WordPad has been a free part of Windows since 1995, offering more features than Notepad but less than Microsoft Word. It's been something of an odd app, and that may be why Microsoft is killing it.
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WordPad, a built-in text editor for Windows, is dead. Microsoft has updated its official documentation with a notification about the app's deprecation and future removal from modern Windows versions.
As exactly no one has requested, Microsoft is testing out a new feature for its built-in WordPad application that will give you advertisements for the company's free Office web apps.
The latest 20H1 Insider build released to the Fast ring shows Microsoft is planning on making both the classic Paint app and WordPad as optional features, allowing them to be uninstalled.
After Store listings showed up last month, Microsoft has begun offering WordPad, XPS Viewer, Microsoft Character Map, and Windows Fax and Scan through the Windows Store using Project Centennial.
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Microsoft has begun using Project Centennial to compile some of its own Win32 apps into UWP apps, which now have listings in the Store. These apps include WordPad, XPS Viewer, and more.
Microsoft has updated its security advisory for a recently announced exploit found in versions of Word, stating that it does not affect the free WordPad word processor.
