Microsoft has discontinued WordPad with no official explanation, though signs point to security concerns. Fortunately, there ...

After around 30 years of existence, WordPad is finally saying goodbye. In the Windows 11 Build 26020 Insider Preview’s Canary Channel, Microsoft announced that WordPad will not be auto-installed after ...

Nearly thirty years ago, Microsoft unveiled WordPad, a basic text editing software that later often came pre-installed on Windows machines, but now it’s going the way of Windows Movie Maker and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Windows 11 2024 Update, otherwise known as version 24H2, started rolling out yesterday, but if you’ve already updated, you might notice something is missing. WordPad’s deprecation has become a ...

After a slight Windows 8 redesign, the word processor hasn't seen any major updates since Windows 7's Ribbon interface Microsoft plans to remove WordPad from future releases of Windows since it is no ...

Microsoft is killing WordPad, its long-running free alternative to Microsoft Word. The company announced on Friday that it will no longer update existing WordPad software and won’t be available on ...

Technology giant Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, which had been part of every Windows operating system for the last 28 years. “Starting with this build, the WordPad and People apps will no longer ...

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 ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft has made it abundantly clear that WordPad is slated for retirement. A newly published document outlines a specific timeline for the discontinuation of the longstanding ...