The Verge

Microsoft is removing WordPad from Windows 11 later this year.

The basic WordPad app has shipped as part of Windows since Windows 95. but Microsoft announced last year that it’s removing it from Windows 11. Now we have a rough date for the removal. “WordPad will ...
Neowin

Microsoft will remove WordPad from Windows 11 in version 24H20 0

Microsoft deprecated WordPad, the old text editor first introduced in Windows 95, in September 2023. Later, release notes for one of the Windows 11 preview builds confirmed that the company plans to ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Ends WordPad’s Run as a Built-In Windows App Since 1995

Microsoft has officially discontinued WordPad, the primary word processor bundled with each Windows version since 1995. The tech giant will not include WordPad in Windows 11 version 24H2, which began ...
AOL

Microsoft Windows is removing WordPad, its decades-old text editor

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 ...
Hosted on MSN

Microsoft Retires This Program After 28 Years

After nearly three decades, Microsoft is officially retiring WordPad, one of its oldest and most recognizable programs. The simple text editor, which first appeared in Windows 95, will be completely ...
Kotaku

40 Years Later, Microsoft Finally Adds Spell Check To Notepad

Microsoft’s free and simple text editor, Notepad, is finally getting a feature that many users have requested for years: Spell check. Finally, when you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into ...