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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has revealed that the official branding ... The tech giant has ditched WordPad, and has already removed it from clean installs and administrators will find Wordpad disappears on upgrade.