Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime and Chrome

Hello,

It doesn't work directly in Edge but in a number of native or non-native Windows applications.

I'm not sure if it can be permanently uninstalled without it coming back in a later update, and anyway, it doesn't offer much of an interest; it's not very heavy and, as far as I know, it doesn't run too much in the background.

Hello Brucine

Thank you....

Hello,

There are ways to disable or remove it, but we don't preferably delete Edge itself.

The topic not being related to security, I am redirecting to Windows 10.

Re Hello,

If you want to uninstall Widgets, launch Windows PowerShell (Admin)

And enter this command:

Get-AppxPackage *WebExperience* | Remove-AppxPackage

Note: You can start by disabling Widgets by running a .reg file containing this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Dsh]
"IsPrelaunchEnabled"=dword:00000000

Then there is this .reg file to run as well to disable the pre-launch of Edge itself

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"AllowPrelaunch"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\Main]
"AllowPrelaunch"=dword:00000000

Then disable its Run entry, its services, and scheduled tasks with Autoruns, and Edge comes back in Run at each launch (In the Logon tab)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns