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Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 in Windows XP

Internet Explorer 7 is different from regular Windows updates in that it appears in the add/remove programs list. If you wish to remove IE7 you can do so by following the steps below. Although, It is advisable to use a more secure browser such as Mozilla’s Firefox instead of IE6, if you do not want to use the new IE7.

To uninstall IE7 open the Start menu and click on Control Panel. Then, in the control panel, click on Add/Remove programs and you will see Internet Explorer 7 listed. Click on the remove button to uninstall, you will be prompted to restart your computer after which Internet Explorer 6 will have been reinstated.

Remove IE 7

If you do not want to use IE7 you should use a more secure browser than IE6 such as Mozilla’s Firefox, a link to which is available here.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 10:05 am and is filed under Quick Tips. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 in Windows XP”

  1. Jim Palmer Says:
    March 24th, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    Jim,

    I was using Incredimail and IE 7.0 when I got an error message of an incompatibility between them. I initially removed the incredimail but then IE 7.0 became unstable and now I have removed it, but I cannot use Firefox for all my business needs.

    Is there any fix [when I try to download IE 7.0 it hangs on the download and if I do not download the Malware portion, it cannot connect for some reason] to this other than buying a new computer?

    Thanks,
    Jim Palmer

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