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Why doesn't Submittable support Internet Explorer 11 or legacy versions of Microsoft's Edge browser?
Why doesn't Submittable support Internet Explorer 11 or legacy versions of Microsoft's Edge browser?

Submittable no longer supports Microsoft's IE11 browser or Microsoft's Edge browser (Legacy Edge prior to version 20).

Pam English avatar
Written by Pam English
Updated over a week ago


Submittable no longer supports Internet Explorer 11 or legacy versions of Microsoft's Edge browser (prior to version 20). You may run into problems if you are using the Submittable platform with these older browsers. This could include file-upload issues, as well as an inability to receive crucial security and functionality updates. Note: Submittable does support Microsoft's Edge browser beyond version 20.

If you are currently using IE 11, we recommend switching to a better supported browser, such as:

 - Google Chrome
 - Mozilla Firefox
 - Apple Safari

Please be sure that your computer's operating system software is up to date as well, to ensure that your browser runs as efficiently as is possible. 

More on IE11:

In 2015, Microsoft released their Edge browser as an upgrade to Internet Explorer. Subsequently, in 2016, they announced plans to gradually phase out support for earlier versions of Internet Explorer (IE8,IE9,IE10). While Microsoft has plans to continue support for IE11 throughout the remainder of its Lifecycle Policy, many organizations, Submittable included, do not plan to continue developing platform support around it, in anticipation of Microsoft's eventual complete conversion to their Edge Browser.

More on Microsoft's Edge browser:

Any version of the Edge released prior to version 20 doesn’t use Microsoft's new chromium engine and is considered “Legacy Edge” by Microsoft. Microsoft will be removing support for Legacy Edge completely in March, 2021.

As fewer of our users continue to use IE11 and older versions of Microsoft Edge, Submittable is removing support for IE11 in order to focus software development and support efforts on the most popular browsers with the most up-to-date web functionality.  

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