Originally introduced as part of the Windows 10 May 2020 update last year, Microsoft Edge is the default browser in Windows 11. However, not everyone is enamored by the new Chromium-based browser and would rather use Google Chrome, Firefox, or any other web browser on their Windows 11 computer. If you are one of them, follow our guide to learn how you can uninstall Microsoft Edge on your Windows 11 PC.

We will show you how to remove Microsoft Edge stable and beta builds from Windows 11 in this article. We will also tell you how to disable Microsoft Edge on your computer instead of uninstalling it entirely. And at last, you will also find the steps to reinstall Microsoft’s browser, in case you have a change of heart. So let’s start right away.

  • Remove Microsoft Edge Beta, Dev or Canary Channel Builds From Windows 11
  • Disable Microsoft Edge on Windows 11
  • Uninstall Microsoft Edge From Windows 11
  • Reinstall Microsoft Edge on Windows 11

Remove Microsoft Edge Beta, Dev, or Canary Channel Builds From Windows 11

It is easy to remove Microsoft Edge Beta, Dev, or Canary builds from your Windows 11 computer. That’s because none of these builds ship with Windows 11 by default, which means you must have manually installed it on your device. So follow our guide below to uninstall any pre-release Microsoft Edge builds from your PC.

That’s it. You have successfully uninstalled the pre-release Microsoft Edge build from your computer. Unfortunately, this method won’t work with the stable build because Microsoft considers it a system app. However, you can still uninstall the Edge browser from your Windows 11 PC easily, and we will show you how to do that a little later in this guide. For now, let’s check out how you can disable Microsoft Edge instead of uninstalling it from your Windows 11 computer.

If you are not the biggest fan of Microsoft Edge, you can choose to disable the browser in Windows 11 instead of uninstalling it entirely. Here’s how:

Uninstall Microsoft Edge From Windows 11

If disabling the browser isn’t good enough, you can choose to uninstall Microsoft Edge from Windows 11 using either the Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell. We will show you both methods in this article, so let’s jump in!

To remove Microsoft Edge via the Command Prompt, you first need to check the version number of Microsoft Edge on your computer. Here’s how you do it:

  • Next, open a Command Prompt window in Admin mode. To do that, search for “cmd” (without quotes) in the Windows search bar and click “Run as Administrator“.

Method 2: Remove Microsoft Edge from Windows 11 Using PowerShell

You can also remove the stable version of Microsoft Edge from your Windows 11 PC using Windows PowerShell. Here’s how:

Note: You can paste the address using the shortcut Ctrl+V.

If you have a change of heart and want to reinstall Microsoft Edge on your Windows 11 computer in the future, here’s how you do it:

Get Rid of Microsoft Edge from Windows 11

The Chromium-based Microsoft Edge is miles ahead of the atrocious security nightmare that was Internet Explorer and a significant improvement over the original EdgeHTML-based Edge. However, if it’s still not up to the mark in your assessment, you can now get rid of Microsoft Edge from your computer for good. So go ahead, uninstall Microsoft Edge from your Windows 11 computer. Meanwhile, check out a couple of our other Windows 11 tutorials, including how to change administrator in Windows 11 and how to remove your Microsoft account from a Windows 11 PC.