Internet Explorer是(Internet Explorer)Windows不可或缺的一部分，有一段时间，您无法将其从Windows中删除。现在不再是这种情况，如果您不想使用它，现代版本的Windows允许您摆脱它。(Windows)但是，当你这样做时会发生什么？Windows会停止正常工作吗？你还能浏览网页吗？当通用Windows 应用程序(Windows apps)需要从 Internet 访问数据并将其显示给您时，它们会继续运行吗？我们进行了自己的实验，尽可能多地分析了事情，并发现了如果您从Windows 10或Windows中删除(Windows)Internet Explorer最有可能发生的事情8.1：
如何从Windows中删除(Windows)Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer内置于所有现代版本的Windows中，包括Windows 8.1 和Windows 10。这就是为什么添加或删除它是从控制面板的(Control Panel)Windows 功能部分(Windows Features section)完成的。我们不会详细介绍打开本节所涉及的步骤，因为我们已经在本教程中讨论过这个主题：如何从 Windows 中删除 Internet Explorer(Internet Explorer From Windows)。
但是，如果您赶时间，请知道要从Windows 10或 8.1 中删除(Windows 10)Internet Explorer，您必须打开控制面板(Control Panel)，进入程序和功能(Programs and Features)，然后从Windows 功能(Windows Features)列表中删除Internet Explorer。
如果您想了解有关可以添加或删除的每个Windows 功能(Windows feature)的更多信息，本文将为您提供所需的所有信息：您可以添加或删除哪些Windows功能？
如果从Windows 10和Windows 8.1中删除(Windows 8.1)Internet Explorer会发生什么？
首先，让我们谈谈Windows 10，因为这是迄今为止使用最多的Windows 操作系统(operating system)。在Windows 10(Windows 10)出现之前，Microsoft的默认 Web 浏览器始终是Internet Explorer。
但微软(Microsoft)决定放弃它，它的最新版本是Internet Explorer 11 ，这是Windows 8.1中的默认网络浏览器(web browser)。然而，在Windows 10中，微软(Microsoft)包含了一个名为Microsoft Edge的新(Microsoft Edge)网络浏览(web browser)器，这是该公司从头开始构建的浏览器。
在Windows 10中，默认提供两种不同的 Web 浏览器：Microsoft Edge和Internet Explorer 11。但是，除非您更改默认设置，否则使用的默认 Web 浏览器(default web browser)是Microsoft Edge。Internet Explorer 11仍然存在只是因为(Internet Explorer 11)Microsoft的用户，尤其是企业用户可能需要它来运行旧版内容(legacy content)和 Web 应用程序。在Windows 10中，无法以任何方式关闭、卸载或以其他方式禁用Microsoft Edge ，您可以在此(Microsoft Edge)Microsoft 社区答案(Microsoft Community Answer)中亲自查看。
删除Internet Explorer将触发Windows 8.1和Windows 10中的一些更改。当我们做这个实验时，我们注意到以下几点：
- 所有指向Internet Explorer的链接都从Windows中删除。这意味着您将找不到任何快捷方式，并且您无法运行Internet Explorer。如果您的系统上没有安装其他Web 浏览器(web browser)并且您尝试打开URL 网址，则不会发生(URL web) 任何(address nothing)事情。但是，这在Windows 10(Windows 10)中应该不是问题，因为您仍然安装了Microsoft Edge。
- Internet Explorer不能再用作打开HTML(HTML or protocols)等文件类型或HTTP 或 FTP(HTTP or FTP)等协议的默认程序(default program)。在“控制面板”的“默认程序(Control Panel)”部分(Default Programs section)，您会注意到Internet Explorer不再列为您可以为其设置默认值的程序。
- 如果您使用的是Windows 8.1，为了浏览 Internet，您必须安装另一个Web 浏览器(web browser)。希望您在删除(Hopefully)Internet Explorer之前已经安装了一个。如果您没有其他可用的浏览器，则只有两个可用选项：重新安装Internet Explorer或使用应用商店查找并安装新的Web 浏览器(web browser)。幸运的是，这在Windows 10(Windows 10)中不是问题，因为您拥有Microsoft Edge。
- 所有需要访问 Internet 以显示数据的通用Windows 应用程序将继续工作。(Windows apps)即使您要使用的应用程序是网站的简单Web 包装器(web wrapper)，情况也是如此。它将继续工作并呈现网页。
- 当您希望硬盘驱动器上有更多可用空间时，从Windows中删除Internet Explorer似乎是个好主意。为了了解这是否是删除Internet Explorer的一个好理由，我们测量了删除它时您获得了多少存储空间。(storage space)结果相当微不足道：我们获得了大约 300MB 的可用空间。
结论
从我们的小实验中可以看出，从Windows 10中删除(Windows 10)Internet Explorer是安全的，因为它的位置已经被Microsoft Edge取代。从Windows 8.1中删除Internet Explorer也是相当安全的，但前提是您安装了另一个浏览器。通用 Windows 应用程序(Universal Windows apps)将继续工作，即使它们只是网站的 Web 包装器或(website or something)类似的东西。如果您自己进行了相同的实验，并且在删除Internet Explorer时发现(Internet Explorer)Windows中发生了其他变化，请使用下面的评论表告诉我们。
What happens when you remove Internet Explorer from Windows?
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How to remove Internet Explorer from Windows
Internet Explorer is built into all modern versions of Windows, including Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. That is why adding or removing it is done from the Windows Features section of the Control Panel. We won't go into detail about the steps involved to open this section, as we've already talked about this subject in this tutorial: How To Remove Internet Explorer From Windows.
However, if you're in a hurry, know that in order to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 10 or 8.1, you must open the Control Panel, work your way to Programs and Features, and remove Internet Explorer from the list of Windows Features.
If you'd like to know more about each Windows feature that you can add or remove, this article will give you all the information you need: What Are Those Windows Features That You Can Add or Remove?.
What will happen if you remove Internet Explorer from Windows 10 and Windows 8.1?
First, let's talk a bit about Windows 10, simply because this is the most used Windows operating system to date. Up until the appearance of Windows 10, the default web browser from Microsoft was always Internet Explorer.
But Microsoft decided to let go of it, and its latest version was Internet Explorer 11, the default web browser in Windows 8.1. In Windows 10 however, Microsoft included a new web browser called Microsoft Edge, a browser which the company had built from scratch.
In Windows 10, there are two different web browsers available by default: Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11. However, unless you change the default settings, the default web browser used is Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer 11 is still present only because it may be needed by Microsoft's users, especially corporate users, for running legacy content and web apps. In Windows 10, Microsoft Edge cannot be turned off, uninstalled, or otherwise disabled in any way, as you can see for yourself in this Microsoft Community Answer.
Removing Internet Explorer will trigger some changes in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. When we made this experiment, we noticed the following:
- All the links leading to Internet Explorer are removed from Windows. This means you won't find any shortcut for it and there is no way for you to run Internet Explorer. If no other web browser is installed on your system and you try to open a URL web address nothing will happen. However, this shouldn't be a problem in Windows 10, as you still have Microsoft Edge installed.
- Internet Explorer can no longer be used as the default program for opening file types like HTML or protocols like HTTP or FTP. In the Default Programs section from the Control Panel, you'll notice that Internet Explorer is no longer listed as a program for which you can set defaults.
- If you are using Windows 8.1, in order to browse the internet, you'll have to have another web browser installed. Hopefully you have installed one before removing Internet Explorer. If you do not have another browser available, there are only two options available: reinstall Internet Explorer or use the Store to find and install a new web browser. Luckily, this is not a problem in Windows 10, because you have Microsoft Edge.
- All the universal Windows apps that need to access the internet in order to display data, will continue to work. That's true even if the app you want to use is a simple web wrapper for a website. It will continue to work and render web pages.
- Removing Internet Explorer from Windows might seem like a good idea when you want more free space available on your hard drive. To see whether this could be a good reason for removing Internet Explorer, we measured how much storage space you gain when you remove it. The result was rather insignificant: we have gained about 300MB of free space.
Conclusion
As you can see from our little experiment, it is safe to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 10, simply because its place had already been taken by Microsoft Edge. It's also reasonably safe to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 8.1, but only as long as you have another browser installed. Universal Windows apps will keep on working, even if they are nothing more than just web wrappers for a website or something similar. If you have made the same experiment on your own and you found other things that change in Windows when you remove Internet Explorer, please let us know using the comments form below.
