Those who have Edge Legacy on their task bars or desktops will see it replaced by the new version of Edge. If you don't manually make the switch before April 13, your PC will do that for you.
Anyone still using Edge Legacy on Windows 10 is strongly advised to switch over to the new version of Edge based on Google's open-source Chromium software, which launched a year ago. Microsoft announced on its tech blog Friday that Edge Legacy (the older version of the browser that comes pre-installed on Windows 10 PCs) will be automatically removed from those computers with a software update on April 13. Six years later, Microsoft is rather forcefully replacing that version of Edge with a newer model. The delivery model for the new Edge was a significant departure from Microsoft's history of shipping Edge and Internet Explorer with new versions of Windows as part of the operating system.Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer as the default Windows web browser back in 2015. But then again, you don't have to use them, and in many cases you can easily download alternatives. SEE: Cheat sheet: Windows 10 PowerToys (free PDF) (TechRepublic)Įdge is far from the only app that cannot be uninstalled – as Ed Bott points out, across Windows, Mac and Android there are plenty of apps that you can't just get rid of. Now the company has updated its advisory again to explain that "because Windows supports applications that rely on the web platform, our default web browser is an essential component of our operating system and can't be uninstalled." The updated explanation was first noticed by Windows Latest. Low-code software makes employers more attractive Microsoft Autopatch makes Windows Patch Tuesday a breeze Is your Windows license legal? Should you even care?
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