# Microsoft Is Ending Support For the Old Non-Chromium Edge

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**Created:** [March 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-is-ending-support-for-the-old-non-chromium-edge/174996 "2021-03-11T12:32:08Z")\
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Support for Microsoft’s original Edge browser [is ending today](https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/9/22321779/microsoft-edge-legacy-spartan-browser-support-ended). Legacy Edge, as it is now called, will no longer receive security updates, and anyone still using it should start the process of switching to something else. The Verge reports:

_Legacy Edge was [originally codenamed "Spartan](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/01/25/0021243/in-addition-to-project-spartan-windows-10-will-include-internet-explorer)" and was included with Windows 10 as the operating system’s default web browser before it was officially named Edge. The Edge mantle is being taken up by Microsoft’s Chromium-based browser, which was in beta throughout 2019 and [officially launched in January 2020](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/01/15/187215/microsoft-launches-chromium-edge-for-windows-7-windows-8-windows-10-and-macos). This means Edge (the old Edge, that is) survived just over a year alongside its replacement. Microsoft also says Legacy Edge [will automatically be removed](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/new-microsoft-edge-to-replace-microsoft-edge-legacy-with-april-s/ba-p/2114224) by the April Windows 10 update, with the new Edge being installed in its stead._