It's the end of an era. Microsoft will officially end support for the Internet Explorer (IE) browser starting this Wednesday (15). Those who still use the tool in consumer versions of Windows 10 will be redirected to Edge, the company's most current browser.

As you can read in some of the news portals in the area, with the change, IE will no longer be supported by Microsoft for security updates or improvements.

Writes a portal that after a period of redirection, the company will disable the browser altogether via an operating system update.

It should be noted that Internet Explorer was released more than 25 years ago, along with the Windows 95 operating system. Today, the technology company has Edge as its default tool for web browsing.

"Edge is not only a faster, safer and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to solve a major concern: compatibility with legacy and legacy websites and applications," states a post on Microsoft's official blog.

The company will allow its users to access sites and applications that have been developed for Internet Explorer through a compatibility mode in the new browser.

The end of Internet Explorer - which represents the first era of internet browsing - had already been announced for years. In 2019, the company had to emergency release a new version of Internet Explorer for security reasons.