Reset Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge to default

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Posted on December 10, 2015

Reset Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge to default
Internet Explorer::
1) Right click the windows symbol on the lower left hand corner .
2) Click the control panel
3) Search for internet options
4) Under the advanced tab click reset under “reset internet explorer settings ” . Select the box next to
delete personal settings and click the reset button . After the reset has been completed click the close button
5) Reopen internet options , under advance click on restore advance settings. then click apply.
6) Go under General and click delete under browsing history . select all boxes and click the delete button.
Click the apply button and click ok.
Microsoft Edge ::
1) Right click the windows symbol on the lower left hand corner .
2) click on command prompt (admin)
3) type the below without the quotes .You can also copy and past into this window. Right click the mouse to paste
“rmdir /S C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe “
5) Right click the windows symbok on the lower left hand corner. Click search and search for “powershell”
Right click powershell and select run as administrator
4 ) Type the below without the quotes. You can also copy and past into this window. Right click the mouse to paste
“Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}”
IE and Microsoft Edge has now been reset to default
You can close the command prompt and powershell window.