UPDATE 10/3/24: It's time to say goodbye. With this week's Windows 11 2024 update, WordPad has officially made its way to Microsoft's list of deprecated features. "WordPad is removed from all editions ...

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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.

Microsoft has some bad news for those still using WordPad: the company will soon remove the app from Windows 11. Moreover, you will not be able to install it back, at least officially. Microsoft ...

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.

Late last year, Microsoft dropped some shocking news on all Windows users. WordPad, an app that has shipped as part of Windows for the better part of 30 years, is being deprecated. At the time, the ...

WordPad has been a vector for malware in the past, so if they include it they have to keep up with security fixes. The title mentions Word, but it affected WordPad too. I remember back when you could ...

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 ...

Microsoft is gearing up to remove WordPad from its operating system. Wikimedia Commons It looks like Microsoft is planning to remove WordPad from its Windows operating system. To those unaware, ...

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 ...

It is a few months since Microsoft announced plans to ditch WordPad. Back in September the company revealed that the cut-down word processor would no longer be updated and would be removed from the ...

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 ...