Three applications that have been part of Windows for decades may soon become optional features… meaning you’ll be able to remove them if you don’t use them. The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has announced the end of WordPad, its text editor stuck between the full-featured Word and bare-bones Notepad. As reported by PC Gamer, Microsoft shared in a "deprecated features for Windows ...

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.

WordPad is officially a thing of the past, now. Microsoft will not be updating WordPad anymore and will be removing it via a future Windows release. Instead, Redmond’s tech giant is recommending its ...

Microsoft is getting rid of its WordPad application, which has been a staple of every Windows operating system released since 1995. Not only is the Satya Nadella-led company planning to remove the ...

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, ...

Our go-to text editor, word processor is usually Microsoft Word. We’ve been using it for ages, are most comfortable with it despite its quirks, and don’t see why we need to use an alternative. But ...