A 6MB editor quietly replacing tools that cost ten times more.

Copilot is on its way out of Notepad, but a return to the basic text editor is not on the cards. The Copilot button is reportedly missing from the latest Windows Insider build of Notepad. However, the ...

A new Notepad update for Windows Insiders begins Microsoft's push to reduce Copilot on Windows 11, replacing it with AI-powered "writing tools" instead. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Windows Latest previously exclusively reported that Microsoft is internally testing image support in Notepad for Windows 11. A month later, Notepad’s image integration is now being quietly teased in ...

In this post, we will show you how to use Markdown in Notepad on a Windows 11 PC. Microsoft has introduced lightweight formatting in Notepad, and it supports Markdown (*.md) files to work directly ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is adding image support to Windows Notepad, a feature previously exclusive to WordPad, with an image button appearing in the toolbar. The enhancement is currently in ...

Microsoft is preparing to bring another change to the humble Notepad app. According to Windows Latest, internal testing on Windows 11 shows that the classic text editor is gaining full image support.

PCWorld reports that Windows Notepad’s new Markdown support feature has introduced a serious remote code execution vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 8.8/7.7. The security flaw allows malicious ...

Just months after Microsoft added Markdown support to Notepad, researchers have found the feature can be abused to achieve remote code execution (RCE). Tracked as CVE-2026-20841 (8.8), the ...

“Your essential text editor, elevated,” says Microsoft when you open one of the world’s once simplest text editors, Notepad, on Windows 11 after a recent update. Notepad now has a welcome screen, ...