Microsoft Removes Internet Explorer Across Windows 10 PCs Starting Today

Internet Explorer 11 will be permanently disabled on Windows 10. (photo: dock. microsoft)

JAKARTA - Internet Explorer 11 will be permanently disabled on Windows 10 devices starting today, which will be completely replaced with the new Microsoft Edge browser.

Microsoft's support page says the Microsoft Edge update will completely disable Internet Explorer in most versions of Windows 10, directing users to use Edge instead.

Edge will automatically transfer data and other browsing via bookmarks from Internet Explorer and display a dialog box informing the user what has happened.

Clicking on the Internet Explorer icon or trying to launch it from the Start menu as well as Run will automatically open Edge.

Keep in mind, Microsoft never shipped any version of Internet Explorer on Windows 11, so nothing will change if the user is already running Microsoft's latest operating system.

However, Visual References to apps will remain in Windows 10 until they are removed by a security update around June 2023, as quoted from ArsTechnica, Wednesday, February 15.

Internet Explorer will remain accessible on Windows Server, non-consumer versions of Windows 10 such as Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 IoT Long Term Service Channel (LTSC) versions, as well as Windows 7 and 8, which are no longer supported with new security updates or Edge versions in the last month.

Additionally, the underlying MSHTML rendering engine will continue to be included as part of Microsoft Edge's Internet Explorer compatibility mode, which will be supported through at least 2029.

The company says it will give users one year's notice before dropping Internet Explorer mode.