

However, despite the massive improvements, it’s not yet strong enough to compete with other major browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox. Whatever your reason, you don’t have to use an app just because it’s ingrained in your operating system.Īs the successor to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge is now the default pre-installed browser in the latest versions of Windows OS. I do not want to waste additional time replacingĪll of Windows with another operating system that lets me have control over choices that ought to have been mine to begin with.Although some users prefer Microsoft Edge for its security, simple interface, and light memory footprint, others prefer to use other browsers. Tell me what has to happen to make Windows stop shoving Edge into my face without breaking other things, or give me the option to remove Edge from my environment entirely. The domain profile and group policies applied to my machine have no particular enforcement of Edge having a shortcut in any particular location, which means the operating system is doing this unbidden for no other reason than to promote the use of Edge.


No other pinned shortcuts I didn't create ever re-appear after removal on every new login session

That pinned shortcut never goes away none of my other user-created pinned shortcuts ever go away. I have already selected another default browser. How do I, as a user in an Enterprise environment where a domain-controlled profile is initialized on every login, prevent Edge from being pinned to my task bar on each new session, without interfering with other parts of my profile? This simple question is bound to have an obtuse and unworkable answer. Has to be part of the operating system, so now I'm forced to interact with Microsoft technical representatives - something I want to do even less. Microsoft has unfortunately precluded the option of removing Edge entirely because apparently a Web browser I do not want to see Edge I do not want to interact with Edge I do not want to know that Edge exists on my machine.
