Rejoice! Microsoft Paint is here to stay in Windows 10.

It wasn't long agone that the venerable Microsoft Paint'due south future was in question, but it looks like information technology's here to stay as part of Windows 10. The legendary piece of software, which has been the quick and dirty go-to for doodling for 34 years now, is sticking around in the Windows 10 May 2022 Update, co-ordinate to senior program manager for the Windows Insider Program Brandon LeBlanc (via GeekWire).

Yes, MSPaint will exist included in 1903. Information technology'll remain included in Windows 10 for at present.
— Brandon LeBlanc (@brandonleblanc) Apr 23, 2022

Prior to this, Paint was put on the chopping block in 2022, equally Microsoft added information technology to the features that were slated to be deprecated or removed from Windows ten in an upcoming update. In response, internet citizenry lobbied Microsoft to go along the aging app around, prompting the company to hope to make Paint available on the Microsoft Store.

Since then, the original Paint desktop app that ships with Windows 10 has continued to be included as part of the package, and, at least "for at present," in LeBlanc's words, it will continue to keep its place amongst Windows' nigh beloved apps.

Of course, if you demand something a fiddling more capable, Microsoft'due south newer Paint 3D app, meant to be a replacement for Pigment, is available equally well.

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