internet explorer end of life dates — full support timeline
5 of 9 tracked internet explorer releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 2013-11-13 | 2022-06-14 | — | ended |
| 11-ltsb | 2013-11-13 | 2031-10-14 | — | supported |
| 11-ltsc | 2013-11-13 | 2031-10-14 | — | supported |
| 11-server | 2013-11-13 | 2031-10-14 | — | supported |
| 11-embedded | 2013-11-13 | 2031-10-14 | — | supported |
| 10 | 2012-10-30 | 2020-01-31 | — | ended |
| 9 | 2011-03-15 | 2016-01-12 | — | ended |
| 8 | 2009-06-17 | 2016-01-12 | — | ended |
| 7 | 2006-10-18 | 2023-10-10 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported internet explorer release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/internet-explorer, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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