Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it's no longer under active development, though the company did not specify the precise timing of this change.

For the first time in 40 years, Windows will ship without built-in word processor WordPad is one of the few built-in apps not to be updated in Windows 11.

RIP, WordPad: Microsoft will remove this longtime word-processing app in a future Windows update by Todd Bishop on September 5, 2023 at 9:55 am Share 2 Tweet Reddit Email ...