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.
| # 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!" |