It is now April 2024. The deadline for compliance with the Digital Markets Act was March 2024. Still, even after installing all the latest updates, you still can’t uninstall Microsoft Edge from any device.
I tried it on one Windows 10 system and three Windows 11 PCs. I even started a virtual machine to see if it made a difference. Nada.
According to Microsoft, customers in the European Economic Area should be able to do this. When you check Microsoft Edge in the Settings app on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 device, the uninstall button will be grayed out. I double-checked that I have the latest Windows updates installed.
What should I do? Last time I checked, Germany is a member of the European Union. Microsoft also confirmed that it plans to roll out the changes to all customers in the European Economic Area by early April. ”
“Throughout March, we will increase the number of PCs we deploy while closely monitoring quality issues. Our plan is to have the DMA changes available to all PCs in the EEA by early April. After applying the update, a reboot is required for the changes to take effect fully. ”
Microsoft is not updating posts on its website. The most likely explanation is that the rollout is not yet complete and is being controlled server-side. There is no official update, so it is unknown whether it is true or not. It may also be a bug that affects some systems.
There are several ways to remove Microsoft Edge. This requires running the command from an elevated PowerShell terminal window. Users who really want to get rid of Edge can resort to these options.
However, Microsoft promised that you can uninstall Edge just like any other regular app on your system.
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Most Windows users in the EU and EEC probably don’t know about the option to (eventually) uninstall Edge. Uninstalling it may lead you to a dead end. If Edge is your only browser, there is no obvious option to install another browser. Now that Edge is gone, there doesn’t seem to be an option to install another browser.
Windows users experiencing this issue may want to start a command prompt and use winget to install another browser.command Install Mozilla Firefox with winget Install Mozilla’s Firefox web browser on your device. You can also use it to install other browsers such as Chrome.
what about you? Can you remove Microsoft Edge? Or have you already removed it?
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Dear Microsoft, Why can’t I uninstall Microsoft Edge on Windows?
explanation
For customers in the European Union and European Economic Area, Microsoft Edge should be able to be removed from Windows. This still doesn’t apply to everything. why?
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Martin Brinkman
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Ghacks Technology News
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