Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is Microsoft's Chromium-based web browser, commonly used for web browsing, syncing, profiles, and web app access.
What is Microsoft Edge?
Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft for browsing websites, using web apps, signing into Microsoft accounts, syncing bookmarks and settings, and accessing features such as profiles, extensions, and built-in security tools. On Mac, users commonly encounter it as a standard browser application and through its related support files, caches, preferences, and update components.
Safety overview
Status: Safe
Microsoft Edge is a legitimate, signed application from Microsoft. Its app data may contain browsing history, cookies, cached website content, saved preferences, profile data, and possibly synced account-related settings, so review privacy and data-loss implications before removing related files.
Recommendation: Keep if you use Edge for browsing, web apps, or Microsoft account sync. If you do not use it, removing the app is usually reasonable, but review related browser data, profiles, and updater components first because doing so can remove saved local data and sign-in state.
Common paths
/Applications/Microsoft Edge.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/Microsoft Edge
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft Edge~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/EdgeUpdater
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.edgemac.plist
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