EdgeRemover

PowerShell script to remove Microsoft Edge in a non-forceful manner, or even reinstall it.

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EdgeRemover - v1.9.2 Latest Release

Published by he3als 7 months ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Fix the VirtualKeyCodes for actions
  • Kill processes before removing data

⏬ Download

powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)
EdgeRemover - v1.9.1

Published by he3als 7 months ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Handle the possibility of the EdgeUpdate API returning no artifacts when reinstalling Edge
  • Re-write user interface
  • Cleanup some code

⏬ Download

powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)
EdgeRemover - v1.9.0

Published by he3als 7 months ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Full ability to reinstall Edge, WebView, or both within the script
    • This also contains new arguments in the script
  • Removed the ability to uninstall WebView as it's a component of Windows needed by many apps
  • Removed the ability to set EdgeUpdate blocks for security reasons and them not really doing much in the first place
  • Removed -UninstallAll argument as you can only uninstall Edge now
  • More descriptive messages such as [INFO] or [WARNING]
  • Many bug fixes and optimizations

⏬ Download

powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)
EdgeRemover - v1.8.1

Published by he3als 8 months ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Don't define $SID variable if not attempting to remove AppX
  • Fix scopes of some variables
  • Fix some paths for IntegratedServicesRegionPolicySet

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powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)
EdgeRemover - v1.8.0

Published by he3als 8 months ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Make variables non-hardcoded
  • Fix for latest Edge builds

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powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)
EdgeRemover - v1.7.0

Published by he3als 11 months ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Credit in PowerShell window titlebar
  • Copilot check - restart Explorer if Copilot is detected to remove the entry
  • Uninstall versions of Edge and WebView2 that could be uninstalled with msiexec instead of traditional command line arguments
  • Make WebView2 & Edge uninstallation more reliable, with a fallback for getting the setup.exe not from Registry, but instead from looking at files
  • Links to installing Edge again
  • Showcase image in README.md

⏬ Download

powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)
EdgeRemover - v1.6.0

Published by he3als 12 months ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Edge Update policies are now used to optionally block Edge installs/updates completely
  • Fix AME Wizard issue with 'Reticulating Splines'
  • Script started in Command Prompt (if not ran as admin) as it looks cleaner
  • Reliability improvements

See the Usage.

EdgeRemover - v1.5.0

Published by he3als about 1 year ago

⬆️ Changes

  • Remove Edge Updater if both Edge and WebView 2 are removed, as it will reinstall WebView on Windows 11 (even if it's not needed)
  • New switches/arguments
  • General formatting fixes

See the Usage.

EdgeRemover - v1.1.1

Published by he3als about 1 year ago

Fixed general formatting issues.

For quick removal, use either of these commands in Run (Win + R)

powershell iex """&{$(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)} -UninstallAll"""
powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1) 
EdgeRemover - v1.1.0

Published by he3als about 1 year ago

  • Remove TrustedInstaller support
    • It's too much of a hassle to maintain and isn't useful to this script
    • Simply de-elevate from TrustedInstaller using NSudo for AME Wizard
  • Fix WebView uninstallation
    • There's both user and system WebView installations that are uninstalled now

For quick removal, use either of these commands in Run (Win + R)

powershell iex """&{$(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1)} -UninstallAll"""
powershell iex(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/he3als/EdgeRemover/main/get.ps1) 
EdgeRemover - v1.0.1

Published by he3als about 1 year ago

  • General formatting fixes
  • Fix small TrustedInstaller issue
EdgeRemover - v1.0.0

Published by he3als over 1 year ago

Initial release, with:

  • Removing Edge WebView (configurable)
  • Removing user data (configurable)
  • Removing Edge Chromium
  • Removing Edge AppX
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