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IE (Internet Explorer)

• Developer: Microsoft
• Development Status: Replaced by Edge
• Released: 1995
• Platforms: Windows, macOS
• Type: Browser
• Rendering Engine: Trident (Windows), Tasman (macOS)

Overview

Internet Explorer was Microsoft's web browser for Windows.

Related Browsers

UAParser.js separates Microsoft's legacy, current, mobile, and embedded browser identities:

Browser	Description
IE	Microsoft's legacy browser, replaced by Edge.
IE Mobile	The former mobile version of Internet Explorer.
Edge	Microsoft's browser that replaced Internet Explorer.
Edge WebView	The embedded web control from the legacy Edge platform.
Edge WebView2	The modern web control powered by the Edge Chromium runtime.

History

Microsoft replaced Internet Explorer with Edge as its main Windows browser, with IE 11 as the last major version.

User-Agent Examples

Windows

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; APCPMS=^N201205020840572565478A37A6F9C41BD33F_9975^; Trident/7.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.3; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; MARKANYEPS#25118; Zoom 3.6.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
# IE 11 with IE token
Mozilla/5.0 (IE 11.0; Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
# IE 11 without IE token
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; rv 11.0) like Gecko

macOS

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0b1; Mac_PowerPC)

Code Example

import { UAParser } from 'ua-parser-js';
import { BrowserName } from 'ua-parser-js/enums';

const parser = new UAParser();
const ua = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; APCPMS=^N201205020840572565478A37A6F9C41BD33F_9975^; Trident/7.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.3; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; MARKANYEPS#25118; Zoom 3.6.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko';

const browser = parser.setUA(ua).getBrowser();

console.log(browser);
// {name: "IE", version: "11.0", major: "11"}

console.log(browser.is(BrowserName.IE));
// true