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Microsoft Paint
Sign in to saveAlso known as MS Paint, Paint, Paintbrush, Microsoft Paintbrush
raster graphics editor
Key facts
- Other names
- Paintbrush (1985–1995)
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Windows 11
- Windows 11 March 2026 Update (11.2603.251) / May 22, 2026 ; 12 days ago ( 2026-05-22 )
- Windows 10 discontinued
- 10.0 (Build 19041.5553) / February 25, 2025 ; 15 months ago ( 2025-02-25 )
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.microsoft.com/el-gr/windows/paint
- Image
- Brazilian boy drawing the Brazilian flag on Microsoft Paint.jpg
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- inception
- 1985-11-00
- Commons category
- Microsoft Paint
- software version identifier
- 2004 (10.0.19041.746)
- publication date
- 1985-00-00
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Operating systemWindows 11 PlatformIA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC) Included withAll Microsoft Windows versions TypeRaster graphics editor Websitemicrosoft.com/windows/paint
Microsoft Paint (more commonly known as MS Paint or simply Paint) is a simple raster graphics editor that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. The program opens, modifies and saves image files in Windows bitmap (BMP), JPEG, GIF, PNG, and single-page TIFF formats. The program can be in color mode or two-color black-and-white, but there is no grayscale mode. For its simplicity and wide availability, it rapidly became one of the most used Windows applications, introducing many to painting on a computer for the first time.