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 ...

Microsoft is killing off WordPad, its decades-old text editor in Windows. The company will no longer update the software. It will then remove it from a future version of Windows. WordPad has been ...

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 ...

If you recall, the announcement about the deprecation of the app happened some time ago, back in September 2023. Then after that, at the start of January 2024, Microsoft announced that WordPad (not to ...

Microsoft will soon delete WordPad from Windows 11. The company published a new support page detailing the upcoming removal of the old text editor in Windows 11 version 24H2, which is coming soon.

After a 30-year run, Microsoft WordPad is being put out to pasture in favor of newer software. Microsoft says there is no need to worry, however, as it offers two options to take its place. As ...

Thankfully, there are now ample free options, though, this being Microsoft, I can't help but see this as yet another move to try to force someone to use Office. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Insiders participating in the Canary Channel for Windows 11 may recall that Redmond removed WordPad from new OS installs earlier this month. Now with the latest preview build (26040), ...

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