The KB4559309 update won’t have the uninstall optionīut you can still remove the new Edge and bring back the legacy Edge or install Edge manually so that Edge won’t be automatically installed next time.įor that, Uninstall new Microsoft Edge installed by Windows Update in Windows 10Ģ.The Uninstall option for Edge will be grayed out in the Settings App.We reported once Edge Chromium can’t be uninstalled, that’s now true for Windows 10 devices that got Edge via KB4559309 update in June. Microsoft Edge installed by Windows Update will replace Classic Edge and cannot be removed from Settings App or Control Panel’s Programs and Features applet. New Microsoft Edge is now being automatically installed on Windows 10, 8, 8.1, and Windows 7 devices.

New Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium on Windows 10 can be installed manually or Windows Update installs it automatically when you don’t do that.

If you install the new Microsoft Edge (Chromium) manually, you can uninstall it, but that’s not the case when Windows 10 installs it by using Windows Update, in case of latter, uninstall option for Microsoft Edge will be grayed out in the Settings app, but still, you can remove it by using the Command Prompt.

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