Windows Notepad

Windows Notepad
Original author(s)Richard Brodie
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release1983; 42 years ago (1983)
(as Multi-Tool Notepad)
Stable release
December 2024 Update (11.2412.16.0) / February 24, 2025; 6 days ago (2025-02-24)[1]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC)
PredecessorMS-DOS Editor
TypeText editor
LicenseFreeware
Websiteapps.microsoft.com/detail/9msmlrh6lzf3

Windows Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows; it creates and edits plain text documents. It was first released in 1983 to commercialize the computer mouse in MS-DOS.

  1. ^ "Windows Notepad". Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 2025-02-24.

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