Specify uninstall behavior for Microsoft Edge

ComputerIntune-readyPol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge

Supported on Microsoft Edge Update 1.3.193.5 and later

155.0.4283.62

What it does

You can specify whether Microsoft Edge (stable channel) is uninstalled, or is blocked from being uninstalled, on domain-joined devices in the European Economic Area (EEA). If this policy is set to 'Enabled', Microsoft Edge will be automatically uninstalled on all devices in the EEA where this policy is deployed. User data will be kept on the device. Microsoft Edge will be uninstalled the next time Microsoft Edge Update automatically checks for updates. If Microsoft Edge is uninstalled from the devices, applications, widgets (for example, News, Search, and Weather) or any other Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) that depend on Microsoft Edge will no longer be available. If this policy is set to 'Enabled and delete user data' (Setting '2'), Microsoft Edge will be automatically uninstalled on all devices in the EEA where this policy is deployed, and user data will be deleted from the device. If this policy is set to 'Disabled' (Setting '3'), all users in the EEA are prevented from uninstalling Microsoft Edge where this policy is deployed. If the policy is 'Not configured' (default setting), a user's Windows region setting determines whether they can uninstall Microsoft Edge on a domain-joined device. Only users in EEA countries will be able to uninstall Microsoft Edge if they choose to do so. Users outside of this area will not be able to uninstall Microsoft Edge. This policy is available only on Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, Education, and Enterprise multi-session editions of Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 23H2 and later versions. This policy is available only on Windows instances that are joined to a Microsoft® Active Directory® domain. If Microsoft Edge needs to be reinstalled: - You can set the 'Install' Policy to Force Installs (Machine-Wide) to reinstall Microsoft Edge. - If you set the Install policy to Force Installs (Machine-Wide), and also set the Uninstall policy to Enabled, the Force Installs (Machine-Wide) policy will override the Uninstall policy.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry key: Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate
Value name: Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Uninstall Microsoft Edge PolicyRequiredDefault: Enabled	Drop-down list	`Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}`	Enabled`1` Enabled and delete user data`2` Disabled`3` Not Configured`0`

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

Enabled · Computer · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate]
"Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}"=dword:00000001

PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Specify uninstall behavior for Microsoft Edge
# Name: Pol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: msedgeupdate.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate' -Name 'Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_msedgeupdate/Pol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge

ADMX SyncML candidate

<SyncML xmlns="SYNCML:SYNCML1.2">
  <SyncBody>
    <Replace>
      <CmdID>1</CmdID>
      <Item>
        <Meta>
          <Format>chr</Format>
          <Type>text/plain</Type>
        </Meta>
        <Target>
          <LocURI>./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_msedgeupdate/Pol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;
&lt;data id="Part_UninstallEdgePolicy" value="0"/&gt;</Data>
      </Item>
    </Replace>
    <Final/>
  </SyncBody>
</SyncML>

Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Specify uninstall behavior for Microsoft Edge
# Name: Pol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: msedgeupdate.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate' -Name 'Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Specify uninstall behavior for Microsoft Edge
# Name: Pol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: msedgeupdate.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate' -Name 'Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

History 37 retained releases

150.0.4078.8016 Jul 2026
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

36 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name: Pol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge
Namespace: Microsoft.Policies.Update
Template file: msedgeupdate.admx
Release: Microsoft Edge 155.0.4283.62 · file set 0a733b0040dbbf02…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Machine" displayName="$(string.Pol_UninstallEdge)" explainText="$(string.Explain_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge)" key="Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate" name="Pol_UninstallEdgeMicrosoftEdge" presentation="$(presentation.Pol_UninstallEdge)" valueName="Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_MicrosoftEdge" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5" />
      <elements>
        <enum id="Part_UninstallEdgePolicy" required="true" valueName="Uninstall{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}">
          <item displayName="$(string.Name_UninstallEdgeEnabledAndKeepData)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Name_UninstallEdgeEnabledAndDeleteData)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="2" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Name_UninstallEdgeDisabled)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="3" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.Name_UninstallEdgeNotConfigured)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="0" />
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="Pol_UninstallEdge" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <dropdownList defaultItem="0" refId="Part_UninstallEdgePolicy" />
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_Applications
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Applications)" explainText="$(string.Explain_Applications)" name="Cat_Applications" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_EdgeUpdate" />
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_EdgeUpdate
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_GoogleUpdate)" explainText="$(string.Explain_GoogleUpdate)" name="Cat_EdgeUpdate" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_MicrosoftEdge
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_MicrosoftEdge)" name="Cat_MicrosoftEdge" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_Applications" />
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:definition:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5
<definition displayName="$(string.Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5)" name="Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_Applications
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Applications)" explainText="$(string.Explain_Applications)" name="Cat_Applications" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_EdgeUpdate" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_Applications">Applications</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Explain_Applications">An updated ADMX/ADML template will be required to support Edge applications released in the future.</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_EdgeUpdate
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_GoogleUpdate)" explainText="$(string.Explain_GoogleUpdate)" name="Cat_EdgeUpdate" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_GoogleUpdate">Microsoft Edge Update</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Explain_GoogleUpdate">Policies to control the installation and updating of Microsoft Edge using Microsoft Edge Update.</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_MicrosoftEdge
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_MicrosoftEdge)" name="Cat_MicrosoftEdge" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_Applications" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_MicrosoftEdge">Microsoft Edge</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:definition:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5
<definition displayName="$(string.Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5)" name="Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_193_5">Microsoft Edge Update 1.3.193.5 and later</string></strings>