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This page tracks Paint app updates announced for Windows Insider flights. Feedback for Paint can be filed in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Apps > Paint
Latest updates
June 2026
6/12/2026: Rolling out to Experimental, Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) with version 11.2605.61.0
- Adjustable eraser transparency — You can now control how transparent the eraser is.
- Cleaner stamp brush strokes — Fixed visible color shifts and artifacts when using stamp-style brushes.
- JPEG photos save in place — Opening a rotated JPEG and pressing Save now overwrites the original instead of unexpectedly prompting "Save As."
- No more crash on bad image files — Opening a damaged or invalid image, from within the app, by double click, or commandline, now shows a clear error message instead of closing the app.
- Classic selection behavior restored — The selection outline now hides while you move, resize, or rotate a selection, just like in classic Paint.
- Tidier AI image panel — Fixed missing spacing at the bottom of the AI image generation panel for a cleaner layout.
- Visible button hover in light theme — Toolbar split buttons now show a clear hover highlight in the light theme.
- Snappier toolbar — Streamlined how the ribbon lays out, giving a small speed boost at startup.
- Fewer background crashes — Fixed a crash that could happen while background tasks were finishing up.
- Stable app shutdown — Prevented rare crashes when closing the app.
- Fixed layer removal glitch — Deleting the active layer no longer leaves the layers list in an inconsistent state.