Microsoft Notepad is a decades-old staple of the Windows ecosystem. The simple text editor has undergone several permutations over the years, but the latest one has been controversial for a variety of reasons.
Microsoft Notepad now includes things like Microsoft Account login, (optional) Microsoft Copilot AI integration, and a few other annoyances nobody really asked for. Microsoft Notepad in 2026 does however, have a ton of actually useful new features, such as tabbed interfacing, more rich text editing features, markdown support, dark mode, and session save states. It’s that latter point that we’re talking about today.