No, Microsoft Won’t Kill Off the 32-Year-Old Paint in Windows 10 Redstone 3

As we reported the last weekend, Microsoft is removing and deprecating a number of features in the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (also known as Redstone 3), and following the company’s announcement, many media outlets rushed to announce the company is killing off the super-popular Paint after 32 years on the market.

While Microsoft Paint was listed as a deprecated feature, which kind of makes sense given that the focus is now on Paint 3D app, predicting the death of the classic Paint tool proved to be a little off target, with Microsoft itself rolling out a statement to explain that no such thing is going to happen.

Microsoft says that Microsoft Paint isn’t going anywhere when the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update launches, other than the Windows Store.

Paint isn’t going anywhere

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