Microsoft Paint

What Microsoft Paint is

Microsoft Paint is a free Windows app for creating and editing images and drawings. Its tools include a pencil, brushes, color fill, shapes, text, eraser, selection and zoom, while editing options include cropping, flipping, rotating, resizing and copying images. Files can be saved in formats including PNG, JPEG, BMP and GIF. Layers can be edited independently, merged and reordered. AI features include background removal, which isolates a subject, and Image Creator, which uses text prompts and selectable styles. Cocreator combines prompts with canvas drawing; Generative Fill adds generated objects to selected areas. Paint also documents a text-prompt sticker generator and AI Object Select on Copilot+ PCs. AI availability varies by device and market. Image Creator requires a Microsoft account and currently accepts English inputs; Generative Fill requires a Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PC. Stylus use requires a touchscreen-capable Windows PC. Microsoft says image generation happens on-device, while cloud services filter content for safety; it also says it collects device and user identifiers and prompts for abuse prevention and does not store inputs or generated images.