<p>A completely new and built from the scratch web browser from Microsoft is about to be released next week.</p>
<p>The new Chromium-Edge is a faster, more stable and overall much better browser than Internet Explorer and legacy Edge ever were. Once released Chromium-based Edge will replace the legacy Edge on Windows 10 v1803 and later systems automatically via Windows Update.</p>
<p>If for some reason you are satisfied with the build-in version of the Edge browser and would not want to make the switch, you can still block the automatic installation on your Windows 10 system.</p>
<p>You can achieve this in two ways.</p>
<ul>
<li>Download and install <strong>Blocker Toolkit executable file</strong> from <a href="https://msedgeblockertoolkit.blob.core.windows.net/blockertoolkit/MicrosoftEdgeChromiumBlockerToolkit.exe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HERE</a>.</li>
<li>Run and extract the contents of the file anywhere on your drive. For instance to <strong>C:\temp</strong> folder.</li>
<li>Open <strong>CMD</strong> (<strong>command prompt</strong>) in elevated mode (<strong>right-click and run as administrator</strong>.</li>
<li>Change the path to the folder where you have extracted downloaded files. If you have used the C:\temp folder you can do this by typing these two commands.
<ul>
<li>cd\ (hit enter)</li>
<li>cd temp (hit enter)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Now type the following command <strong>EdgeChromium_Blocker.cmd /B</strong> (hit enter)</li>
<li>After this, you should get the following message: <strong>Blocking deployment of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) on the local machine. The operation completed successfully</strong>.</li>
<li>You&#8217;re done!</li>
</ul>
<p>The second way includes editing the system registry.</p>
<ul>
<li>Open registry editor (<strong>regedit.exe</strong>) and navigate to the following registry key: <strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft</strong></li>
<li>Right-click on the Microsoft Hive and click to create a <strong>New Key</strong> with the name <strong>EdgeUpdate</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3473" src="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/microsoft_key.png" alt="" width="467" height="71" /></p>
<ul>
<li>In the right pane <strong>right-click</strong> and select <strong>New</strong> | <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value</strong></li>
<li>Name it <strong>DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium</strong></li>
<li>Now double click on the key and set its <strong>value to 1</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3474" src="https://www.wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/chromiumedgekey.jpg" alt="" width="672" height="90" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Close the registry editor and reboot your machine.</li>
<li>You&#8217;re done!</li>
</ul>
<p>This key only refers to the automatic update of the Chromium-Edge browser. You are still able to download and install the new browser manually at any time.</p>

How to prevent automatic installation of Chromium-Edge browser
