Why is EDGE no longer uninstalling using special command

Operating Systems & Open Source Windows
1

hi all
for long time now one of my first goto items when doing a new win10 install was to uninstall
edge, and then remove internet explorer.

basically as administrator, you go to the folder that has the setup.exe
and its like setup --uninstall --force-uninstall --system level

however sometime in the last few weeks it has stopped working, have microsoft snuck in an update
to block this ?

anyone have a work around ?

2

I used this guide to remove windows store before

this guide tells you how to use get-appxpackage to find edge’s package name

get-appxpackage *edge*

then you run

Remove-AppxPackage {output from get-appxpackage *edge*}
1 Like
3

Silly me never even thought of force removing thru PowerShell . For long you could remove it with the installer though by passing those switches on the command line .

2 Likes
4

Fyi this doesn’t work/work anymore

1 Like