For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor WordPad is one of the few built-in apps not to be updated in Windows 11.

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.

Microsoft announced the deprecation of WordPad in September 2023, stating that the basic Windows word processor would no longer receive updates. Subsequently, WordPad was completely removed from ...

Microsoft WordPad is officially deprecated, which means it will disappear as soon as you update to 24H2. There is a workaround, though.

WordPad, introduced in 1995 with Windows 95, has been officially deprecated and is removed in the Windows 11 version 24H2 update.

While Paint and WordPad remained running throughout, Windows 10 quickly lost key functionality, including the ability to identify which CPU it was running on.

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 ...

Microsoft has made it clear that starting with the Insider build 26020, WordPad will cease to be a part of Windows 11.

If you're fond of WordPad, here's some bad news - it's going to be stripped out of existing Windows 11 installations going forward.

It is not yet known when Microsoft will remove WordPad from the consumer version of Windows 11, but we suspect it isn't long for this world.

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 ...