The outdated app will automatically redirect to Microsoft Edge.

Originally launched in 1995, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer app was one of the first and most predominant internet browsing apps available. However, as time passed, users turned to more open-source and user-friendly browsers like Firefox or Chrome, and Microsoft itself ultimately retired the app in favor of its newer Edge browser. Last June, Microsoft announced that it would be formally ending support for Internet Explorer, which meant no more security or functionality updates, but this week, they’ve decided to close the book on the old browser for good.

Microsoft announced this week that they will be permanently disabling the usage of Internet Explorer on all PCs running Windows 10 or later via a newly-released Windows update. After installing this update, any attempts to run Internet Explorer will instead launch the Edge browser automatically. For the sake of convenience, any bookmarks, cookies, and other such data in Internet Explorer will be automatically ported over to Edge.

“With a growing number of websites no longer supporting Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge offers a faster, more secure, and more modern browsing experience that can still open legacy, Internet Explorer-dependent sites when needed,” Microsoft said in their announcement.

Edge will still offer an IE compatibility mode for sites that were developed with IE in mind, though even this feature is planned to be phased out by the year 2029.