How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 9

Windows Internet Explorer 9 (abbreviated as IE9) is the recent version of the Internet Explorer web browser from Microsoft. It was released to the public on March 14, 2011 at 21:00 PDT.

Internet Explorer 9 supports several CSS 3 properties, embedded ICC v2 or v4 color profiles support via Windows Color System, and has improved JavaScript performance.

It also features hardware-accelerated graphics rendering using Direct2D, hardware-accelerated text rendering using DirectWrite, hardware-accelerated video rendering using Media Foundation, imaging support provided by Windows Imaging Component, and high fidelity printing powered by the XPS print pipeline.

Internet Explorer 9 also supports the HTML5 video and audio tags and the Web Open Font Format. Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 9 as a major out-of-band version that is not tied to the release schedule of any particular version of Windows, unlike previous versions.

The system requirements for Internet Explorer 9 are Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2 with the Platform Update.

Windows XP and earlier are not supported. Internet Explorer 9 is the last version of Internet Explorer to be supported on Windows Vista; Internet Explorer 10 will only be supported on Windows 7 and later.Both 32-bit and 64-bit builds are available.

If you have installed Internet Explorer 9 and if you are not satisfied with the product, you can very well Uninstall It. Incase if you cant find Internet Explorer 9 installed in the Add Or Remove Programs, here are the steps to Un Install It.

In some circumstances you may need to uninstall Internet Explorer 9 to get back to a previous version, however, when they try to uninstall IE9 through add/remove programs, IE9 is not in the installed programs list. Internet Explorer 9 is listed under Installed Updates. To uninstall IE9 use the following steps.

Close all programs.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel. (alternatively you can click on Computer and choose “Uninstall Or Change A Program” as shown in the below screen shot, and directly skip to 4th Point.

Click Uninstall a Program under the Programs category
In the Tasks pane, click View installed updates.
In the list of installed updates, double-click Windows Internet Explorer 9.
In the Uninstall an update dialog box, click Yes.
Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
Follow the instructions to uninstall Internet Explorer 9.
When the uninstall program is finished, restart your computer.
After you restart your computer, open Internet Explorer.
Click About Internet Explorer on the Help menu. If Internet Explorer 7 or 8 appears in the About Internet Explorer dialog box, then you have successfully completed the uninstall.