How do I uninstall Internet Explorer 9?

Internet Explorer 9 Betarc (IE9 Betarc) is still in the testing phase, there are some problems incompatible with other software or its own shortcomings, resulting in some users after the installation of IE9 Rcbeta found that affected their normal work and learning, You want to uninstall IE9 Rcbeta. With the release of the Internet Explorer 9 Official edition, its performance has stabilized.

However, if necessary, you can still refer to the following methods to uninstall Internet Explorer 9.

General Method Uninstall:

Because IE9 is in the form of an update, the corresponding item cannot be found in the Control Panel-> Uninstall program. And after installing IE9, it will not generate a hidden IE7 or IE8 folder in the Windows directory of the system disk like IE7 or IE8, which means we cannot find the IE9 uninstall program as before.

If you want to uninstall IE9, we can only uninstall the corresponding item in the "View installed Updates" list, as shown in the figure:

Small Easy tip:

If you are installing a formal version of IE9, the display item in the update list is Windows Internet Explorer 9;

If the beta candidate is installed, it may appear as Windows Internet Explorer 9 betarelease candidate.

Computer knowledge

To uninstall using the command line:

Some users find that the item for IE9 cannot be found in "View installed Updates" and the IE9 cannot be unloaded. This problem may be caused by other software interference during installation, resulting in incorrect writing of the uninstall information, or cleanup of the system using a Third-party cleanup tool after the installation of IE 9, causing the relevant information to be purged. Since the problem cannot be reproduced in a normal computer, it is not yet possible to identify the real cause of the problem.

In this case, we can use the command-line method to try to unload the IE9.

Click "Start-> All Programs-> attachment", right-click "Command Prompt" and select "Run as Administrator".

If you eject the User Account Control window, allow it to continue.

Copy the following command:

forfiles/p%windir%servicingpackages/m microsoft-windows-internetexplorer-*9.*.mum/c "cmd/c Echo Uninstalling Package @fname && start/w pkgmgr/up: @fname/norestart "

After copying, right click on the "Command Prompt" window and choose "Paste". Then, press ENTER to run this command.

Note: 0x80040005 or 0x80070005 errors may occur during the run, and we can click "OK" and ignore it.

(Wait a few minutes) after the command runs:

Please restart your computer. Open IE to see if IE9 uninstalled successfully and restored to the original IE version.

If you still cannot uninstall, we only use System Restore to try to resolve the problem by restoring the system to a point in time before the IE9 is installed. (Change the view of the Control Panel to large icon, and then in recovery, you can find the options for System Restore.) )

If the System Restore function is not turned on or the restore point fails, you can use the installation CD to fix the system to solve the problem.