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Asked: 2026-05-15T13:14:57+00:00

I have page like this <html> <head> <div id=container> Hello, this is NON-IE content.

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I have page like this

<html>
<head>

<div id="container">
Hello, this is NON-IE content.
</div>

</head>
</html>

What I want is to Stop Internet Explorer [ IE ] from loading OR Neglecting <div id="container"> & allow all other browsers to load It.

Don’t want to use <!--[if IE 7]>.

Looking for Javascript to work with.

How Can I achieve this ?

Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    For users that don’t want to use jQuery, you can simply do:

    if (/*@cc_on!@*/false) {
    alert('This is Internet Explorer!');
}

    http://devoracles.com/the-best-method-to-check-for-internet-explorer-in-javascript

    What we see up there? I declared a new
    variable, called IE, which has the
    value a comment block followed by
    ‘false‘. The above variable will be
    understood by IE: var IE = !false,
    because Internet Explorer uses JScript
    — a Javascript-like dialect of the
    standard ECMAScript — instead of
    Javascript which is used by all the
    other browsers. JScript can parse the
    comments, just like Internet Explorer
    (see conditional HTML comments post).
    This is a unique feature of IE, none
    of the other browsers can do it, so
    Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, all
    will understand the above declaration
    as IE = false.

    Note: If any other browser were to use “JScript” this would pass, but since JScript is written by Microsoft I think you’re safe. Another method is the navigator object, which you can pull the application name. Although some applications like to spoof this, so I believe the JScript is a bit more reliable.

    if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') {
    alert('This is Internet Explorer!');
}

    Edit: This was more to help users in detecting IE, not about directly answering the users question. Also, for users not wanting to use jQuery you could simple do document.getElementById(‘container’).style.display = ‘none’; — Just figured I’d add this in since my post did mention “without using jQuery”.

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