Microsoft is quietly retiring its Paint 3D Windows app. The app, which was launched in 2016, will no longer receive updates and will be removed from the Microsoft Store on November 4.

Microsoft announced that the Paint 3D graphics app will be discontinued later this year and removed from the Microsoft Store in November.

Microsoft is finally rolling out support for layers and image transparency to the Paint image editor application 38 years after its launch.

Paint 3D launched in 2017 with the Windows 10 Creators Update. It combined Microsoft Paint and 3D Builder applications to create a hybrid 2D-3D editing experience.

Microsoft announced major additions to Paint this week, including support for transparency and layers. Those new options will go well with the new background removal tool that's also on the way.

MS Paint app’s Windows 11 renaissance continues with dark mode, other updates Paint app also picks up more granular zoom controls, new Settings page.

Microsoft’s new Paint Cocreator is a DALL-E-powered tool for Microsoft Paint that allows users to generate images by typing out text.