Edge Legacy is coming to an end: these are the versions of Windows 10 that will see how it is uninstalled yes or yes on April 13

Edge Legacy or what is the same, the previous version of Edge, comes to an end. It is true that it can still be used, but Microsoft is already clear that it will end its existence with the launch of the next Windows 10 update when it is released on April 13, a change that will affect different versions of Windows 10

The date on which we will see the release of an update, the spring of 2021, which seems light and light, will also be the date on which that old Microsoft Edge will dieNot surprising when you consider that Microsoft announced this week that it was ending support for Edge Legacy.

Goodbye Edge, hello new Edge

The new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium It has been a great success by Microsoft It has harnessed the full potential of Chromium to equip your browser with new features arriving regularly. It's not just that you can get Chrome extensions, that too. It is that now Edge works really well and is convincing more and more new users.

A browser with extensions (yes, finally) but that is also faster and safer, with new functions that can also be testable in advancejust by downloading the versions we found in one of the three test channels.

The new Edge, despite its youth, has a market share, where it already stands at 8.01% to close in on Firefox or Safari. Chrome is still a long way off, but Edge is just getting started and there are still many teams lagging behind using classic Edge.

The truth is that, whether they like it or not, everyone who installs the Windows 10 April 13 Update will see how Chromium-based Edge will definitely replace Edge LegacyWe had seen some similar movement, but this is already the final death and Edge Legacy will be uninstalled no matter what.

The old Edge will then have to settle for surviving on computers that still use systems prior to Windows 10, as is the case Windows 7 or Windows 8.x. These are the versions that will be affected:

• Windows 10, version 1803, all editions (April 2018)
• Windows 10, version 1809, all editions (October 2018)
• Windows 10, version 1903, all editions (May 2019)
• Windows 10, version 1909, all editions (October 2019)
• Windows 10, version 2004, all editions (May 2020)
• Windows 10, version 20H2, all editions (October 2020) (in this case only Microsoft Edge Legacy will be removed).

From Microsoft they also warn that it will not be possible to have both versions running at the same time, something that was possible until now, at least if equipment is updated. And in case someone is tempted not to update, they warn that it is not convenient to skip the update since it would put the computer at risk, leaving it unprotected against possible cyberattacks and vulnerabilities.

The truth is that the update may take time to arrive. Although it is released on April 13, Microsoft usually releases it in stages so that, in the event of a bug, it does not spread among the huge number of computers that have Windows 10. This is the margin of existence, which many users who use Edge Legacy will still have.

Via | Microsoft