Microsoft Edge removal does not work outside the EU

[600-Johnny]

Microsoft Windows 10 Home

Windows 10 Bloat Remover and Tweaker version 5.0

2: Remove Microsoft Edge

It seems that Edge Chromium is still installed despite our attempts to remove it.
Try again, and if this error still happens, you might want to report an issue on GitHub

Operation failed: Edge Chromium uninstallation wasn't completed successfully or took too long.

Thank you -

Greg/Johnny

[Fs00]

Hello @600-Johnny and thanks for reporting.
I'm already aware that uninstallation of recent versions of Microsoft Edge does not work, unless your PC is located an EU country (because the recently introduced Digital Markets Act forced Microsoft to make Edge uninstallable in the EU).
As a workaround, you could try to change the region of the device to an European country by following steps 8-12 of this guide and then run Win10BloatRemover again. If uninstallation still doesn't work, performing steps 4-7 of the guide might be needed too.
Let me know if that works! I'll try to include a fix for this issue in the next version of the tool.

[600-Johnny]

Hi Francesco. OK... it (steps 8-12) worked? Win10BloatRemover says Edge Chromium is not installed. App Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge is not installed. App Microsoft.MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient is not installed. B U T T H E N When i navigate back to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\DeviceRegion and attempt to cahnge the data back to f4 (or decimal 244)... error - Cannot edit DeviceRegion: Error writing the value's new contents. restarted computer and tried again to no avail. i am able to navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\Geo and change the Nation value to back to 244 and the Name value to US. Computer works the same so no harm done i suppose. i would like to change it back though Thanks. Greg • Johnny

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On Sunday, May 19th, 2024 at 5:58 AM, Francesco Saltori ***@***.***> wrote: Hello ***@***.***(https://github.com/600-Johnny) and thanks for reporting. I'm already aware that uninstallation of recent versions of Microsoft Edge does not work, unless your PC is located an EU country (because the recently introduced Digital Markets Act forced Microsoft to make Edge uninstallable in the EU). As a workaround, you could try to change the region of the device to an European country by following steps 8-12 of [this guide](https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-remove-microsoft-edge-from-windows-11-in-the-latest-eea-compliant-update/) and then run Win10BloatRemover again. If uninstallation still doesn't work, performing steps 4-7 of the guide might be needed too. Let me know if that works! Message ID: ***@***.***>