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 ...

How did Notepad become bloated?

Guide When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Notepad in Windows 11 recently received plenty of updates, and even more are coming soon.

Damn you Microsoft! I am a notepad addict. If you look at my taskbar at any time and you will see at least 5 notepads, usually a lot more running at one time. Why? Because it is fast and small I use ...

Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. is a senior correspondent and author of ...

Windows 8 significantly changed the Windows interface, which can make it hard to find programs you're used to opening frequently. The Start menu, which used to list Windows accessories like Notepad, ...

Whatever else you can say about Windows 11—and whatever you think about its pushy tendencies and the Copilot feature that has been rolled out to pretty much everyone despite being labeled a ...

After a Microsoft employee accidentally leaked tabs in Notepad over the holidays, it’s officially in public test builds. After a Microsoft employee accidentally leaked tabs in Notepad over the ...

Notepad is one of the most commonly used Windows applications. Having been around for almost 30 years now in Windows computers, this text editor is still used by hundreds of thousands of people as ...

Alongside new Windows 11 Dev channel and Beta channel builds released today, Microsoft has now begun rolling out tabbed Notepad to the former Dev channel. The feature had leaked out last month.