Microsoft Edge is a pretty good browser, but Microsoft also has a habit of pushing it really hard in Windows 10. If you want to make it go away, here’s how.
Microsoft Edge is easily the best browser ever shipped with Windows 10, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you want it. The new, Chromium-based Microsoft Edge is a huge improvement on the legacy version that arrived when Windows 10 first launched, but by now there’s every chance you’re already settled on a different browser. Microsoft Edge is also pushed really hard in Windows 10. If you set a different default browser, Microsoft will remind you that Edge is apparently better. In the new-look Settings app, you’ll see a warning under web browsing telling you ‘Restore recommended’ if you dare to avoid using Microsoft Edge. It’s also not the easiest application to get rid of. Microsoft really wants you to use Edge so it makes it as hard as possible to make it go away. Fortunately, where there’s a will, there’s a way. There is actually one easy way to remove Microsoft Edge from Windows 10 assuming you’re using the Beta, Dev or Canary channel builds. None of these are shipped with Windows 10, you will have had to download it specifically from Microsoft, so if this doesn’t sound like you then you can hit the next section. If you did install one of those builds, you can remove it by first opening up the ‘Settings’ app on your Windows 10 PC.
