In September 2023, Microsoft announced the surprising end of their free text editing program. For many, WordPad was a simple but useful alternative to Microsoft Word — but it’s no longer part of ...

For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another Windows ...

Microsoft has announced plans to discontinue WordPad, an app that has been a part of the Windows operating system for almost 28 years. The upcoming Windows update will no longer include the native and ...

Microsoft is finally retiring WordPad, the venerable text editor that has been a staple in Windows operating systems since Windows 95. This decision comes as part of Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to ...

Microsoft Paint and WordPad might be optional features for Windows 10 in the future. Both apps appeared in the Optional Features section of a recent Insider build of Windows 10. Being optional ...

Three of the apps we've all come to expect (and rely on?) as part of a fresh installation of Windows look set to switch to being optional in future versions of Windows 10. As Windows Latest reports, ...

WINDOWS users are fuming after Microsoft delivered a crushing update on the future of a long-running app. The PC giant had already revealed that the app's days are numbered but we now have a clearer ...