Netizens bid goodbye to 'Chrome downloader' Internet Explorer with hilarious memes

Microsoft Thursday announced that it will shut down Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022, after 25 years and it will be replaced by Microsoft Edge, prompting many social media users to react with posts and memes as for many it was the first browser they have used.

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In a blog post on Thursday, Microsoft wrote, "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.”

Earlier Microsoft had announced that its 365 services would not be supported on Internet Explorer anymore. Microsoft has already not been releasing any security updates for the existing legacy version of Microsoft Edge since it stopped supporting it on March 9, 2021.

Netizens bid Internet Explorer goodbye with memes and funny posts. Some joked about missing Explorer as they used it to download Chrome, while others made fun of the fact that it took the longest time to close.

Here are some of the creative memes that are going viral on social media:

Some iconic Bollywood meme templates were also shared.

Internet Explorer launched in 1995 and was one of the most popular tools used by people to access the Internet back then. Between 1995 and 2013, Microsoft released 11 versions of Internet Explorer. Since Firefox and Chrome came into the market, people stopped using Internet Explorer as the latest browsers were much faster.