Does anybody know a way to uninstall edge browser. I don't use it and want it gone. I can not seem to remove or disable package through powershell. In previous versions of windows you could remove internet explorer by turning the feature off but edge is forced to stay on system remove-appxpackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_20.10240.16384.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-AppxProvisionedPackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_20.10240.16384.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe Are both not allowed.
If you will uninstall edge you could not read PDF files (PDF Reader build-in app that was in Windows 8.1 removed in Windows 10).
try take first full access from folder C:\windows\WindowsApps\Microsoft Edge ..and then try delete it should works..
Just tried this, does not work, still getting the following error: PS C:\Windows\system32> remove-appxpackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_20.10240.16384.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe remove-appxpackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFA, Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor. ( Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CFA) error 0x80070032: AppX Deployment Remove operation on package Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_20.10240.16384.0_neutral__8wekyb3 d8bbwe from: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe failed. This app is part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis. An administrator can attempt to remove the app from the computer using Turn Window s Features on or off. However, it may not be possible to uninstall the app. NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 6de0a663-c6f5-0004-affd-e06df5c6d001 in the Event Log or use th e command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 6de0a663-c6f5-0004-affd-e06df5c6d001 At line:1 char:1 + remove-appxpackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_20.10240.16384.0_neutral__ ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (Microsoft.Micro...__8wekyb3d8bbwe:String) [Remove-AppxPackage], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveAppxPackageCommand Or do you mean delete folder because that does not seem a neat way to remove it?
Only if you have pdfs that can be read with Foxit. Some form pdfs can only be read by Acrobat. Same applies to protected content pdfs...
This works, thanks for help! Edge is gone but link is stuck in start menu so something is left over. And when outputting an apps list like this: Get-AppxPackage >"C:\Users\Carphedon\Desktop\Apps_List.txt" "Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_20.10240.16384.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe" is still there
i notice when using ccleaner it says it needs to close edge browser,i've never even used it and didn't open it at all,after letting ccleaner close edge,if i try using ccleaner later,edge needs to be closed again,so it must run in the background all the time