Microsoft didn't say when Control Panel will officially meet its demise. The next big update for Windows, 24H2, is scheduled for this fall, but Windows 12 is also reportedly on the horizon ...

Microsoft first introduced the Settings app with the release of Windows 8, way back in 2012. Since then, the software giant has made slow progress in migrating settings from the Control Panel to ...

According to a new Microsoft support page that covers several different aspects of PC management in both Windows 10 and 11, Control Panel’s end is nigh. We still don’t know an exact date, though: ...

As part of Microsoft's plan to fully deprecate the Control Panel, the company recently added new Power Mode options to the Settings app in Windows 11 Build 27686, released to the Canary channel ...

Since the debut of Windows 8 in 2012, Microsoft has been eager to replace the aged Control Panel with the newer Settings app. The transition so far has been slow and gradual.

The Control Panel is a rusty old part of Windows 11 that has been superseded by the Settings app, although they’re effectively the same thing – just a whole bunch of settings.

Most Windows options are now available in the modernized Settings apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11. However, a few loose ends remain in the aging Control Panel window.