We probably should have known something was up when they didn’t give WordPad a dark mode. Just before the long holiday weekend, Microsoft added WordPad to its list of “Deprecated Features” for Windows ...

After a 30-year run, Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, leaving fans of this simple word processor upset. Fortunately, there ...

Microsoft has announced that its long-running WordPad app will no longer be updated, and it will be removed in a future release of Windows. WordPad, which first debuted almost three decades ago as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Software King of the World Microsoft has revealed that WordPad, the basic word processor that's been included with Windows since 1995, is being retired. On a Microsoft blog it states that WordPad is ...

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 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 ...

Microsoft is letting go of its WordPad feature after its launch three years ago. This text editor will no longer be supported with any new updates as the company will stop its focus on the ...

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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 ...