微软(Microsoft)花了一段时间才在浏览器市场再次变得具有竞争力，但该公司终于推出了一款值得在基于谷歌(Google)Chrome 浏览器的新版Microsoft Edge中使用的浏览器。微软的新浏览器因其在(Microsoft)包括智能手机在内的(including on smartphones)多个平台上的速度和易用性而备受赞誉。
但是， Microsoft Edge(Microsoft Edge)并不适合所有人。如果您对使用Chrome或Firefox感到满意，那么您可能还不急于切换到另一个Microsoft浏览器。如果你不使用Edge，你可以很容易地绕过(bypass Edge)它，但如果你想知道如何从Windows 10中完全删除(Windows 10)Microsoft Edge，你需要按照以下步骤操作。
是否可以从 Windows 10 中删除 Microsoft Edge？(Is It Possible To Remove Microsoft Edge From Windows 10?)
答案是：视情况而定。目前，您的计算机上可能安装了两个版本的Microsoft Edge ，并且删除它们的能力各不相同。(Microsoft Edge)
如果您安装了旧版Microsoft Edge浏览器，该浏览器使用 Microsoft 自己的浏览引擎并具有不同的界面，那么您将无法直接将其删除。但是，从Windows 10版本 2004 开始，此版本的Edge将自动替换为新的、基于 Chrome 的Edge版本。
不幸的是，您也无法直接删除此版本的Microsoft Edge。从 PC中删除Microsoft Edge的唯一方法是下载新的基于 Chrome 的Edge并从Microsoft网站手动安装。但是，这不会完全删除Edge。
无论如何，Microsoft Edge是Windows 10的核心组件。如果您已提前升级并安装了基于 Chrome 的Edge，则删除它会导致原来的Edge浏览器返回（至少在它被自动替换为较新版本之前）。
如果您不想使用Edge ，可以选择停止、隐藏或禁用Edge ，但这不一定是最好的选择。(Edge)一些核心Windows功能将依赖Edge，但您可以（在大多数情况下）通过将另一个浏览器设置为您的默认 Web 浏览器并完全忽略Edge来完全绕过它。
这将确保在几乎所有情况下，您的第三方浏览器都用于网络。如果您坚持禁用Edge，那么您需要记住此警告，因为它可能会在以后导致并发症。
使用 Windows 10 卸载菜单（用于手动边缘安装）(Using The Windows 10 Uninstall Menu (For Manual Edge Installations))
如果您自己从Microsoft网站安装了新的、基于 Chrome 的(Microsoft)Microsoft Edge，那么您可以像任何其他Windows应用程序一样从Windows 设置(Windows Settings)菜单中删除它。
- 右键单击(Right-click)开始(Start)菜单图标，然后单击设置开始(Settings)。在此处，单击Apps > Apps & Features并在列表中（或使用搜索栏）找到Microsoft Edge 。
- 找到Edge后，单击该条目并按卸载(Uninstall)开始删除。再次按弹出菜单中的卸载进行确认。(Uninstall)确保所有打开的Edge浏览器都已关闭，否则将无法继续删除。
- Edge将要求您确认卸载。再次单击卸载(Uninstall)以同意执行此操作，如果您想在此过程中擦除浏览历史记录，请确保删除同时清除您的浏览数据复选框。(Also clear your browsing data )
仅当您手动安装了新的Edge版本时，这才有效。一旦Windows 10 更新（2004 版及更新版本），此版本的Edge将通过(Edge)Windows更新完全替换旧版本，您将无法将其删除。
在 Windows 10 中更改默认 Web 浏览器(Changing Your Default Web Browser In Windows 10)
如果您更喜欢使用其他 Web 浏览器，您可以通过选择其他浏览器作为Windows 10中的默认 Web 浏览器来忽略Microsoft Edge的存在。
- 为此，请右键单击Windows 开始(Windows Start)菜单，然后单击设置(Settings)。在此处，按Apps > Default Apps。单击现有的Web 浏览器(Web Browser)条目以开始更改您的默认浏览器。
- 在选择应用程序(Choose an app)弹出窗口中，从列表中选择另一个已安装的 Web 浏览器。如果您没有安装，请单击在 Microsoft Store(Look for an app in the Microsoft Store)中查找应用以查找替代应用。
选择后，您选择的浏览器将用于Windows 10上几乎所有基于 Web 的服务。您可以通过重复上述步骤随时更改此设置。
使用 PowerShell 删除 Microsoft Edge(Using PowerShell To Remove Microsoft Edge)
如果你决定尝试完全删除Microsoft Edge，则可以使用PowerShell 命令(PowerShell command)来完成。但是，这不能保证有效，并且如果您尝试使用需要Edge才能工作的应用程序或系统功能，可能会导致您的操作变得复杂。
- 为此，请右键单击开始(Start)菜单并选择Windows PowerShell (Admin) ，打开一个(Windows PowerShell (Admin).)PowerShell窗口。(PowerShell)
- 在打开的PowerShell窗口中，键入get-appxpackage *edge* 以在您的 PC 上查找适用于Microsoft Edge的所有适当系统包。
- 记下Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge包的PackageFullName值。要从您的 PC 中删除它，请键入remove-appxpackage。在下一阶段，键入PackageFullName值并按 Enter。
但是，这可能仅适用于旧版本的Microsoft Edge。如果此方法对您不起作用，您需要尝试使用以下方法手动禁用它。
使用 Windows 文件资源管理器禁用 Microsoft Edge(Disabling Microsoft Edge Using Windows File Explorer)
出于安全原因，Windows非常保护核心系统功能和文件。如果您尝试禁用Microsoft Edge并且您对上述方法不满意，您应该可以使用Windows 文件资源管理(Windows File Explorer)器重命名它所在的文件夹。
通过重命名文件夹，您将隐藏所有Edge系统文件，阻止它运行并在此过程中禁用它。
- 要禁用Edge的系统版本，请在文件资源管理器中打开C:\Windows\SystemApps 找到Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxxx文件夹，右键单击，然后选择Rename。
- 您可以将其重命名为您喜欢的任何名称，但最好简单地将-OLD添加到文件夹名称中。如果您以后遇到问题，这将允许您轻松重命名和恢复文件夹。
- 将出现一个UAC 窗口，要求您确认。单击“是”(Yes)以允许更改。
重命名后，Edge系统文件将保留在原处，但Windows将无法访问它们（因为它不知道在哪里可以找到它们）。这将确保Edge保持禁用状态，但您可以稍后通过将文件夹重命名为原始文件夹名称来恢复对它的访问。
Windows 10 中更好的网页浏览(Better Web Browsing In Windows 10)
无论您是Edge粉丝还是太习惯Firefox或Chrome，都有很多选项可供您选择上网和浏览您喜爱的网站。如果您担心自己的在线安全，可以考虑使用VPN Chrome 扩展程序(VPN Chrome extensions)来隐藏您的 IP 地址。
您可能会决定更进一步，在Windows 10中(Windows 10)使用浏览器沙箱(use a browser sandbox)，将您的网页浏览与其他系统资源完全隔离开来。如果您想在浏览时赚钱，您甚至可以考虑改用Brave Browser，它会为使用它提供加密货币奖励。
How To Remove Microsoft Edge From Windows 10
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Microsoft Edge isn’t for everyone, however. If you’re happy using Chrome or Firefox, you probably aren’t in a rush yet to switch to another Microsoft browser. You can bypass Edge pretty easily if you don’t use it, but if you want to know how to remove Microsoft Edge from Windows 10 completely, you’ll need to follow these steps.
Is It Possible To Remove Microsoft Edge From Windows 10?
The answer is: it depends. At the moment, there are two versions of Microsoft Edge that you may have installed on your computer, and the ability to remove them varies.
If you have the older Microsoft Edge browser installed, which used Microsoft’s own browsing engine and had a different interface, then you won’t be able to remove it directly. However, from Windows 10 version 2004, this version of Edge is being automatically replaced with the new, Chrome-based Edge release.
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to remove this version of Microsoft Edge directly, either. The only way you can remove Microsoft Edge from your PC is if you’ve downloaded the new Chrome-based Edge and installed it manually from the Microsoft website. This won’t remove Edge completely, however.
One way or another, Microsoft Edge is a core component of Windows 10. If you’ve upgraded early and installed the Chrome-based Edge, removing it will cause the original Edge browser to return (at least until this is replaced with the newer version automatically).
There are options to stop, hide, and otherwise disable Edge if you don’t want to use it, but this isn’t necessarily the best thing to do. Some core Windows features will rely on Edge, but you can (for the most part) bypass it entirely by setting another browser as your default web browser and ignoring Edge completely.
This will ensure that, in almost every situation, your third-party browser is used for the web. If you insist on disabling Edge, then you’ll need to remember this warning, as it could result in complications at a later date.
Using The Windows 10 Uninstall Menu (For Manual Edge Installations)
If you’ve installed the new, Chrome-based Microsoft Edge yourself from the Microsoft website, then you can remove this like any other Windows app from the Windows Settings menu.
- Right-click the Start menu icon and click Settings to begin. From here, click Apps > Apps & Features and find Microsoft Edge in the list (or by using the search bar).
- Once you’ve found Edge, click the entry and press Uninstall to begin the removal. Press Uninstall in the pop-up menu again to confirm. Make sure that any open Edge browsers are closed, otherwise the removal won’t be able to proceed.
- Edge will ask you for confirmation to uninstall. Click Uninstall again to agree to do this, making sure that the Also clear your browsing data checkbox is removed if you want to wipe your browsing history in the process.
This will only work if you’ve manually installed the new Edge release. Once Windows 10 has updated (version 2004 and newer), this version of Edge will replace the older version entirely through Windows update, and you won’t be able to remove it.
Changing Your Default Web Browser In Windows 10
If you prefer to use another web browser, you can mostly ignore the existence of Microsoft Edge by selecting another browser as your default web browser in Windows 10.
- To do this, right-click the Windows Start menu and click Settings. From here, press Apps > Default Apps. Click the existing Web Browser entry to begin changing your default browser.
- In the Choose an app pop-up window, select another installed web browser from the list. If you don’t have one installed, click Look for an app in the Microsoft Store to find an alternative.
Once selected, your chosen browser will be used for almost all web-based services on Windows 10. You can change this at any time by repeating the steps above.
Using PowerShell To Remove Microsoft Edge
If you’re determined to try to remove Microsoft Edge entirely, you may be able to do so using a PowerShell command. This isn’t guaranteed to work, however, and may cause you complications if you try to use an app or system feature that needs Edge to work.
- To do this, open a PowerShell window by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Windows PowerShell (Admin).
- In the open PowerShell window, type get-appxpackage *edge* to find all appropriate system packages for Microsoft Edge on your PC.
- Take note of the PackageFullName value for the Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge package. To remove this from your PC, type remove-appxpackage. At the next stage, type the PackageFullName value and hit enter.
This may only work for older versions of Microsoft Edge, however. If this method doesn’t work for you, you’ll need to try disabling it manually using the method below.
Disabling Microsoft Edge Using Windows File Explorer
For security reasons, Windows is pretty protective of core system features and files. If you’re trying to disable Microsoft Edge and you’re not having luck with the methods above, you should be able to rename the folder it sits in using Windows File Explorer.
By renaming the folder, you’ll hide all Edge system files, preventing it from running and disabling it in the process.
- To disable the system version of Edge, open C:\Windows\SystemApps in File Explorer. Locate the Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxxx folder, right-click, then select Rename.
- You can rename this to anything you like, but it’s best to simply add -OLD to the folder name. This will allow you to easily rename and restore the folder if you encounter problems later.
- A UAC window will appear, asking you to confirm. Click Yes to allow the change.
Once renamed, the Edge system files will remain in place, but Windows won’t be able to access them (because it won’t know where to find them). This will ensure that Edge remains disabled, but you can restore access to it by renaming the folder back to the original folder name at a later date.
Better Web Browsing In Windows 10
Whether you’re an Edge fan or you’re just too used to Firefox or Chrome, there are plenty of options out there to choose from to get online and browse your favorite websites. If you’re worried about your safety online, you could consider using VPN Chrome extensions to hide your IP address.
You may decide to go even further and use a browser sandbox in Windows 10, isolating your web browsing completely from other system resources. If you want to make money while you browse, you could even consider turning to the Brave Browser instead, which offers cryptocurrency rewards for using it.
