Microsoft Corp. plans to phase out WordPad, the free word processor that has shipped with Windows for the past 28 years. The company disclosed the move in a support note released on Friday. “WordPad ...

For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another Windows ...

WordPad first shipped as part of Windows 95, but it’s being removed in a future release of Windows. WordPad first shipped as part of Windows 95, but it’s being removed in a future release of Windows.

In 2024, Microsoft officially removed WordPad from Windows 11, in a blow to longtime users of the app. WordPad was a useful tool for many, offering a middle-ground between the simplicity of Notepad ...

We probably should have known something was up when they didn’t give WordPad a dark mode. Just before the long holiday weekend, Microsoft added WordPad to its list of “Deprecated Features” for Windows ...

The workaround here is pretty simple, thanks to Microsoft. They have now made apps like Notepad, Wordpad, and Paint Optional features on Windows. This means they can be uninstalled and reinstalled as ...

The recent Canary build of Windows 11 does not include WordPad. It appears the app that was introduced in Windows 95 is now being retired. Microsoft is expected to also remove a few other aging apps.

WordPad, a Windows rich editing app that has been a mainstay of the platform since Windows 95, is on its way out. Microsoft has marked it for deprecation, a death knell that signals that it will be ...

Windows 11 no longer has WordPad, with Microsoft finally giving the venerable app the chop with the 24H2 update. This comes as no surprise, because Microsoft had already deprecated WordPad - that ...

Whatever its other flaws, Windows 11 has given the operating system’s built-in app suite its biggest overhaul in many years. For apps like Calculator, the changes have been merely cosmetic, but ...

Those of you who still use WordPad in Windows will at some point have to find another program to open and read your favorite documents. In the latest edition of its list of deprecated Windows features ...