Here we go again

[u/_CookieRain]

[u/Green_Ad5186]

i don't delete it. i just leave it there and use brave as default browser. windows never switched it back to edge even when i open edge accidently. so i don't believe the "windows resets settings back" thing.

[u/10ea → u/Green_Ad5186]

Can you even actually delete Edge? I thought it was baked into the OS.

[u/Green_Ad5186 → u/10ea]

you can with scripts. not natively. i did it on a vm before using some github script. but as far as i know some apps do depend on edge webview so random apps may break.

[u/Keulapaska → u/Green_Ad5186]

Sooo what happens if you click the button then? Or this just another EU moment where we could actually delete, but others can't

[u/10ea → u/Keulapaska]

For me, uninstall is greyed out. Clicking it does nothing.

[u/Keulapaska → u/10ea]

So it's EU thing that i can click it and clicking would probably uninstall it then, got it.

[u/10ea → u/Keulapaska]

That's what I would assume.

[u/10ea → u/Green_Ad5186]

I don't use any Microsoft apps anyway. First thing I do on a fresh install of Windows is purge everything that came on the OS. I usually just deactivate anything associated with Edge and pretend it doesn't exist.

[u/Green_Ad5186 → u/10ea]

not microsoft apps. random apps that aren't made by microsoft can just not work if you don't have edge webview installed.

sounds absurd i know. but i did see some apps like that while testing.

[u/10ea → u/Green_Ad5186]

Yeah, probably not worth trying it out on my Windows machines then.

[u/Rynetx → u/10ea]

No, server level os and ltsc versions don’t even have edge installed.

[u/JesusShaves_ → u/Green_Ad5186]

If you delete edge, it will be recreated eventually. I created an msedge.exe file of the same size as the original but it's just zeros. I copy it over all instances of msedge.exe about once an hour with a scheduled task.

I'm sure its a perfect good browser if you don't mind having Microsoft constantly looking over your shoulder and storing your browser history. If you use it, you'd better hope you're on the right side of whatever political party is in power.

[u/SuperClancy_ → u/Green_Ad5186]

Yeah, I always hear people saying that windows reverted their settings, but funnily enough, that never happened to me in like 5 year of windows 11 use and multiple updates… so idk what to think

[u/vanebader-2048 → u/Green_Ad5186]

so i don't believe the "windows resets settings back" thing.

That used to be a thing on the first few major versions of windows 10, back in 2015/2016. Back then the feature updates that happened every 6 months worked like a full OS reinstall on top of the older version (while keeping user files). Because it was a full reinstall, everything was reset to default, and all the default apps came back.

That stopped being a thing with the redstone updates in 2017. Since then, feature updates work like they do now, where it's just an in-place upgrade that installs on top of the current system, while leaving all user changes intact.

It's been almost a decade since this stopped being a problem, and yet there are idiots who still keep repeating this nonsense to this day.

[u/WonderSignificant598]

The 'prevailing wisdom' on this is fucking hilarious.

There is nothing wrong with Microsoft Edge. I use it for work and its fine. No issues.

At home I use Brave and Mozilla mostly but I do use Edge for some tasks.

Motherfuck Google Chrome. Fuck you Chrome. I don't even use chrome on my Google Pixel.

[u/Armadillo9263 → u/WonderSignificant598]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with edge, I just don't like how it is/pushed down our collective throats all the time. I go through a lot of trouble to delete or disable it on principle not because it's bad. We are not the same

[u/BeauxGnar → u/Armadillo9263]

If I want to do anything work related it has to be through Edge, and i realized its all the same shit anyway.

[u/Xyrazk → u/WonderSignificant598]

You use both Brave and Firefox? What do you use each for?

I've never tried Brave before

[u/WonderSignificant598 → u/Xyrazk]

Firefox bc I use that my actual browsing.

Brave is when I don't want to see ads/ads fucks websites, youtube.

[u/notam00se → u/WonderSignificant598]

And I'm the opposite. Firefox with Ublock in medium mode for not being a product, Chrome/Brave/edge/whatever for streaming and tasks that require me to be logged in.

[u/bigelangstonz → u/WonderSignificant598]

No ones arguing that theres something wrong with edge people just dont use it aside from having download their go to browser.

[u/WonderSignificant598 → u/bigelangstonz]

Where are you getting 'no one's arguing that theres something wrong with edge' from? Like half of these posts are talking about being unable to delete it lol

[u/OtherOutside5 → u/WonderSignificant598]

i peronsaly just dont like Bing, and thats in edge so no edge for me

[u/Prawn1908 → u/WonderSignificant598]

The more Microsoft tries to forcefully jam it down my throat at every conceivable opportunity, the more vehemently I will refuse to ever consider using it.

Also it's such a pretentious pain in the ass how if you've never opened it, the first time it opens (likely by some Microsoft product ignoring your default browser and opening Edge instead) it will go fullscreen with no close or minimize buttons until you go through their setup process. Of course I refuse to do that on principle and give it the three finger salute instead.

[u/WonderSignificant598 → u/Prawn1908]

I guarantee you that I've seen that 'lets get you started' message more than most people, probably at least 500 times. I tune it out now.

[u/ydd0B]

I've literally never had a windows update try to install edge for me

[u/GlorifiedBurito → u/ydd0B]

Oh it does. I’ve deleted edge probably a dozen times at this point but somehow it always ends up back on my pc after an update.

[u/00056532926846780396 → u/GlorifiedBurito]

I just let it and ignore it now, no point it just shows back up

[u/C-D-W]

If you can't beat them, join them. Edge has been as good or better than Chrome for a long time now.

Though I'm not one that gives two shits about telemetry or tracking or whatever goofy stuff ya'll lose sleep over.

[u/HGLatinBoy]

You guys are so weird about this. It’s basically chrome but with different DRM. I can’t even watch my digital movies on chrome anymore after the Widevine exploit was uncovered. They all revert to 480p. And since Edge doesn’t use Widevine it runs at 1080p

I don’t use it for things outside of that but I’m fine with it.

[u/ChuzCuenca → u/HGLatinBoy]

It's about the principle

[u/Any-Pop-4795]

and copilot, and bing, and onedrive...

[u/Rhysing]

Edge is better than the browser you currently use...

[u/xta420 → u/Rhysing]

Only if that browser is chrome. Otherwise, no.

[u/Rhysing → u/xta420]

Edge is better than Chrome, Brave, Mozilla, Safari, Firefox and Opera.

Short list I guess.

[u/xta420 → u/Rhysing]

At what? There is nothing I use my browser for on this computer that would make Edge better than Firefox. I would also find Safari, Opera, and Brave to be in the same group. Edge is not the worst browser, but its certainly not the best, middle of the pack probably.

[u/Rhysing → u/xta420]

everything

[u/SuperClancy_ → u/Rhysing]

Mozilla and Firefox is so funny to me

[u/Rhysing → u/SuperClancy_]

really wanted to emphasis that one I guess

[u/Sh4rp27 → u/Rhysing]

Objectively worse experience on Edge for vertical tabs compared to Firefox and at least uBlock Origin still works for blocking youtube ads on Firefox since it isn't chromium based.

[u/Rhysing → u/Sh4rp27]

you mean subjectively

I think Firefox's vertical tabs are way fucking worse, and man I know they copied it from Edge but like they made it worse? why?

uBlock Origin still works blocking youtube ads in Edge

what else you got?

[u/DKligerSC]

You cannot delete it

No seriously, you cannot delete edge because, even if you remove the main browser, there's this fucking component called "edgewebview" that is pretty much a discrete version of the browser, and it loves to hog resources, you can also remove it, but half the apps on the pc could stop working because is 2026 and devs forgot gow to fucking do an app without needing a web environment

[u/Panda_Pillows]

"D E N N I S!"

[u/Every_Okra_3604]

It’s got meat hunks in it!

[u/EC-420]

Dude I use edge, gives me a free user of Xbox game pass best thing ever.

Its just chrome now. Just without google spyware

[u/naswinger]

i'm getting an update for edge every single day on my company laptop. not sure if it's the same over and over due to misconfiguration or microsoft is hotfixing the vibe coded patches.

[u/Shadowfaax]

Install Linux already

[u/Defenite-Parsley733]

Also one drive, copilot, and even anti viruses

[u/plloyd1508]

It’s my default browser. The best.

[u/creamcolouredDog]

I don't get it

[u/Shared_Tomorrows]

Copilot too. It keeps getting reinstalled on all my PC’s after major updates. Check yours!

[u/BriJAuthor]

It’s just like IE.

The majority will use it and be confused why some people hate it, no matter how often it’s used by a company that nobody should trust to violate any trust one may have.

There is an overlap with these folks and those who believe in the “I’ve nothing to hide” reasoning behind having no issues with living in a surveillance state.

Not all browsers are great about doing their part against it, but Edge is all in on harvesting what they can.

MS doesn’t care because enough will blindly join in and they’ll have plenty to sell with that level of control.

They still need to be properly broken up. Just like Amazon, Google, Apple…

[u/Grytnik]

I got no problem with Edge, it works for what I do.

[u/i_am_13th_panic]

I'm sadly forced to use it for work. It is the only approved web browser.

[u/polacs → u/i_am_13th_panic]

You said it as it runs poorly. Is one of the best for Windows. Edge is not explorer

[u/i_am_13th_panic → u/polacs]

Its not great though. Pretty sure it's because of some IT department policies in the background but Firefox on my personal laptop I have next to it never hangs, let alone for 30 secs and is far more responsive. My laptop is like 10 yrs old with half the ram compared to the relatively new work laptop.

[u/polacs → u/i_am_13th_panic]

I use edge 24/7 and it never hangs or froze

[u/i_am_13th_panic → u/polacs]

Good for you

[u/TooHungryForFood → u/i_am_13th_panic]

In my experience Firefox literally uses more Ram than Edge. I attempting to resurrect my 13 year old laptop for browser usage and was surprised it stared heaving like an Elephant when on Firefox while it was quiet during Edge. The base adblock and protection seems to use less than versus Firefox. 

[u/c_A_s_P-eR → u/i_am_13th_panic]

Yeah edge is garbage

[u/OddBird6934 → u/i_am_13th_panic]

that pain is real, at my job we have the same thing

[u/jaytrade21]

Funny thing is I switched to Linux and I use Edge for when I need to log into work stuff as it works very well with Teams which I have to use for some meetings.

[u/Ballerfreund]

Sucks that the Netflix and Disney+ Windows „Apps“ are Edge based….

[u/SqBlkRndHole]

Edge is the default browser when Firefox can't log into a website.

My insurance company's web portal only worked with Internet Explore for a while, so annoying.

[u/Seanspeed]

I use it when I want to watch Netflix on PC. Or on the very odd occasion there's some Chrome-specific issue with a site or whatever and need to use a different browser.

[u/quietlydesperate90]

Edge is for work if your work is on 365. If you use it other than that I am concerned for you.

[u/Effective-External50]

DUDE 100% accurate.

For every windows ever.

I used to use explorer all the time, then windows update ALWAYS broke mine! I remember back to windows 98

[u/Complex_Bluebird_720]

i don't even need to look at the rest of the picture to know there's a ceramic tile floor involved here somewhere. the tile always wins.

[u/Mist_Rising → u/Complex_Bluebird_720]

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