And with that understanding, the only responsible thing I can do is help you get rid of this blight. And while just not using Edge is the best approach- I use and strongly recommend you use Brave instead-I understand that many people will simply accept the Microsoft default in Windows 11, and ignore the problems with doing.

I came to that conclusion in the process of writing the Windows 11 Field Guide, when it became obvious that this product was designed to track its users and push Microsoft’s services, triggering a reorganization of my Edge content that is now centered on removing or obviating as many of Microsoft’s predations as possible. No one- no one-should use or trust Microsoft Edge, it is to Microsoft what Chrome is to Google. This unsightly and unwanted new addition is perhaps the most overt example of Edge’s true purpose which is, as noted above, now primarily a vessel for Microsoft’s online services and advertising businesses. With Microsoft Edge 111, which was released this past week, users find themselves confronting a new visual nightmare, an inordinately large and unremovable new Bing icon in the Edge toolbar. And here, Microsoft Edge is a key offender: as I discovered in writing the Windows 11 Field Guide, Microsoft busied itself over the past few years by reversing the “get out of your way” minimalist goodness in its web browser and has quickly added a metric ton of unnecessary interfaces that are all designed to track you online and force you into viewing content and ads from Bing and MSN.

It says something about the state of Microsoft’s software design that the primary concern these days is removing awful user interfaces and distractions.

Get rid of microsoft edge