Ngexesha leminyaka yokuqala yokuba i-Intanethi ithandwe, sinokubala izikhangeli ezikhoyo kwiminwe yesandla esinye. Kungelo xesha apho iMicrosoft yasungula i-Intanethi Explorer, isikhangeli apho yathatha khona yonke imakethi yesikhangeli. Inxalenye yempumelelo yayo ibifanele Yenye yeendlela ezimbalwa ezikhoyo kwaye yayihlanganiswe kuzo zonke iinguqulelo zeWindows. Olunye ukhetho olukhoyo yayiyiNetscape Comunicado, isikhangeli esathi emva kweengxaki ezininzi safaniswa neMozilla, sazisa kamva iFirefox, kodwa libali elide esiza kukuxelela lona kwelinye inqaku.
Ukusukela ngo-1995, isikhangeli besisoloko siguquka sizama ukwamkela zonke izinto ezintsha eziye zafikelela kwintengiso yeenkqubo zewebhu. Kodwa ukufika kokhuphiswano, kwiChannel, kunye nokungahoywa kweMicrosoft kwinqanaba lesikhangeli sayo, kuye kwathetha ukuba i-Intanethi yokuPhonononga ilahlekelwe sisabelo sentengiso unyaka nonyaka. Ukuzama ukuqala ngentloko kwintengiso yesikhangeli, IMicrosoft inyuse umkhono wayo weMicrosoft Edge, isikhangeli apho abafana baseRedmond bafuna ukuma kwiChannel enamandla onke.
Kodwa ngaphandle kokumiliselwa kwesikhangeli esitsha, intanda I-Internet Explorer, isekhona kwiWindows 10. Iindaba zamva nje eziza kuthi zisuka kwaMicrosoft, zingqina ukuba i-Intanethi Explorer ekugqibeleni iyayeka ukubakho kwiWindows 10. IMicrosoft inike ixesha elifanelekileyo ukuze bonke abo basebenzisi abangenakuphila ngaphandle kwayo, bakwazi ukuqhelana neMicrosoft Edge, nangona kunokwenzeka ukuba bakhethe i-Chrome, njengabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-300 i-Internet Explorer elahlekileyo kunyaka wonke esiwugqibe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.