The domain profile and group policies applied to my machine have no particular enforcement of Edge having a shortcut in any particular location, which means the operating system is doing this unbidden for no other reason than to promote the use of Edge. No other pinned shortcuts I didn't create ever re-appear after removal on every new login session That pinned shortcut never goes away none of my other user-created pinned shortcuts ever go away.

I have already selected another default browser. How do I, as a user in an Enterprise environment where a domain-controlled profile is initialized on every login, prevent Edge from being pinned to my task bar on each new session, without interfering with other parts of my profile? This simple question is bound to have an obtuse and unworkable answer. Has to be part of the operating system, so now I'm forced to interact with Microsoft technical representatives - something I want to do even less. Microsoft has unfortunately precluded the option of removing Edge entirely because apparently a Web browser I do not want to see Edge I do not want to interact with Edge I do not want to know that Edge exists on my machine.

Remove microsoft edge from startup