How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 [Guide]
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is going through a hype and almost everyone is downloading it to check it out. Since it’s in beta and bugs / errors are bound to show, people are reporting errors like display problems with elements, problems with the Share this plugin on website which is resulting in locking internet explorer 8 completely and increase the memory use.
These bugs are making people uninstall internet explorer beta 8 and go back to whatever they were using before. Ghacks has provided a great guide on how to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Note: Some Windows XP users might not be able to uninstall Internet Explorer 8. This happens to the users who installed a previous version of Internet Explorer 8 and later on the Service Pack 3 for Windows XP. A warning is issued to those users during installation of Internet Explorer 8 that the installation will become permanent. They might still be able to use System Restore to downgrade again if a System Restore point is available that dates back prior to the installation of Internet Explorer 8.
Uninstalling Internet Explorer 8 in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
- From the Start menu, open Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs
- Click Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 and then click Remove.
- Your computer will be reverted to Internet Explorer 6 + previous IE6 security updates or Internet Explorer 7 + previous IE7 security updates depending on what you had before the upgrade.
- You can confirm that by clicking Help, then About Internet Explorer next time you launch Internet Explorer.
- Be sure to check for any new security updates.
Uninstalling Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
- From the Start menu, open Control Panel and click Programs
- Click Programs and Features and click View Installed Updates (located in the left side menu
- Select Windows Internet Explorer 8 and Uninstall
- Your machine will be reverted to IE7 + previous IE7 security updates
- You can confirm that by clicking Help, then clicking About Internet Explorer next time you launch Internet Explorer.
- Be sure to check for any new security updates.
Comments
Hi,
I had a problem during the installation of IE8, but the browser itself works correctly. There is only one problem, the Windows Internet Explorer 8 update does NOT appear in the Installed Updates list …
Is there anything I can do or is reinstalling vista my only solution? Thank you!
remove all IE related files from- programs,start menu,app data(user related),system 32 and winsxs. it will be gone normally.
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I got a automatic update Saturday and since then I can not open internet explorer with out constant errors and avi anti virus is showing errors of cannot be written so i had to uninstall my antivirus not like it was important. When I tried to uninstall IE 8 to go back to IE 7 i get errors and blue screen errors when i try to start in safe mode. No more betas for me. I have a HP computer and this reminds me of the problem with a update a few months ago with service pack 3. If I did not have firefox I’d really be upset for internet explorer is unusable and hard to get windows updates without it. Hope there a hotfix soon and Mircosoft should allow firefox to download windows updates since IE always has problems for me.
For some reason the IE 8 beta wont let me uninstall it even though i didn’t get the message that says that it will become permanent. is there any way i can still uninstall it, and what would be the repercussions of doing so?
I’m running Vista Business.
In Program/Features/uninstall update - There is not IE8 to uninstall
There is no Directory IE8 in Windows Directory
There is no uninstall file anywhere for IE8 on my machine
When I search for anything IE8 on my drive nothing is returned.
IE8 Beta 2 is install though how on earth do I get rid of it ?
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