Microsoft's iconic browser Internet Explorer was shut down on Wednesday, 27 years after its launch. Twitter was awash with nostalgic posts and memes about the browser, despite its many faults.

In a meme making its way around the internet, yes, they have officially both purchased and erected a headstone to mark the passing of Internet Explorer! Internet Explorer Commemorated with Tombstone!

Microsoft will be disabling IE and directing Windows users to its modern Edge web browser in coming months. The news inspired jokes, memes and even some fond memories.

Discover the hidden ways to access Internet Explorer on Windows 11, despite Microsoft's retirement of the browser.

For others it was a moment for 90′s nostalgia memes, while The Wall Street Journal quoted a 22-year-old who was sad to see Internet Explorer go. The Microsoft Internet Explorer logo.

Today, Internet Explorer memes are like kidney jokes that surface every year when Apple launches a new iPhone: evergreen and timeless.

A Korean software engineer couldn’t pass up an opportunity to dunk on Microsoft’s now-defunct Internet Explorer web browser.

Microsoft retired Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022, but you can still access the browser on Windows if you know a little trick.

Microsoft will stop supporting the application and transition users to the Edge browser before permanently disabling Internet Explorer.

Microsoft finally removed Internet Explorer completely out of Windows 11, and although there is an IE mode in the firm's Edge browser, that and other third party add-ons don't always work.