Why is it not possible to delete IE addons from the IE interface?

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Published on 2009-12-05T14:15:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 19:03 UTC
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You can disable but you can't delete them from the "Manage addons" dialog.

In IE 7 there was a delete button but I've never seen it enabled, in IE 8 I don't see the button at all.

My guess would be that IE addons are registered as COM components and you cannot track who uses that component besides IE itself so it would be unsafe to delete.

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