Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Initial release | October 17, 2013[1] |
Stable release | 11.0 (11.0.9600.22069)
/ July 9, 2024[2] |
Engine | MSHTML v8.0, Chakra |
Operating system | Windows 7 SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Embedded 8 Standard Windows Server 2012 |
Platform | IA-32, x64, and ARM |
Included with | Windows 8.1 Windows RT Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022 |
Predecessor | Internet Explorer 10 (2012) |
Successor | Microsoft Edge (2015) |
Size | 28–53 MB |
License | Proprietary, requires a Windows license[3] |
Website | www |
Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is the eleventh and final version of the Internet Explorer web browser. It was initially released on October 17, 2013, and was later released for older Windows versions on November 7, 2013. It is the successor to Internet Explorer 10, released the previous year, and was the original, default browser before Microsoft Edge was introduced. On April 16, 2019, Internet Explorer 11 was made available to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard as the final expansion of Internet Explorer 11 availability.[4][5] Internet Explorer 11, like its predecessor, is not available for earlier versions of Windows and Windows Server.
On January 12, 2016, Microsoft adjusted their product lifecycle policies to only support the most recent version of Internet Explorer offered for any given version of Windows.[6] Support for Internet Explorer 11, now regarded as an "OS component", is bound to the version of the Windows it is installed on. Thus, Microsoft provides updates only to currently supported versions of Windows. This includes Windows LTSC (formerly LTSB), and supported Windows Server versions, which will continue to receive IE11 updates until their respective end-of-support dates. The exception to this is the Windows Semi-Annual Channel (SAC). For SAC versions of Windows, Internet Explorer 11 support ended on June 15, 2022, Internet Explorer was permanently disabled on February 14, 2023, and any remaining icons or shortcuts were due to be removed on June 13, 2023. However, on May 19, 2023, various organizations disapproved, leading Microsoft to withdraw the change.[7][8] IE11 can still be accessed in some capacity with a third-party method.
IE Mode, a feature of Microsoft Edge, enables Edge to display web pages using Internet Explorer 11's Trident layout engine and other core components.[9] Through IE Mode, the underlying technology of Internet Explorer 11 partially exists on Windows that do not support Internet Explorer as a proper application.[10] Microsoft has announced support for IE Mode through at least 2029, with a one-year advance notice prior to retiring this variant of IE11.[7]
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