How do I uninstall IE? however, Windows XP does not provide the option to easily uninstall IE after installation, but the installation of the Microsoft Fix pack Windows XP Service Pack1 solves the problem. Like Windows SP3, Windows XP SP1 allows users to uninstall things that Windows defaults to install, such as Internet Explorer,outlook express,windows Media player,windows Messenger and Windows virtual machines, and so on, the installation of these things are determined by the user. You can install the SP1 patch on the original version of Windows XP, and then select Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, and then remove IE from the Add/Remove Windows components.
Workaround and steps:
1. First in the right column of the Start menu, find the "Control Panel", click, as shown in the following image:
2. After opening the control Panel, locate the "program" and click "Uninstall Program", as shown in the following figure:
3. On the Open "Programs and Features" page, click on the left "turn on or off Windows features", as shown in the following figure:
4. Open, find Internet Explorer 9, this is the IE we want to uninstall, deselect the front box of the hook, as shown in the following figure:
5. After the cancellation of the hook, the system will pop-up prompts the window, if you are sure to uninstall, click "Yes", as shown in the following figure:
6. After the confirmation, the system will automatically shut down IE browser, if you want to recover, just follow the steps above, the "Internet Explorer 9" box before the hook can be.