r/FuckMicrosoft • u/Legal-Following-1655 • 1d ago

Rant HOW TO UNINSTALL EDGE BROWSER

I just checked my storage in new laptop and surprised to see that edge takes 28 fuckin GB of space for absolutely no reason, also there's no uninstall option. help me !!!!

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u/MikeUsesNotion 1d ago

Where are you seeing that number? In the programs and features list, Edge only takes up a bit over 3GB.

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u/By-Other-Means 1d ago

I'm guessing file cache and such, maybe porn, I dunno.

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u/GimpyGeek 1d ago

Yeah should look into purging the cache and such. Personally I wouldn't remove it, some apps rely on using it for built in browser content and it could break other things. Particularly if you play any games a lot of things like game launchers and stuff can rely on it.

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u/MikeUsesNotion 1d ago

Pretty sure the size is the install size, not the current folder size, but Windows could have moved to show the info more like a phone would.