For many, WordPad was a simple but useful alternative to Microsoft Word — but it’s no longer part of Windows. Windows 11 24H2 marks the official death of WordPad along with several other ...

WordPad, introduced in 1995 with Windows 95, has been officially deprecated and is removed in the Windows 11 version 24H2 ...

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 ...

However, you should know that WordPad has been completely removed from Windows 11 24H2 and later. Windows will thus no longer have a built-in default RTF reader. Microsoft recommends using Word ...

Windows Server 2025 is officially generally available with some substantial changes for administrators including useful Active Directory Domain tweaks, plus the disappearance of some familiar friends ...