How to bring back the classic Paint app in Windows 10

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Windows Insiders are very lucky because they are able to access new Windows Software before it is released to the public. However, at the same time, they might find bugs and errors which can be quite annoying sometimes.

For example, in the latest Windows 10 version released for Insiders, the company replaced the Windows 10 Paint application with the new Paint 3D application. We have to agree that the new Paint 3D application comes with many new features, but it seems that it is also slower than the old Paint application. At the same time, the user interface of the new 3D Paint application is not as intuitive as the user interface the classic Paint application comes with.

This is the reason why there are many Insiders who are not interested in using the new Paint 3D application. Luckily, there is a way to bring back the oldPaintapplication on the latest Windows 10 version for Insiders.

If you want to bring back the classic Paint application, then you will have to delete the new Paint 3D preview application from your computer. Once you uninstall the newPaint 3Dapp, you will be able to edit pictures using the old Paint app.

There is another way to do this by creating a new registry key for it:

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How to bring back the classic Paint app in Windows 10