Google chrome

ankspon

If i install chrome can i safely uninstall IE?

swvillafan

You can install Chrome safely enough. IE cant really be uninstalled, at least not without a lot of faff, probably best to just not use it!

deed02392

Do not attempt to remove Internet Explorer. It shares important files with the Windows operating system.

mattduk

Agreed with others - you can set chrome as your default and IE wont load unless you specifically open it. If you're concerned about IE hanging around and being a security issue, make sure you have windows update set to auto-update on all of the critical patches.

Doshwaster

There are some (bit very, very few) websites which still require IE so I always keep it as a backup but use Chrome for 99.9% of uses.

Figment

deed02392 wrote: »

Do not attempt to remove Internet Explorer. It shares important files with the Windows operating system.

This is not so. If the OP is using Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8 or 9, it can be safely removed if desired.


To uninstall Internet Explorer 8

To uninstall Internet Explorer 9


Note: If you uninstal IE9 it will be replaced by IE8, which you can then uninstal also using the above instructions

-TangleFoot-

Figment wrote: »

To uninstall Internet Explorer 8

Turn Windows features on or off? That just removes the shortcut; the layout engine is very much a core component.

Dexters_Indignation

Doshwaster wrote: »

There are some (bit very, very few) websites which still require IE so I always keep it as a backup but use Chrome for 99.9% of uses.

I have to agree with Mister Waster.
Just leave it as a secondary.