Microsoft is (finally) killing off Internet Explorer entirely

Enlarge / You don't need Internet Explorer to view any of these websites-which, unfortunately, doesn't stop your users from trying it anyway. (credit: TimZillion / Getty Images)

If you're one of the 10 people on the planet who absolutely loves Microsoft's venerable Internet Explorer browser, you'd better spend quality time with it while you can-Microsoft is retiring the browser on June 15, 2022.

The much-hated browser has clung tenaciously to the Windows operating system thanks largely to a never-ending supply of businesses that tailored custom websites and web interfaces using IE-only functionality, because those businesses were unwilling to rewrite them for a more modern web environment. But Microsoft believes that the new Chromium-based Edge has finally licked the problem of IE compatibility once and for all:

Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications. Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer mode (IE mode") built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge.

The retirement doesn't apply across the entire spectrum of Microsoft operating systems yet-IE11 is disappearing from standard Windows 10 editions but will continue to live on (for now) in Windows 10 LTSC and in all current versions of Windows Server.

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