Windows 10: Internet Explorer: Safe to Delete?

Good! Hope that gave you back a decent size chunk of space, and got rid of some old, unnecessary files.

 

I do not use IE anymore and now I use Firefox. Is it safe to delete IE?

:)

 

Windows phone 7 still safe to use?

Is it still safe to use windows 7 phones (with 7.5 update) to browse the internet? It uses internet explorer so is that version still safe to use?

 

IE 11 not responding

Hi,

To isolate the issue, we recommend that you start the system in safe mode and see if the issue will occur.

To boot in safe mode, please check this
link.

You may also to reset the Internet Explorer settings while in safe mode. To do that, please follow these steps:

• Open the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box. To do this, use the following method:
  
  • Close all Internet Explorer and Explorer windows that are currently open.
  • Start Internet Explorer.
    
    Note If you are running Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, start Internet Explorer from the desktop. Changing your settings will affect both Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer that you start from the desktop.
  • On the Tools menu, tap or click Internet options. If you don't see the Tools menu, press Alt.
  • In the Internet Options window, tap or click the Advanced tab.
  • Tap or click Reset. If you're using Windows Internet Explorer
  • Click Restore Default.
• In the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box, tap or click Reset.
  
• When Internet Explorer finishes applying the default settings, tap or click Close, and then tap or click OK.
• Exit and then start Internet Explorer.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Save, probably, but why would you do that?
The room you get is negligible, and what if Firefox gets corrupted? You can always go back to IE.
Just remove the icon from the taskbar or start. This way it is there when you need it
Just my 2 cents
Sven

 

Internet Explorer is part of the system, so you can't just delete its folder. You can however remove it as it is an optional Windows 10 feature. If you change your mind, you can add it back again later. Personally I'd leave it alone and just not use it, it's always useful to have an alternative browser handy.

Tutorial: Manage Optional Features in Windows 10

 

According to my 'manage optional features' in Settings it's just 1.75MB.

 

Ok, I"ll leave it alone. I been deleting old files, no longer needed in both downloads and documents folders and thought I look into removing IE to save space. I noticed overtime that my maintenance software takes longer to run and I thought doing so would help.

 

If you haven't already, run the Disk Cleanup, including System Files. Option #1 here:

*ArrowOpen and Use Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

Could get you back a couple gig. If you've never run it, or it's been a long time since last run, it can take a while. Be patient.

 

There can be a surprisingly large amount of space used up by old restore points (running into GBs). Backups of older windows updates can also occupy a lot of space. I regularly use Disk Clean-up to manage both.

Run Disk Clean-up and click its 'clean up system files' button. The 'More options' tab allows you to delete all but the latest restore point. As f14tomcat says, cleaning system files can also release several GBs if you've not run it before.

 

I performed a system cleanup today. Thanks.