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'''Internet Explorer 10''' is a version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It ships as the default browser on [[Windows 8]] and [[Windows Server 2012]] and is available as an update for [[Windows 7]] and [[Windows Server 2008 R2]]. It replaced [[Internet Explorer 9]] and was replaced by [[Internet Explorer 11]].

Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 was released on 26 February 2013.

Internet Explorer 10 only supports Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Previous releases of Windows (such as [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Server 2003|Server 2003]], [[Windows Vista|Vista]], [[Windows Server 2008|Server 2008]] and earlier) are not supported.

Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on 12 April 2011 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas. At the conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 alongside a pre-release version of Windows 8. On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the ''Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive'' website. It only supports Windows 7; later platform preview releases only support Windows 8. IE 10 Platform Preview 1 includes support for CSS3's grid layout, flexible box layout, multi-column layout, gradients, and GPU hardware acceleration.

Internet Explorer 10 introduced a new feature called ''Flip Ahead'', available under Desktop and Metro builds. Flip Ahead adds a touch gesture that can be used to flip back and forth on sites that use multiple pages, replacing the need to tap on small page controls. This feature is turned off by default as browsing history is sent to Microsoft in order to provide it. Microsoft stated that some sites would need to be updated to ensure the gesture would work as intended.

The Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 (available on Windows 8 and Server 2012 (not enabled by default)) includes a new UI, most of which is hidden so that the webpage being viewed takes up the entire screen. The UI can be revealed by a right click of the mouse or by a swipe from the top or bottom edges of a touchscreen. When the UI is shown, current tabs are listed on the top of the screen, with a small preview of the page on each tab. A button to add a new tab is placed in the top-right corner. At the bottom of the screen, the address bar and navigational buttons are shown. Navigational buttons include the Back button (to navigate to the previous page), the Refresh button (to reload the active page), the Pin button (which create a new shortcut tile for the active page on the Start screen), and a wrench-shaped icon, which opens the only menu under Metro. It contains options such as "View on Desktop", which opens the current webpage on the desktop version of IE 10, and "Find on page", which can find a text string (a word, phrase, or arbitrary set of letters) in the active page.

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