How to Uninstall Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in Vista
Fed up with Internet Explorer 8 which is unstable at best? IE8 IE8 Beta 1 may occasionally crashes or not responding when browsing websites, and users have to close the browser with request to send the error report to Microsoft. The bugs or crashes happen more frequently especially if users using third-party add-ons such as Google Toolbar. This is generally expected as this is the first beta of IE 8.
Beside, user interface of IE8 is generally similar to IE7, reducing the enticing for users who face problems when using IE8 to stay using it. If you decided to rollback and revert back to original IE7 or IE6, it’s possible to uninstall IE8 to do so.
IE8 can be uninstall by using Add or Remove Programs module in Windows XP, but in Windows Vista, Windows Internet Explorer 8 is not considered to be a ‘program’. Instead, IE8 is categorizing as an ‘update’. Thus, users will not be able to find Windows Internet Explorer 8 in “Programs and Features” of Windows Vista.
To uninstall Internet Explorer 8, go to Control Panel, and click on Uninstall Programs link or Programs and Features icon. Then on Tasks pane on the left, click on View installed updates link. Locate and select Windows Internet Explorer 8 in the list of installed updates, and then click on Uninstall button. Click on Yes when asked that are you sure want to uninstall the update.
If there is no option of IE8 been found on “Programs and Features” or “Add or Remove Programs” dialog box, or uninstallation of Internet Explorer 8 is unclean (causing error message such as setup cannot continue because a more recent version of Internet Explorer has been detected on this computer when trying to downgrade to IE7), try to manually run the spuninst.exe.
To do so, go to C:\WINDOWS\ie8\spuninst\ folder (your drive letter may be different), and run spuninst.exe. Restart the computer after uninstallation completed.
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May 16th, 2008 21:36
Thanks! I couldn’t find this anywhere. It seems crazy that the ie8 beta overwrites the ie7 installation. I don’t trust that ie7 ‘emulation mode,’ either.
May 12th, 2008 04:16
omg thank you!!! I thought i would never get this crap (IE8) off of my computer lol very thorough with the directions that even someone new to the internet could understand it. =) Thanks again!
May 11th, 2008 03:06
thaaaaaaanks alot
May 10th, 2008 03:40
Ah found a solution:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/710225-how-uninstall-ie-8-beta.html
May 10th, 2008 03:36
First ‘I’ -> It.
I have WinXP prof, english, sp3
May 10th, 2008 03:35
I won’t work. I see the internet explorer 8 beta 1 item, but the uninstall button won’t appear. Fuckedup browser..
The emulate is a lie, many script errors, but in normal ie7 not.
May 6th, 2008 15:59
when i look at updates in programs,it doesnt say ie 8 beta.. it only has a cuople hotfix,numerous security updates and then a -cumulative update for media center for windows vista! i need to get rid of the beta 8 cuz its totaly misfunctioning and others. please someone advise me how. is it one of the ones i listed?
May 5th, 2008 02:56
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! IE8 needs some serious repairs. They shouldn’t be allowed to Beta this program as of yet, until they work out these major kinks.. It completely locked up my PC after installation. It’s a brand new Gateway, NO WAY it was anything else but IE8…
Thanks again!
May 4th, 2008 15:10
Thank you very much!
April 27th, 2008 16:18
Helo, Thank you for your article on removing internet explorer 8.
April 13th, 2008 01:28
thank you very much most helpful site on internet
April 8th, 2008 10:50
Thank you very much.This website is very useful. IT is very helpful to uninstall IE8.
April 6th, 2008 08:22
IE8 is non-sense. It is unstabele and reports errors for each and every site I open in it, while the same requests are handled by Firefox perfectly. Though it is understandable that IE8 is BETA, Microsoft sucks. I suggest netizens to refresh to the new era of open source computing. Its time the monopoly is gone!!!
March 19th, 2008 05:03
Thank you sooooo much… I just got a request to restart seemed to haved worked. This site is from now on defenitely a bookmark. Cheers!
March 17th, 2008 03:19
Thanks alot
March 15th, 2008 14:22
ok there is no uninstall feature as of yet for this beta version. If you used the beta version hopefully soom MS will alow yoiu to unistall it but as of right now you CAN NOT UNINSTALL ie8. GOOD JOB MICROSOFY IE8 DEPARTMENT.
Idiots
March 13th, 2008 05:49
Thanks for the info!
To those complaining that this version isn’t progress – it’s a BETA!
March 10th, 2008 09:59
this saved me a lot thanx. i use firefox but other people on my computer use IE and that would have been mad so thanx a lot
March 9th, 2008 10:52
i still cant get rid of the pop up IE8 after i uninstalled it
March 9th, 2008 03:58
champion !
March 8th, 2008 06:30
thanks
very useful
March 7th, 2008 21:37
Thanks!
March 7th, 2008 05:56
congratsCheers… this website rocks. Keep the good work!!!!!
March 7th, 2008 05:48
thanks for the info! it would be nice if M$ had supplied it instead, however.
harder to uninstall an even crappier product… yep,that’s progress…
March 7th, 2008 03:07
How do you uninstall IE8 Beta if it doesn’t appear in Control Panel/Programs? I’m currently stuck with it and it crashes on exit every time (and thus not saving any settings). IE8 doesn’t even appear on Windows Installer CleanUp utility.