February 6, 2021 - 15:23 AMT
Microsoft to uninstall old Edge browser from Windows PCs on April 13

Microsoft will release a cumulative monthly security patch on April 13, which will remove the legacy version of Edge from Windows 10 computers and install the new Chromium-based one, the company announced on Friday, February 5, according to Engadget.

The version of Edge Microsoft is uninstalling is the one that launched alongside Windows 10. It uses the company’s own EdgeHTML rendering engine. In 2019, the company announced it was rebuilding the browser from the ground up to take advantage of Google’s Chromium software. In June of last year, Microsoft started rolling it out through a Windows update. Two months later, Microsoft announced it wouldn’t issue any additional security updates for Legacy Edge after March 9th, 2021.

If you already have the Chromium version of Edge installed on your computer, the update will only remove the legacy one. So for most people, who have either already moved on or switched to another browser, they probably won’t notice a change.