Download now: Securing Windows policy (free PDF) However, currently in Paint 3D these controls merely act as a 3D viewer as editing can only be done from the standard side view.

Microsoft is quietly retiring its Paint 3D Windows app. The app, which was launched in 2016, will no longer receive updates and will be removed from the Microsoft Store on November 4.

Microsoft announced that the Paint 3D graphics app will be discontinued later this year and removed from the Microsoft Store in November.

Starting with Windows 10 Preview Build 21332, which began rolling out this week, when you do a clean install of Windows 10 the Paint 3D and 3D Viewer applications won’t be included by default.

1] 3D Viewer 3D Viewer is the default 3D file viewer app that you get in Windows 10. It lets you view 3D models of different formats such as STL, FBX, GLTF, OBJ, and other files.

As the Windows Blog confirms, the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build (21332) removes 3D Viewer and Paint 3D from the default app install list.