Microsoft finally killed off WordPad with Windows 11 24H2, and the company recommends subscribing to Office with Word as your replacement. If you don’t want to pay for Office, you can use the free ...

Pour one out for the poor WordPad. Microsoft killed its free rich text editor in late 2023 in an effort to switch users to its premium Office apps or their free web-based versions. While WordPad ...

The update also removes a few apps from Windows 11, including Windows Mixed Reality, Tips and WordPad. While 365 subscribers have been getting regular improvements and updates to Office ...

Microsoft deprecated WordPad, the old text editor first introduced in Windows 95, in September 2023. Later, release notes for one of the Windows 11 preview builds confirmed that the company plans ...