Adios, WordPad: Microsoft to remove rich-text editor in future Windows OS

US-based technology company Microsoft has announced that it would remove the WordPad from the future release of its Windows operating system. For the uninitiated, WordPad is a free rich text editor and word processor that has been part of the Windows operating system since Windows 95, which was announced in 1995. It is part of Windows 11, but would not be updated. And in the future Windows release, the software would altogether be removed.

As an alternative, Microsoft recommends Word, its paid word processor that is feature-packed and far more useful than WordPad. Word is part of Microsoft 365, which is a subscription package offered with a suite of productivity-centric software and cloud storage.