Security News > 2021 > June > RIP: Internet Explorer will be disabled in Windows 11
Windows 11 has officially signed the death sentence for Internet Explorer as it will be disabled when users upgrade to the new operating system.
In the announcement, Microsoft states that Internet Explorer will be disabled in Windows 11 as Microsoft Edge now includes the IE Mode feature.
"Internet Explorer is disabled. Microsoft Edge is the recommended replacement and includes IE Mode which may be useful in certain scenarios," says Microsoft's list of deprecated applications in Windows 11.
"Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer mode built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge. With Microsoft Edge capable of assuming this responsibility and more, the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10.".
Now that Windows 11 is disabling Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge includes IE Mode, it is not clear if Microsoft will accelerate the retirement in Windows 10 as well.
As they will continue to support Windows 10 for the enterprise, they will likely continue supporting Internet Explorer on that OS until Windows 10 reaches the end of life.