How to uninstall Edge Beta on Windows

Save Edge Beta bookmarks, passwords and local browsing data before uninstalling this channel. Keep stable Edge separate.

This covers Microsoft Edge Beta 156.0.4314.30 installed for the machine with winget (MSI). Nobody signed in, and Beta was not made the default browser. Stable Edge stayed installed.

Quit Edge Beta first. Its program is under %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge Beta. Do not end the stable Edge processes under %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application.

winget uninstall --id Microsoft.Edge.Beta --exact

Where the data is

Location	What it holds	What to do
`%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge Beta`	The Beta program	The folder was gone after msiexec
`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge Beta`	The Beta profile, including `User Data`	Still there. Stable Edge uses `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge`. Leave that one
`HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge Beta`	Beta channel state	Selected and removed in the later retest

Check

Test-Path "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft\Edge Beta"
Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Edge Beta"
Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\Edge"

False on the first path means the Beta program is gone.
True on the other two means the Beta profile is still there and so is stable Edge's folder.

The original run listed only shortcuts. The later retest also listed the Beta profile and key, as recorded below.

What Mole lists

Location	Item	Default
`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge Beta`	Personal data; back up before removal	Listed but not selected
`%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge Beta.lnk`	Shortcut	Selected by default
`%PUBLIC%\Desktop\Microsoft Edge Beta.lnk`	Shortcut	Selected by default
`HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge Beta`	Registry entry	Listed but not selected

The later retest listed the Beta profile and settings key. The profile stayed unselected and remained on disk; the selected key was removed. The protected stable Edge folder and key were not offered. The test selection kept the profile; current Select all can include it.

These defaults assume Remove data and settings with apps is off. Explicit Select all or Also remove user data can include the listed personal-data rows. Check the selection before confirming. Selected files that Mole removes go to the Recycle Bin; selected registry entries are backed up before removal. The vendor uninstaller has its own deletion behavior.

What this test covered

Recorded on 2026-10-20: Edge Beta, version 156.0.4314.30, machine-wide, MSI, winget package Microsoft.Edge.Beta. The evidence comes from an ARM64 Windows test environment and a development build of Mole. It does not certify the current downloadable package or removal of real signed-in accounts, synchronized data or production projects.

Vendor documentation. The paths and removal results above are observations from the Windows test unless explicitly attributed to the vendor.