Removing features to streamline Windows is no easy task. Microsoft's casual threat to remove Paint highlights the frustrating dynamic of progress versus our collective nostalgia for simpler times.

Time is running out for Microsoft Paint. The venerable application that started its life 32 years ago as a monochrome, bitmap Windows 1.0 drawing program is on Microsoft's "Deprecated" list. In an ...

In 2023, Microsoft gave the classic Paint app some major upgrades. These included layers, transparency, and auto background removal — features that used to be exclusive to Paint 3D.

Meanwhile, Paint 3D will be available for free with the Windows 10 Creators Update. “If there’s anything we learned, it’s that after 32 years, MS Paint has a lot of fans,” she wrote.

That's the first time Microsoft has mentioned Paint moving to its app store since introducing its successor, 3D Paint, in the Windows 10 Creators Update last October.

A leaked video shows Microsoft is finally updating Paint. The new Paint Preview will offer a 3D mode and let users draw directly into the program via a touchscreen and a stylus.

Time is running out for Microsoft Paint. The venerable application that started its life 32 years ago as a monochrome, bitmap Windows 1.0 drawing program is on Microsoft's "Deprecated" list. In an ...

Paint was Microsoft’s original Windows 1.0 program when the company launched in 1985. It’s now on a list of features that will be “removed and deprecated.” ...

Microsoft has incorporated its revamped Paint 3D app into the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build. First announced as part of the Windows 10 Creators update, it has nothing to do with the ...