Internet Explorer 10 - Install or Uninstall in Windows 7

How to Install or Uninstall Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) in Windows 7​

   Information

This tutorial will show you how to either install or uninstall Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) to return to Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) for all users in Windows 7.

You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to install or uninstall IE10.

For more information about IE10, see:

• Internet Explorer system requirements
• Internet Explorer - Microsoft Windows

   Note

In 32-bit Windows 7, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) is still only a 32-bit browser.

In 64-bit Windows 7, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) has 32-bit and 64-bit together in one browser now. The IE10 browser frame process runs 64-bit, but for compatibility with plug-ins, IE10 runs 32-bit tabs by default. If the user turns on “Enhanced Protected Mode”, they will have 64-bit tabs by default for IE10.

For more information about 32-bit and 64-bit IE10, see:
How to Enable 32-bit or 64-bit Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) in Windows 7

   Tip

Troubleshooting a failed installation of Internet Explorer 10

EXAMPLE: About Internet Explorer 10 (IE10)
NOTE: In Internet Explorer, click on Help (Menu bar) and About Internet Explorer to see this. You will notice that the about IE10 is the same whether you open iexplorer.exe from either the "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)" location.

OPTION ONE

To Install IE10 in Windows 7 through Windows Update

NOTE: If you didn't want to install IE10, then you could hide the "Internet Explorer 10" update to not see it anymore in Windows Update instead. 1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the Windows Update icon.

2. Check for new Windows Updates. If not already installed, select (check) Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7, click on OK and Install updates. (see screenshot below)
3. When Windows Update is finished, you will need to restart the computer to finish installing IE10. (see screenshot below)

OPTION TWO

To Download a Standalone IE10 .exe File to Install in Windows 7

1. Click on the Download button below to go to the Microsoft site below to download the standalone IE10 .exe file to your desktop, and run the .exe file.
NOTE: You can download Internet Explorer 10 in the language that matches your version of Windows or choose the English version, which works with all versions of Windows 7.

   Note

If you have 64-bit Windows 7, then you need to use the Windows 7 SP1 64-bit installer for IE10.

If you have 32-bit Windows 7, then you need to use the Windows 7 SP1 32-bit installer for IE10.

Download





2. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes.

3. Click on Install to start installing IE10. (see screenshot below)
4. If prompted, click on Continue. (see screenshot below)
5. When IE10 has finished installing, Explorer will be restarted automatically. (see screenshot below)

OPTION THREE

To Uninstall IE10 in "View installed updates" Windows 7

1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Programs and Features icon.

2. In Programs and Features, click on the View installed updates link on the left side. (see screenshot below)
3. In Installed Updates, double click on Windows Internet Explorer 10. (see screenshot below)
4. Click on Yes. (see screenshot below)
5. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes.

6. When IE10 has finished being uninstalled, click on Restart Now to apply. (see screenshots below)

   Tip

You may now also wish to hide the IE10 update to prevent it from being reinstalled.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/24376-windows-update-hide-restore-hidden-updates.html

OPTION FOUR

To Uninstall IE10 in an Elevated Command Prompt

1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Copy the command below, and close all instances of IE10.

FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*10.*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /norestart"

3. In the elevated command prompt, paste the command from above, and press Enter in the command prompt. (see screenshot below step 5)

4. If you get any error messages like below, then click on OK to continue. You may get a few. These are fine. (see screenshot below)
5. When finished, restart the computer. (see screenshot below)

   Tip

You may now also wish to hide the IE10 update to prevent it from being reinstalled.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/24376-windows-update-hide-restore-hidden-updates.html

That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• How to Enable 32-bit or 64-bit Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) in Windows 7
• How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 9
• How to Uninstall IE11 in Windows 7 to Restore Previous Version of Internet Explorer
• How to Uninstall a Windows Update in Windows 7
• How to Hide or Restore Hidden Windows Updates in Windows 7
• How to Turn Windows 7 Features On or Off

 

[blue skies]

I installed IE10 with Windows Update. It put an icon in my taskbar that I couldn't get rid of, (to the right, by my pinned Recycle Bin) which I found very annoying. I rarely use IE and don't want it taking up my valuable taskbar real estate.

One of the Windows Updates failed, so I just ended up restoring my computer to get rid of the IE10 icon in my taskbar. It's gone now, but I was wondering if updating IE9 from the browser would allow me to update it without getting the taskbar icon?

Or is there some easy way to remove it that I didn't see? (I'm thinking maybe there was a toolbar option that I could have just unchecked - like there is for my recycle bin. I never looked at that while it was installed. I just right-clicked and didn't see any "unpin from taskbar" options.)

 

[Brink]

Hello Blue Skies,

Sorry, but we can only update to IE10 from Windows Update or the standalone .exe like in the tutorial.

You normally should be able to right click on the pinned IE10 icon on the taskbar, and click on Unpin this program from taskbar like below to remove it from the taskbar.

If not, then you could use the tutorial below to reset and clear all pinned programs off the taskbar, but you'll have to manually pin any programs you want back afterwards.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/214711-taskbar-pinned-items-reset-clear-windows-7-a.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[blue skies]

Thank you Shawn. I appreciate your response. I didn't see the option to unpin it when I had it installed - which I thought was strange.

Thanks for the second suggestion... I will use that tutorial if I decide to reinstall it.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Blue Skies.

 

[Yoker66666]

Hi, can't update to internet explorer 10 on a x64 ultimate and i can't uninstall ie9

Error at the end of the process rebooting: failure, reverting changes :S

 

[Weemus]

Can't Uninstall IE10 on New Windows 7

My PC came installed with IE10 s it's not in my Programs update file. My only user option is my name as I am the administrator. How do I get rid of IE10 so I can go back to 9? Thanks.

 

[Brink]

Hello Weemus, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Were you looking in View installed updates and not just in Programs and Features?

If it's a compatibility issue with a website in IE10 for why you would like to go back to IE9, then you might see if having the site in compatibility view may allow it to display and work properly in IE10.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

 

[Scoop]

If I uninstall IE10, do I need to reinstall IE9 or will my PC automatically revert to normal IE9 operation?

 

[Brink]

Hello Scoop,

It will automatically revert back to IE9 afterwards.

 

[Scoop]

Hello Scoop,

It will automatically revert back to IE9 afterwards.

I've only noticed a couple of things with IE10 since installing it yesterday.

First, the good news for me: Wow, it's blazing fast . That may be due solely to a fresh IE install but it's much faster than IE9 on my PC.

One issue, I think, may be related to a JavaScript issue at the NASA JPL site. I visit that site daily and it has a "top story" player on the front page. It was playing with IE9 & 8 but doesn't play with IE10. I contacted the JPL site mgr about it.

Space, Stars, Mars, Earth, Planets and More - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The video clip plays ok (Adobe Flash Player) on the same page.

I did a little searching about IE10 and JavaScript issues were mentioned in a few places so that may be what I'm seeing at the JPL site.

The other issue is one that I don't think was present with IE9 or 8.

When I delete a url from the Address Bar pull-down list (I access that with the F4 key), it's removing that url from my "Favorites" folder and no longer is in the Favorites menu (alt-C).

Has this always been the case with previous IE versions? My memory may be fuzzy about this one but I don't recall that happening with IE9.

 

[Brink]

Great news Scoop.

You might see if using compatibility view for the JPL site may help it view better in IE10.

If the URL you delete in the address bar suggestions is under the "Favorites" section like below, then yes it will also be deleted in your actual Favorites as well.

 

[Scoop]

Great news Scoop.

You might see if using compatibility view for the JPL site may help it view better in IE10.

If the URL you delete in the address bar suggestions is under the "Favorites" section like below, then yes it will also be deleted in your actual Favorites as well.

View attachment 275004

Thanks , the compatibility view option worked for that site.

I have another question about IE10, the settings option in the "tools" menu, the "delete browsing history upon exit" option.

When I was running IE9, I had this option set up where it would delete my history in the "Favorites" menu (alt-c) as well as purge the address bar url history.

Since installing IE10, those 2 actions are working great but I'm also seeing all of my web page usernames & passwords deleted daily. When I launch IE10 the next morning, all of my usernames & passwords have been deleted so I have to sign into my various 'net site's.

I can't recall how I had these settings set up in IE9.

There's one caveat in this issue. I'm running Norton overnight scans which cleans up temporary 'net files on my HDD but I was running that scan when I had IE9 installed and it wasn't removing my username/password info at 'net sites. [edit] I checked my Norton settings and the "Remove Internet History" files cleanup option is not selected.

Here's the screencap of my settings in the "delete browsing history on exit" dialog box:

 

[Brink]

Scoop,

Do you have any other 3rd party programs like CCleaner that may delete your browsing history and such?

 

[Scoop]

Scoop,

Do you have any other 3rd party programs like CCleaner that may delete your browsing history and such?

No, only Norton 360. I installed that in Dec '12. It worked ok with IE9 but I'm not sure if Norton has a compatibility issue with IE10. I'm going to disable my nightly HDD scan tonight which also does a 'net temp file cleanup, and see what happens in the morning with IE10.

I read another thread at this forum about IE10 issues and it appears that others are seeing a similar problem with their 'net page passwords being deleted with IE10.

Do my check-boxes look ok in the screencap?

 

[Brink]

Yep, your IE10 browsing history settings are correct to not clear your cookies. It'll be interesting to see if it's Norton clearing them.

 

[Scoop]

Yep, your IE10 browsing history settings are correct to not clear your cookies. It'll be interesting to see if it's Norton clearing them.

Thanks for the info on the options. I'll post in the morning when I check out my passwords at my daily 'net pages.

I do recall noting the following with IE9 after I set up the options with the "delete browsing history on exit".

It seemed to delete the browsing history in the Favorites (alt-c) menu and the address bar history overnight, or seemingly on a 12-hr schedule.

For example, using IE9, I observed this:

I would exit IE9, then launch it later the same day, and my browsing history would still be present in IE9. However, when I launched IE9 the next morning, the history would be deleted.

With IE10, the browsing history is deleted at exit.

 

[Scoop]

I checked IE10 this morning and it's still deleting my username/password info at my 'net pages.

I went with a "plan B" last night and allowed my Norton 360 nightly scan to run but I edited it yesterday evening before it ran overnight, and unchecked most of the "temp file cleanup" options in Norton. This is a screencap of the "Tuneup PC" section in Norton 360.

The first time, I unchecked the "internet" file options. Now I have the "Windows file" option unchecked. I'll run it tonight & see what happens.

I did launch IE10 late last night before my nightly Norton scan ran on my HDD. My 'net usernames/passwords were still intact at my sites.

When I signed into IE10 a few hours after the nightly Norton scan completed, all of my usernames/passwords were cleared.

If I get the same results in the morning, I'll disable the overnight scan completely although I don't see a reason that the Norton HDD scan would affect IE10 passwords. I'm thinking it's a difference between IE9 & 10 with Windows 7.

If that's what it appears after eliminating Norton, I'll then uncheck the "delete history on exit" option in IE10 and try that but I'm not expecting that action to retain the password info in IE10.

I'll uninstall IE10 and revert back to IE9 if these steps don't fix the username/password clearing issue.

 

[Brink]

I checked IE10 this morning and it's still deleting my username/password info at my 'net pages.

I went with a "plan B" last night and allowed my Norton 360 nightly scan to run but I edited it yesterday evening before it ran overnight, and unchecked most of the "temp file cleanup" options in Norton. This is a screencap of the "Tuneup PC" section in Norton 360.

The first time, I unchecked the "internet" file options. Now I have the "Windows file" option unchecked. I'll run it tonight & see what happens.

I did launch IE10 late last night before my nightly Norton scan ran on my HDD. My 'net usernames/passwords were still intact at my sites.

When I signed into IE10 a few hours after the nightly Norton scan completed, all of my usernames/passwords were cleared.

If I get the same results in the morning, I'll disable the overnight scan completely although I don't see a reason that the Norton HDD scan would affect IE10 passwords. I'm thinking it's a difference between IE9 & 10 with Windows 7.

If that's what it appears after eliminating Norton, I'll then uncheck the "delete history on exit" option in IE10 and try that but I'm not expecting that action to retain the password info in IE10.

I'll uninstall IE10 and revert back to IE9 if these steps don't fix the username/password clearing issue.

Scoop,

I'm thinking it may be the disk defrag by Norton that's doing it. As a test, don't run it to see if it's still getting cleared.

 

[Scoop]

Scoop,

I'm thinking it may be the disk defrag by Norton that's doing it. As a test, don't run it to see if it's still getting cleared.

Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought of that one. I disabled all of my "Tuneup" options for the overnight scan tonight. I was never running the "Registry Cleanup" option since I installed Norton, wasn't comfortable with that option.

I also run a daily overnight MalwareBytes scan. I didn't mention that before since I figure it's not related to the IE10 issue. I've been running that one as well as the Norton scan during my IE9 use with no username/password clearing issues.