UPDATE: This tool applies only to the legacy version of Edge and not the Chromium-based new Edge browser.
Edge is the new browser for Windows 10 from Microsoft. The modern browser from Microsoft is no competitor to Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox just yet. The browser, although it is the default web browser in Windows 10, its market share is under 32% on Windows 10, according to Net Applications, which indicates that most PC users prefer third-party web browsers over Microsoft Edge.
Edge in Windows 10
Microsoft has been updating the Edge browser to include new features and options. The Edge browser should be comparable to Chrome and Firefox by the end of this year once it gets extensions support.
For those users who are not impressed with the new browser’s capabilities, Windows 10 doesn’t offer a way to uninstall or block the browser. And since it’s an app and not a classic desktop program, we can’t block or uninstall it using standard application blockers out there for Windows.
A few months ago, we reviewed a third-party tool which let you uninstall and remove Edge from Windows 10. In this article, we are sharing another third-party tool designed to completely block Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.
Edge Blocker for Windows 10
Edge Blocker is another free software from the Sordum website. As you likely know, the Sordum website has tens of free tools like Easy Context Menu to add new options to the context menu, DNS jumper to quickly change your DNS, Firewall App Blocker, and Qemu Simple Boot using which you can easily test if your bootable USB or ISO is really bootable.
The Edge Blocker software does one job and does it pretty well. It’s designed to completely block the Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 with a click, and the software does its job without a fuss.
The program comes in handy, especially if you’re on Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro edition as these editions of Windows 10 don’t include the Applocker feature to block apps without the help of third-party tools.
Block Edge in Windows 10 using Edge Blocker
Step 1: The first step is to download the latest version of Edge Blocker on your Windows 10 PC. Visit this page to download the newest version.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded zip file to get the Edge Blocker executable. Right-click on the Edge Blocker executable and then click Run as administrator. Yes, you must run the Edge Blocker with admin rights to block or unblock Microsoft Edge on your PC.
NOTE: If you see the following screen while trying to run Edge Blocker, please click More info and then click Run anyway button. The Edge Blocker is a safe program.
Step 3: Finally, click the block button to block the Edge or click unblock Edge if it’s already blocked.
Last but not least, Edge Blocker is a free utility, and it’s portable as well. You don’t need to install it. Simply download, extract, and run.
Thanks to Hikmet Guner for asking us to review this handy software on Into Windows.
d kelly says
I COULD not make Mozilla my default browser until I used Edge Block,despite numerous tutorials saying I could do it
Marina says
Hello!
Being a mother of two young boys, I’m facing serious chalanges with Internet Access.
Although I have put on use another broser (google Chrome and Firefox) they always manage to go into Microsolft Edge and then I loose all control.
I had put in the computer the Edge Blocker and I had solved the problem.
Now with the new version released earlier this month, the problem came back as the blocker stopped working :(
Is ther a new Edge Blocker already for this new version?
Thnak You
Edward Scanlin says
I was recently blocked while using MS Edge. It said I was attacked by a virus and when I called the number
I was answered by an Oriental that could barely speak English. He said he was under contract by “Windows”.
I still do no have access to MS Edge.
Kathie Rost says
This wants to install other adware that I do NOT want!!!! I’m so over this
nobody expected says
I hate when articles are full of links but that none leads to the target of the told article. I really dislike how internet becomes.
Askedone says
you can find many many reason t? BLOCK it for example I have found 10 in a seconds
1. If you want to restrict your kids to use internet you should block edge but you can’t
2. If you have a Office and use Widnows 10 Home or Pro You can’t block Edge because Applocker is only for Enterprise edition
3. No browser add-ons for Edge until 2016 for Edge until 2016
4. It lacks cross-platform support
5. There are Advertisemens on the browser
6. After Malware infection it is impossible to repair it
7. It feels I don’t have control over what I want to do
8. It’s slow and it gets stuck spinning its wheels
9. The horrid bookmarks/favorites system is beyond words
10. It has crashed many times since I installed Windows 10
Max green says
Why do you want to block Edge browser when you can make Internet Explorer default or install any other browser and make the new browser default.