Trying to remove Edge but keeps telling me The system cannot find the path specified.

[Massacher]

Following the steps here:

https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-uninstall-microsoft-edge

I browsed to the folder in Windows Explorer and there is no folder just named Edge. But there are folders named:


EdgeCore
EdgeUpdate
EdgeWebView
Temp

So which of these do I have to navigate to please?

edit:

Here are the errors. It cannot find the folder despite that it exists

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application\44.19041.423.0\Installer
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application44.19041.423.0\Installer
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application\44.19041.423.0\Installer
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd %programfiles(x86)
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd programfiles(x86)
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd program files (x86)
The system cannot find the path specified.

[76561198343548661]

The numbers are different for every new Edge

[Massacher]

Originally posted by littlecat20160:

The numbers are different for every new Edge

Yes but why is it saying the path is invalid?
Even just trying to navigate to %PROGRAMFILES(X86) tells me The system cannot find the path specified. When I can clearly browse to it in Windows Explorer.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Why? Microsoft just going to shove it back on you at another point, I just left it alone, and use another browser.

Also if it say can't find path to it, then likely corrupted, something wrong in the registry, or something stopping it from seeing that path example you compress the files size too much making it unreadable, or did some kind of encryption that it not working well with.

Also when dealing with in system32 don't fool around in there if you don't know what you're doing.

[Massacher]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Why? Microsoft just going to shove it back on you at another point, I just left it alone, and use another browser.

Also if it say can't find path to it, then likely corrupted, something wrong in the registry, or something stopping it from seeing that path example you compress the files size too much making it unreadable, or did some kind of encryption that it not working well with.

Also when dealing with in system32 don't fool around in there if you don't know what you're doing.

They aren't going to shove it back on there. Because that is only step one of the removal process. I did a similar thing with internet explorer back in Windows 7. But this is different. And it's very frustrating.
I am using another browser but I want that piece of ♥♥♥♥ off my system. I don't like that it runs in the background eating up resources.

[Agent]

Edge Chromium is better than Google Chrome. Why try and remove it?

[Massacher]

Originally posted by Rock Head:

Edge Chromium is better than Google Chrome. Why try and remove it?

Because I don't like microsoft's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ browser.
If you don't know microsoft collects all your data. For some people it even force installs without their permission.

[Agent]

Originally posted by Massacher:

Originally posted by Rock Head:

Edge Chromium is better than Google Chrome. Why try and remove it?

Because I don't like microsoft's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ browser.
If you don't know microsoft collects all your data. For some people it even force installs without their permission.

Oh no, whatever shall I do! If you're that paranoid about data collection go join the Linux crew.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

When you do build update, it gonna get reinstall hence shove back on you.

Also it not doing anything, nor running to begin with, if not even using it. Also MS like to integrate things into their system, so not always simple to remove if they put effort to ensure it doesn't get remove, can't say if they did that to edge, or not. Anyways if want it gone, but couldn't uninstall normally, then simply deleting the files for it, and this just breaks it, and stop from even running, of course if there anything that was program to call out to it may be an issue to that if not, again can't say.

FYI new edge is chromium base, so if using a chromium browser they're kind of the same.

[76561198343548661]

i ve disabled any possibility of any application to run in background - Settings ->Privacy , and see no reason to remove Edge . Between i cant see it on the list but i dont think it uses so much RAM to deserve uninstall . When i close it completely it uses nothing , A few services , i dont think they cause problems , probably could be disabled . i use Edge and i am happy with it .

edit
if you re so eager to do uninstall it the way they suggest , try writing complete directory names , it should do .

[plat]

Just an errant thought but what is set as your default browser? Settings/Apps/Default Apps. You can also stop it from running in the background by going to Settings/Privacy/Background Apps.

According to the error messages, the bulk of Edge browser may already have been removed. I use HiBit Uninstaller which lists those Edge components like EdgeCore and not only removes them but scans and removes any remnants.

Use uninstallers like these at your own risk though since it comes by default as part of the OS..

[76561198343548661]

i was stupid to remove Cortana . But its such a part of Windows 10 that i faced startup delays and hardware memory faults , which all slowed down Windows 10 , so i right away enablead stupid Cortana . I dont think the lack of Edge is able to cause such troubles though

[plat]

Well, no, in theory it shouldn't cause trouble, but OP seems to have issues with it anyway.

I learned the hard way better to disable stuff and prevent their running in the background. Out of sight, out of mind (one hopes).

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Originally posted by Massacher:

Originally posted by Rock Head:

Edge Chromium is better than Google Chrome. Why try and remove it?

Because I don't like microsoft's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ browser.
If you don't know microsoft collects all your data. For some people it even force installs without their permission.

Windows can still collect everything you do. No matter what browser you use. Use Linux instead. I "think" CCleaner can remove it. Then remove CCleaner afterwards.

[BaLuX]

Originally posted by Massacher:

They aren't going to shove it back on there. Because that is only step one of the removal process. I did a similar thing with internet explorer back in Windows 7. But this is different. And it's very frustrating.
I am using another browser but I want that piece of ♥♥♥♥ off my system. I don't like that it runs in the background eating up resources.

Edge is now tightly integrated to the operating system, just like internet explorer was. You claim that you removed Internet Explorer in Windows 7 but it never was possible to remove all of it; you just removed parts of it, and not all of it.

Also, eating up your resources? It doesn't run in the background if you don't run it.

Originally posted by Massacher:

If you don't know microsoft collects all your data. For some people it even force installs without their permission.

Don't use Windows if you are so afraid of your valuable (statistical) data being collected.

[Carlsberg]

Originally posted by Massacher:

Originally posted by littlecat20160:

The numbers are different for every new Edge

Yes but why is it saying the path is invalid?
Even just trying to navigate to %PROGRAMFILES(X86) tells me The system cannot find the path specified. When I can clearly browse to it in Windows Explorer.

By default Program Files is two words and not capitalised, maybe thats why its not there.