WordPad will be removed from all editions of Windows starting with Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025. This word processor began to be distributed alongside Windows 28 years ago, with the arrival of Windows 95.
Free and cloud alternatives such as Google Docs or Word itself have eliminated the need to have dedicated applications installed in the operating system for tasks as mundane as composing text. From now on, Microsoft recommends using the cloud version of Microsoft Word for rich text documents such as.doc and.rtf.