
Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer mode (“IE mode”) built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge. "Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications. Today, we are at the next stage of that journey: we are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. So, it looks like some of the support that has been pulled from IE11, plus all the many updates Microsoft has been releasing for Edge, has already helped make plenty of people swap browsers.Īnnouncing the retirement of Internet Explorer, Microsoft said: "Over the last year, you may have noticed our movement away from Internet Explorer (“IE”) support, such as an announcement of the end of IE support by Microsoft 365 online services. Compared that to the same time last year though, the battle between Edge and IE was far tighter - with Edge holding a 7.76 percent share of the browser market compared to IE's 5.45 percent. This comes into effect on August 17 2021, and given how widely used 365 apps are it could spark another exodus away from IE11 to Edge.Īccording to NetMarketShare stats, in April Chrome was the most popular browser in the world (69.51 percent market share) with Edge in second (11.57 percent) and Internet Explorer in fourth (3.82 percent).


In case you are not happy and would like to disable the redirection, here's how you can prevent sites from being redirected to Microsoft Edge. Initially, though the redirection is happening to a list of 1,156 websites, Microsoft is expanding the list to more number of sites. Beginning November 2020, users navigating to sites using Internet Explorer are being redirected to the new Microsoft Edge if it detects incompatibility. In October 2020, Microsoft took a new initiative to phase out Internet Explorer (IE11) for its new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser.
