Eminyakeni yokuqala lapho i-Intanethi yathandwa khona, besingabala iziphequluli ezitholakalayo eminweni yesandla esisodwa. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho iMicrosoft yethula khona i-Internet Explorer, isiphequluli ebesithatha ngayo yonke imakethe yesiphequluli. Ingxenye yempumelelo yayo ibingenxa ye- ibingenye yezinketho ezimbalwa ezitholakalayo futhi ibihlanganiswe kuzo zonke izinhlobo zeWindows. Enye indlela etholakalayo kwakuyiNetscape Comunicado, isiphequluli okwathi ngemuva kwezinkinga ezimbalwa saqhathaniswa neMozilla, ukwethula kamuva iFirefox, kodwa yindaba ende esizokutshela yona kwenye indatshana.
Kusukela ngo-1995, isiphequluli besilokhu sithuthuka sizama ukwamukela zonke izinto ezintsha ezifinyelele emakethe yezinhlelo zewebhu. Kepha ukufika komncintiswano, ku-Chrome, nokunganakwa kweMicrosoft engxenyeni yesiphequluli sayo, kusho ukuthi i-Internet Explore ibilahlekelwa isabelo semakethe unyaka nonyaka. Ukuzama ukuqala ikhanda emakethe yesiphequluli, IMicrosoft inyuse umkhono wayo iMicrosoft Edge, isiphequluli abafana baseRedmond abafuna ukusukuma ngaso kwi-Chrome enamandla onke.
Kepha ngaphandle kokwethula isiphequluli esisha, isithandwa I-Internet Explorer, isatholakala ku-Windows 10. Izindaba zakamuva eziza kithi zivela kuMicrosoft, ziqinisekisa ukuthi i-Internet Explorer ekugcineni izoma ukutholakala ku-Windows 10. IMicrosoft inikeze isikhathi esikahle ukuze bonke labo basebenzisi abebengakwazi ukuhlala ngaphandle kwayo, bakwazi ukujwayela iMicrosoft I-Edge, yize kungenzeka ukuthi bakhethe i-Chrome, njengabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-300 i-Internet Explorer elahlekile unyaka wonke esiphele ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule.