Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as ...

WordPad was first introduced nearly 30 years ago for Windows 95, but in 2020, it was downgraded to an optional feature, meaning users could choose to delete WordPad from their system. Microsoft ...

WordPad is no longer being updated and will be removed in a future release of Windows, according to Microsoft. Written by Lance Whitney, Contributor Sept. 5, 2023 at 10:48 a.m. PT ...

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 ...

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.

WordPad is a deprecated Windows feature,” said the Windows Insider blog announcing the discontinuation of WordPad. Microsoft had listed WordPad as a “deprecated” app in September 2023.

Technically speaking, WordPad was announced as being deprecated back on September 1st, 2023, according to Microsoft’s documentation, after a 30-year run.

While Microsoft Word might be heavy to fill the WordPad role, RTF is rarely used these days, and anyone can access the web versions of Word for free if needed. In fact, we can't remember the last ...

WordPad made its original debut as part of Windows 95, the version of Windows that rolled out to consumers in August 1995. The operating system required a 40-megahertz processor, 4 megabytes of ...

Wordpad was first introduced as part of Windows 95 nearly 30 years ago. Since then, Microsoft has added the more familiar Notepad, which has finally been getting a few new upgrades of its own.

Here's a screenshot of WordPad in the Windows 7 preview. Notice that the ribbon here is laid out to match Microsoft's authentic ribbon, but Wordpad 2009 has one thing that Win7 WordPad does not ...