For the first time since 1997 it is possible to uninstall Internet Explorer from Windows. Now full time Firefox, Chrome and Opera users can remove Internet Explorer for good. Best of all, removing IE will not break any of the thousands of applications that depend on the Internet Explorer rendering engine. Over the years many applications including AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Windows Media Player, Google Talk, LimeWire, MS Office and more use components of the IE rendering engine. When Internet Explorer is removed the shared rendering engine components will remain to make sure the thousands of applications that depend on the IE rendering engine continue to run.
While the rendering engine will remain for compatibility reasons the IE executables, shortcuts and settings will be removed. To uninstall IE on your computer, follow these steps:
Click on the Start Button and type in Turn Windows features on or off and hit Enter.
First method: Go to start. Select control panel. Select programs. Select Internet explorer. Select delete or Uninstall.
Then, scroll through the list and remove the check from Internet Explorer 8.
Click OK and IE will be removed.
The Microsoft Windows 10 update forces Internet Explorer 11 to your system. Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent this from happening if you use Windows 10.
If you are experiencing problems visiting websites or web-applications in IE11 because of compatibility issues, utilize the Compatibility View feature in IE.
If you don’t want IE11 on your system at all, you can uninstall it. Be aware that you cannot use IE10 on Windows 10 though. There is no way to make IE10 or lower versions work on Windows 10.
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To uninstall IE11, follow these steps.
- Open “Control Panel“.
- Select “Programs“.
- Select “Turn Windows features on or off“.
- Uncheck “Internet Explorer 11“, then click “OK“.
- Select “Yes” on the warning about Turning off Internet Explorer 11.
The removal process will start after these steps and you will be prompted to restart the computer. Once restarted, there will be no versions of Internet Explorer installed on the system.
If you ever decide you want IE 11 back on your system, simply access this same screen again and check then box.