You can't retire it, it's built into the operating system. There was a whole antitrust lawsuit about this. Unrelated OS apps took dependencies on ie binaries, so I'd imagine it will always be there, like fossil viruses in our DNA https://x.com/verge/status/1395056616693772289
See, Microsofts own error messages say so: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/what-happens-when-you-remove-internet-explorer-windows-81/
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