Microsoft Is Doing Away With WordPad After 30 Years
WordPad’s retirement marks the end of an era for Windows users who have used it for decades.
By Sukhbir Cheema — 08 Jan 2024, 02:20 PM
WordPad, the text editor that has been part of Windows for 30 years, is retiring
Microsoft has decided to remove WordPad from its operating systems.
Users who have installed the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build will not find WordPad in their apps list, and they will not be able to reinstall it.
Microsoft says that WordPad, which was launched in Windows 95 as a simple word processor, is no longer needed
In a blog post, the tech giant recommended users to use Word for rich text editing and Notepad for plain text editing instead.
WordPad has not received any major updates in recent years, which suggests that Microsoft was planning to phase it out.
WordPad's retirement marks the end of an era for Windows users who have used it for decades.
