If you run any Windows Servers, you may run into a scenario where you want to remove access to Internet Explorer. Usually, any administrators that log into servers won’t have a need for it anyway, plus it can be a security concern. Sometimes, you might have a server that refuses to update to the latest version (as of this writing is IE11).
Here’s how to remove Internet Explorer (IE) from Windows Server.
Open a Command Prompt with Administrative Privledges. To get a list of all of your enabled features, run this command: dism /online /get-features One of the features is Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64.
To remove Internet Explorer (IE), run this command: dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64
You’ll see:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.1.7600.16385 Image Version: 6.1.7601.18489 Disabling feature(s) [==========================100.0%==========================] The operation completed successfully.
After the restart, Internet Explorer (IE) won’t be available. If you need to add it back, replace /disable-feature with /enable-feature in the command above.