Internet Explorer, the browser you all once loved to hate, has grown stronger over the last few years. After ignoring its web-browser for a long time, the software giant not only added many enticing features into it, but also made the browser much more secure and stable. However, there are some of you out there that dislike Internet Explorer, for whatever your reasons may be.
In an MSDN blog post, a Microsoft employee has outlined the process to uninstall Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Explorer 11 via command line. In order to proceed, you must be logged into your computer as an administrator, or an account that has administrative rights.
Click Start, type cmd in the Search box, and then click cmd under Programs. Copy and paste the following commands into the Command Prompt window, and then press Enter (the first command is for IE9, the second command is for IE10, and the last command is for IE11):
- FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\\servicing\\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*9.*.mum /c “cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /quiet /norestart
- FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\\servicing\\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*10.*.mum /c “cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /quiet /norestart
- FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\\servicing\\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*11.*.mum /c “cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /quiet /norestart
Once you have executed the command, you must restart your computer.
Internet Explorer 11 is a fantastic browser and is the company’s latest internet browser available on Windows 7 and Windows 8. If you dislike Internet Explorer, hit the comments below and tell us why! We wont judge you for wanting to remove Internet Explorer – everyone has their preferences! Just keep in mind that Internet Explorer 11 sports some unique and intuitive features that make it stand tall against its competitors.
Further reading: Internet Explorer, Microsoft
