Microsoft has revealed in its official blog that the Internet Explorer 11 web browser would be retired on June 15, 2022, for some versions of Windows 10.
“We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,” the company stated on its official blog site on May 19, 2021.
From having an enormous 95% market share in the year 2002 to a tiny 1.5% in April 2021, Internet Explorer has seen a despondent fall over the last decade. Its current version was released back in 2013, and it was only 3 years later that its development was stopped.
The explanation for its demise is that Microsoft Edge would be able to provide users with a more stable, quicker, and modern browsing experience.
The company noted that legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications will continue to work on the new Microsoft Edge (Internet Explorer) mode until 2029. The company has been moving away from Internet Explorer over the past year as it has been working Microsoft Edge with IE mode to replace the IE 11 desktop application on certain versions of Windows 10.
The versions of Windows that will continue having IE 11 desktop application: Windows 7 Extended Security Updates, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Server SAC, Windows 10 Server LTSC, Windows 10 client LTSC, Windows 10 IoT Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC).
Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in August 1995, which is now more than 25 years old. Before better browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and others were launched, IE was the most popular internet browser for many years. People soon began to complain about its slowness in comparison to other browsers.
