Is the Control Panel disappearing from Windows? Explore Microsoft's approach and what this means for long-time users.

Microsoft’s support page titled ‘System configuration tools in Windows’ recently said that the Control Panel is in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app. However ...

After years of silence, Microsoft finally posts official word on the Control Panel's end.

The epic Windows 11 questline to dump the old Control Panel completely from Microsoft's desktop OS continues - but it's painfully slow progress.

After Microsoft trending last week, it now clarifies that Windows' Control Panel is not going anywhere.

Microsoft isn't killing Windows Control Panel after all The 40-year-old tool still seems to have plenty of life left, though certain settings will continue to be deprecated.

Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows' 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has ...

Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will discontinue the Windows Control Panel app in favor of an app it introduced in Windows 8.

Microsoft officially says the Control Panel is not long for this world.

Microsoft Windows has had a Control Panel feature for nearly four decades. The first version debuted with Windows 1.0 in 1985 as a tool for viewing and changing system settings, and it remained ...