Internet Explorer will retire on June 15 2022, but Microsoft says it will live on in Edge

Microsoft has announced that it will retire the desktop application of its dated web browser Internet Explorer in June next year. The company will instead promote Microsoft Edge as its web browser offering to all users.

Microsoft has marked the end of the line for its famous web browser Internet Explorer. Having struggled through the latter half of its existence, Internet Explorer would be shut down in June next year to give way to Microsoft Edge. Microsoft first introduced the Internet Explorer on Windows in 1995. The web browser enjoyed a run of more than 25 years since then. Much of this life was marred by a gradual decline in its user base over the years, thanks to its slow evolution that was outpaced by that of its competitors like Google Chrome. Microsoft had long seen this coming and hence, had decided to bring in Microsoft Edge as its primary web browser. As Edge marked its debut in 2015, Internet Explorer was reduced to a “compatibility solution” for Microsoft users.