If you don’t want to apply the policy on domain level, you can apply the GPO to a test Organizational Unit first. Right-click the domain and click Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here. In the Group Policy Management console, expand domains. If you need some explanation with screenshots, here it is.

Double-click Disable Internet Explorer 11 as a standalone browser.

Go to Computer Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Windows Components/ Internet Explorer.

Right-click the domain and select Create a GPO in this domain and link it here.

Launch the Group Policy Management console.

To disable Internet Explorer 11 using group policy, follow these steps:

How to Disable Internet Explorer 11 using Group Policy

Windows Server 2012: KB4601348 or later.

Windows 10 initial version (July 2015): KB4601331 or later.

Windows 10, version 1607, Windows Server 2016: KB4601318 or later.

Windows 10 version 1809, Windows Server version 1809, and Windows Server 2019: KB4598296 or later.

Windows 10 version 1909, Windows Server version 1909: KB4598298 or later.

Windows 10, version 2004, Windows Server version 2004, Windows 10, version 20H2: KB4598291 or later.

The following Windows updates and Microsoft Edge software are required If you have apps and website that rely on Internet Explorer, this is the good time to start using the IE mode and test the apps for compatibility with Edge. Now the good thing is Microsoft Edge has IE built-in mode. With SCCM, you can deploy Microsoft Edge and the Edge Updates. While on the other hand, Microsoft Edge is an excellent browser and gets frequent updates.

You won’t be getting any updates for Internet Explorer once it goes out of Support. So now that Internet Explorer 11 is going out of support on Jyou can look to disable Internet Explorer 11 on computers. Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer mode built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge. With Microsoft Edge capable of assuming this responsibility and more, the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10. Today, we are at the next stage of that journey: we are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. Microsoft recently made a big announcement about Internet Explorer. By using disable Internet Explorer 11 as a standalone browser policy setting, we will disable IE11 on computers. In this post, I will show you how to disable Internet Explorer 11 using Group Policy.

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