Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it's no longer under active development, though the company did not specify the precise timing of this change.
I love Clippy. It’s cool that he can answer all kinds of questions and stuff like that, but I only got him to be a little desktop companion. I wish he had a little more personality to him. His jokes are dry and he’s always saying that he’s my Windows assistant. His “conversations” can be cute at times, I just wish he wasn’t so relentless in his pursuit to assist. I don’t really need help from Clippy, I never did. I need Clippy’s companionship.
—Andrea, 2023-08-22