Microsoft is removing WordPad from Windows 11 in version 24H2, set for release around September. WordPad, a feature since Windows 95, is less relevant today with free alternatives like Word for ...

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 ...

Another benefit of WordPad is its basic note-taking capacity. Microsoft's OneNote app could plug that gap, as it is specifically designed for note taking. The OneNote desktop app is installed as ...

If you don’t know, WordPad has been around since Windows 95, and in terms of features and functionality, it offers more than Notepad, but less than Microsoft Word. This naturally makes it a bit of a ...