Neowin News Feed for: Notepad

Notepad++ 8.9.6.4

Razvan Serea — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:28:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.6.2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:44:02 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.6.1

Razvan Serea — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:50:02 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.6

Razvan Serea — Thu, 21 May 2026 06:52:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.5

Razvan Serea — Mon, 11 May 2026 12:12:02 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Text Editor Pro 36.2.1

Razvan Serea — Tue, 05 May 2026 01:00:01 +0000

Text editing tool that comes with syntax highlighting support, over 600 options for customizing, over 100 skins, unicode character map, SQL formatter, and support for multiple directories. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.4

Razvan Serea — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:26:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it

Usama Jawad — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:26:01 +0000

Microsoft begins removing Copilot labels in Windows 11 apps, but AI tools stay, leaving users feeling misled rather than satisfied. Read more...

Microsoft begins removing Copilot from Windows 11 apps

Taras Buria — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:32:02 +0000

Microsoft recently promised to remove useless Copilot references in Windows 11. The first updates for stock apps bring the promised cleanup. Read more...

EditPad Lite 8.6.1

Razvan Serea — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:34:02 +0000

EditPad Lite is a compact and convenient text editor or word processor. You'll find it very handy for editing all kinds of plain text files on your computer. EditPad Lite is very configurable. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.3

Razvan Serea — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:58:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Text Editor Pro 35.6.1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:00:01 +0000

Text Editor Pro 35.6

Razvan Serea — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:27:27 +0000

Notepad is getting image support for some reason

Taras Buria — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has already injected a lot of features into Notepad, and it is not stopping there. Images may be next. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:00:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Microsoft patches Notepad flaw that could let attackers hijack Windows PCs

Ivan Jenic — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:08:02 +0000

Microsoft just patched a serious vulnerability in Notepad for Windows that could allow hackers to take control of victims' computers. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9.1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:30:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Twitch and Kick streamer banned thanks to a highly requested Windows 11 exclusive feature

Sayan Sen — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:18:01 +0000

One of the most highly requested Windows 11 exclusive features has helped expose a popular Twitch streamer who accidentally streamed explicit content. Read more...

Notepad, Snipping Tool, other apps broken by new bug in Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 06:14:02 +0000

Yet another bug in Windows 11 has left users unable to open apps like Notepad and Snipping Tool, as they are greeted with error code 0x803F8001. Read more...

Microsoft updates Notepad with more formatting tools, Paint gets more AI

Taras Buria — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:20:01 +0000

Microsoft is adding more stuff to some of Windows 11's inbox apps. This time, Notepad and Paint get new features, including new formatting tools, AI, and more. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.9

Razvan Serea — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:10:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.9

Razvan Serea — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:20:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

You can now have tables in Notepad on Windows 11

Taras Buria — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:36:01 +0000

Microsoft is adding more features to Notepad, but this time, it is not AI slop. The latest additions are for those wishing the app had tables. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.8

Razvan Serea — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:12:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.7

Razvan Serea — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:12:02 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.6

Razvan Serea — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:38:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Snipping Tool, Notepad, and Paint get a bunch of useful new features

Taras Buria — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:02:01 +0000

Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad, some of the most popular inbox Windows 11 apps, are getting a handful of new features for Windows Insiders. Read more...

Windows 11 is getting new context menus, this time for Notepad

Taras Buria — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:10:01 +0000

Microsoft quietly released a new Notepad update with an unexpected change: redesigned context menus. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.5

Razvan Serea — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 04:24:02 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.4

Razvan Serea — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:32:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad is losing its focus

Usama Jawad — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Notepad used to be a simple note-taking app without any distractions. Now it's becoming an ad platform for Copilot. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.3

Razvan Serea — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:36:49 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:28:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

You can now format text in Windows 11's Notepad

Taras Buria — Fri, 30 May 2025 18:22:01 +0000

Windows 11's Notepad is getting more powerful, but it is not all about AI and text generation. The latest update brings a useful feature that was previously only available in WordPad. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out big updates for Paint, Notepad, and Snipping Tool

Taras Buria — Thu, 22 May 2025 18:18:01 +0000

Microsoft is rolling out big updates for stock Windows 11 apps to Windows Insiders. They include Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad. Read more...

Sublime Text 4 Build 4200

Razvan Serea — Wed, 21 May 2025 16:56:01 +0000

Sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance. Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8.1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 05 May 2025 07:00:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.8

Razvan Serea — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:48:13 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Notepad++ 8.7.9

Razvan Serea — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:32:01 +0000

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Read more...

Microsoft releases new Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad features to more insiders

Taras Buria — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:32:02 +0000

Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels can now try new features for Paint, Notepad, and Snipping Tool. Read more...