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With the arrival of Windows 11 version 24H2, WordPad is officially gone. Want to keep using it? You're in luck.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18980, Microsoft converted WordPad into an Option Feature for you to uninstall or reinstall to save disk space if needed. This tutorial will show you how to install or uninstall the classic WordPad (write.exe) app for all users in Windows 10.
While the workaround is easy, you will need access to a computer running an earlier version of Windows 10/11 with the WordPad program installed. If you are wondering, we can get the WordPad in Windows 11 by just copying and pasting three small WordPad files.
? Discover how to restore and install WordPad in Windows 11—step-by-step guide for all versions, plus modern alternatives if it's missing.
WordPad is suited to taking notes; writing letters and stories; and use on various tablets, PCs, and smart phones. It is unsuitable for work that relies heavily on graphics and typesetting, such as most publishing-industry requirements for rendering final hard copy.
To use WordPad in Windows, search for the wordpad in the Taskbar search box and click on the individual search result. After that, you can start typing whatever you want.
WordPad is a lightweight word processor included with previous versions of Windows, allowing users to create, edit, and format basic text documents. However, in Windows 11, WordPad is no longer pre-installed, requiring users to manually install or enable it.
WordPad is an application that comes installed with the Windows operating system and is a very simplified version of the Microsoft Word program that you can buy and install on your PC.
WordPad is no longer being updated and will be removed in a future release of Windows. We recommend Microsoft Word for rich text documents like .doc and .rtf and Windows Notepad for plain text documents like .txt.
Learn how to use WordPad in any version of Windows to create simple text documents, format them, edit them and print them. How to use the ribbon in WordPad.