Microsoft 'killed' Internet Explorer from June 15, 2022

The announcement comes as IE is increasingly losing ground to rival browsers like Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari.

According to the announcement, IE will officially "retire" from June 15, 2022. In a blog post, Microsoft said its other web browser, Microsoft Edge, will replace IE on Windows 10.

Websites and applications that were once developed against IE will continue to run on Microsoft Eddge until at least 2029.

The leading US technology company affirms that the Microsoft Edge browser is not only faster, more secure and offers a more modern network access experience than IE, but importantly, it is still compatible with web pages. older web and apps.

Although no longer popular and become obsolete, in the past IE used to be a very popular internet browser for a long time.

Many users have even used IE itself to download other browsers like Google's Crome.

According to Statscounter's statistics, as of April 2021, Crome holds 65% market share while Safari ranks second with 19% market share. Next is Firefox and Edge in third place (3.59% market share) and fourth (3.39% market share).

Micah Soto

Update 21 May 2021