How to Uninstall, Remove or Turn off Internet Explorer in Windows 10 [Tutorial]

How to Uninstall, Remove or Turn off Internet Explorer in Windows 10 [Tutorial]

Although Microsoft Edge is your new default web browser (soon to be replaced with a version based on Chromium), Windows 10 still ships with Internet Explorer 11 as a legacy feature to support sites using old web technologies.

However, since the web has been evolving rapidly, developers are no longer maintaining sites for Internet Explorer, and you have plenty of other choices (including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge), there's no reason to keep using the old browser as it can now only lead to security and stability problems.

If you no longer have a need for Internet Explorer 11, you can remove the browser in at least two different ways on Windows 10 using Control Panel and PowerShell.

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It is now possible for you to remove Internet Explorer from the Windows 10 OS. It is for the first time that Microsoft has allowed users to uninstall IE, without breaking any other functions of the operating system which depend on it. Many applications like Microsoft Office, Messenger, Windows Media Player, etc. which depend on it, will continue to run properly. Uninstalling Internet Explorer will not remove the shared rendering engine components, but only the IE executables, settings & shortcuts will be removed.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung.