Microsoft has added bold, italics, lists, hyperlinks, and even Markdown to the Windows Notepad app, making it look more and more like the now-defunct WordPad.

Change likely due to WordPad's discontinuation, users encouraged to try revamped Notepad before switch.

This change aligns with Microsoft's plan to depreciate WordPad in future versions. Microsoft Word is recommended for rich text documents, while Windows Notepad is suggested for plain text documents.

The latest Canary build of Windows 11 is missing WordPad. Microsoft says WordPad will not be reinstallable after updating.

Meanwhile, WordPad, a free word processor that lives between Notepad and Word, is not long for this world. In a future update for Windows 11, Microsoft has confirmed its plans to remove WordPad ...

The WordPad removal comes just a day after Microsoft announced it was upgrading Notepad with features like autosave and tab retraction. The Windows Notepad app in Windows 11 was updated for the ...

Microsoft is discontinuing its 30-year-old WordPad software, instead promoting Microsoft Word and Notepad. WordPad will be removed from the next version of Windows.

Microsoft is deprecating its WordPad software from Windows, leading to the end of a decades-old staple, the company announced on Friday. WordPad will no longer be available on future versions of ...

After around 30 years of existence, WordPad is finally saying goodbye. In the Windows 11 Build 26020 Insider Preview’s Canary Channel, Microsoft announced that WordPad will not be auto-installed ...

Amid declining relevance, Microsoft has finally discontinued the WordPad app, which had been part of Windows since 1995.