"Your essential text editor, elevated," says Microsoft when you open one of the world's once simplest text editors, Notepad, ...

Notepad has lately fallen out of favor with a lot of Windows users. I stumbled on a new open-source alternative that you ...

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.

Notepad gets new features — including a dash more AI – but I'm betting this isn't what most Windows 11 users want ...

Microsoft emphasizes that these AI features are entirely optional and can be turned off in Notepad’s settings. This Windows ...

Microsoft's January 2026 security update has broken Windows 11 apps like Notepad and Snipping Tool, introducing dual bugs ...

Microsoft has released Notepad 11.2512.10.0 with expanded Markdown support and AI streaming, plus Paint 11.2512.191.0 with AI coloring book for Copilot+ PCs.

Open the Classic Notepad from its stored locations Install the Classic Notepad using Optional features in the Settings app Uninstall the new Notepad app Disable Modern Notepad Alias in Settings. Let’s ...

In context: Microsoft is going in some very wild directions with Windows development, with Notepad being one of the most outstanding guinea pigs in AI and design experimentations. Notepad now has the ...

It has finally happened. Microsoft’s text editor Notepad just got a spellcheck feature, more than 40 years after the software launched in 1983. For the history buffs, Ronald Reagan was still president ...