How to completely uninstall Microsoft Edge from Mac

Microsoft Edge is a feature-rich web browser for Mac computers. But if you want to uninstall Microsoft Edge of your Mac, this article describes the process of uninstalling Microsoft Edge from macOS and removes all the remains so that you can install the browser in the future without any fingerprints.

How to remove Microsoft Edge from Mac

To uninstall Microsoft Edge from Mac, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you are on the home screen.
2. Click it Go in the status bar.
3. Select the Applications option.
4. Right-click the Microsoft Edge icon.
5. To select Move to bin option.
6. Confirm the deletion.

Let’s see these steps in detail.

At first, you should visit the home screen, if you have opened a window from another application. After that click on the Go in the status bar and select Applications from the list.

Then discover Microsoft Edge in this panel and right click on it. You should see an option called Move to bin.

You must use this option to uninstall Microsoft Edge from the Mac computer. Once you have selected Move to bin option, it may ask you for confirmation. If yes, you must choose the affirmative option.

Now you have to delete all the leftovers. If you don’t delete the leftovers, they’ll come back when you reinstall the browser in the future.

How to remove leftover Microsoft Edge from Mac

To remove Microsoft Edge leftovers from Mac, follow these steps:

1. Go to Go> Go to file.
2. Enter ~ / Library in the empty box.
3. Click it Go button.
4. Access all Microsoft Edge folders.
5. Right click on it.
6. To select Move to bin option.

Click it Go in the status bar and select Access the file option. After that type ~ / Libraryand click on the Go to open the Library folder. After that go to these paths and delete the folders as shown below.

Library/Application Support/

Remove Microsoft Edge from here.

Library/Caches/

Find Microsoft Edge and delete it.

Library/Saved Application State/

Remove com.microsoft.edgemac.savedState from here.

Library/WebKit/

Move com.microsoft.edgemac in the garbage.

Library/Preferences/

Remove com.microsoft.edgemac.plist file of Preferences folder.

Microsoft Edge is now completely removed from your computer.