If you don't want Windows 10 to automatically redirect you against Internet Explorer to Edge browser when accessing incompatible websites, you can stop it. Here's the best way to do it.

Internet Explorer now has wrinkles with no longer relevant in the modern browsing world. That's a primary reason why Microsoft created a new browser called Edge and started phasing the Ie slowly and gradually. In fact, unless you open Ie explicitly, Windows 10 no longer opens any webpage within the IE by default.

In general, an enormous majority of users no more use or need to use the web Explorer. However, you may still find Windows users who use IE every day. This might due to habit or perhaps a work requirement. Because most modern websites are incompatible with IE, it can cause issues. To further reduce this, Microsoft started automatically redirecting users from online Explorer to Edge Chromium once they visit an incompatible website or webpage. For example, if you visit youtube.com in IE, you'll be automatically redirected towards the MS Edge browser. Actually, you'll even see a popup message telling "This website works better on Microsoft Edge".

If you don't such as this behavior and wish to use Internet Explorer for reasons uknown, it can be done. All you need to do is stop Windows from redirecting Internet Explorer to Edge.

In this simple and quick guide, allow me to show the steps to prevent Internet Explorer to Edge redirect in Windows 10.

Stop Internet Explorer to Edge redirect

Windows 10 offers a number of different methods to stop Ie to Edge redirect. I'll show three different methods. Follow any of the methods you're confident with.

1. Disable IE redirect setting in Edge browser

The new Edge Chromium browser has a special setting that makes Windows automatically redirect you against Internet Explorer to Edge. Disabling this setting stop the automated redirect. Here's how.

Open the Edge browser.
Type "edge://settings/defaultbrowser" within the address bar and press Enter.
Select "Never" from the "Let Internet Explorer open sites in Microsoft Edge" dropdown menu.
Settings all saved automatically.
Restart the advantage browser.

2. Disable extensions in IE to stop redirect to Edge

Internet Explorer uses special a helper resist redirect from IE to Edge. By disabling the third-party extensions feature, you are able to stop this behavior.

Open the Run dialog box using the "Windows key + R" shortcut.
Type "inetcpl.cpl" and click "Ok."
Go towards the "Advanced" tab.
Uncheck the "Enable third-party browser extensions" option.
Click "Apply."
Click "Ok" to save changes.

This should steer clear of the Internet Explorer to Edge redirect. However, one bad thing is that if you are using extensions or custom helper objects they'll cease working too. When the extensions/helper objects are a requirement for your work, stick to the first method.

3. Edit registry to stop Internet Explorer to Edge redirect

You can stop Internet Explorer to Edge redirect by disabling the IEToEdge Browser Helper Object (BHO) in the registry editor. Here's how.

Open the registry editor.
Paste the below path in the address bar and press Enter.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext\CLSID
On the right panel, double-click on the "1FD49718-1D00-4B19-AF5F-070AF6D5D54C" value.
Change the Value Data from "1" to "0".
Click on the "Ok" button.
Close the registry editor.
Restart Windows 10.

That is all. It's that easy to stop Internet Explorer to Edge redirect in Windows 10.