based on reverse engineering the installer not random guessing

@ave9858 go make a vm and run that script in admin powershell and you well see it well work i dont know why if you have that file in that folder it allows you to uninstall edge with its own uninstaller even if your not in the eu but it works

Reinstalled Edge via MS Store on latest Win10 release. Ran the script and it didn't do anything, just the string outputs. Weird! This perfectly works on my Win10 installation before 😐

@ave9858 go make a vm and run that script in admin powershell and you well see it well work i dont know why if you have that file in that folder it allows you to uninstall edge with its own uninstaller even if your not in the eu but it works

I've obviously tested it, and it does not work. This script was tested and bypasses added based on what actually works. You need to do proper testing before commenting

Reformatted my system, it works on Win11!

how do i reinstall it?

i can't reinstall edge now, thanks 'ave'

im not a dev of this project or anything but can i ask if you installed another browser before uninstalling edge?

Error: Invoke-Expression: You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

Error: Invoke-Expression: You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

Check if you can access

https://gist.github.com/ave9858/c3451d9f452389ac7607c99d45edecc6/raw/UninstallEdge.ps1

Itself