Microsoft Deletes Google Chrome After Embarrassing Windows Mistake

Mistakes happen. But Microsoft’s latest was more embarrassing than most. After repeatedly warning Windows users to ditch Chrome for its own Edge browser, a very public post made it clear that "even Microsoft uses Google Chrome.” ForbesVerizon Outage—Your Account Is Under Attack If You Get This Text That surprising revelation came from Windows Latest, which spotted Chrome pinned to the Windows 11 taskbar in one of Microsoft’s own ads, published on its own YouTube channel. With the furor now past, Microsoft has now fixed the mistake. Again per Windows Latest, “Microsoft has quietly edited the ad, removing Google’s browser from the taskbar and showing Edge instead.” There remains “a bunch of other apps, such as Edge, Xbox, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Office apps like PowerPoint instead. But there’s no room for Chrome anymore, and all of that makes sense.” MORE FOR YOU Despite Microsoft’s continued warnings and pop-ups pushing Windows users to the Edge, Google’s browser has never been more dominant on PCs. Its market share is growing, not shrinking. That’s why Google has usually seemed fairly relaxed. The situation with Apple is different. Google does want to shift Safari users to Chrome, especially on iPhone. Chrome’s latest update offers a step-by-step button-press guide to exporting web history, bookmarks and passwords from Safari to Chrome. ForbesApple Spyware Warning—Turn Your iPhone Off And On Again Now