• TextPad 7 Downloads
• TextPad 6 Downloads
• TextPad 4 and 5 Downloads
• Installation Instructions
• Download Problems
• Upgrading from Earlier Releases
• Dictionaries for the Spelling Checker
• Release Notes

You are welcome to download a copy of TextPad for evaluation, or to upgrade from an earlier release. There is no charge for the download, but you must pay for the software if you decide to keep it. A single user license costs only £16.50 GBP (approximately $27 USD).

Please note that TextPad 7 is only available in English, French, German and Dutch at present. Other language editions will be released as they are translated.

These zipped EXE files contain TextPad, with the English user interface, plus one other language, and a dictionary for the spell checker, as shown in the table. (Other dictionaries may be downloaded separately.) If the online help is not available in a given language, it is supplied in English.

Please read the Installation Instructions, while the file is downloading.

TextPad 7 Downloads:

TextPad 6 Downloads:

Installation Instructions:

After you have downloaded the zip file, extract the EXE file, run it and follow the instructions.

Important: When upgrading from the previous major release (eg. 6 to 7), the installation process will preserve your current TextPad settings.

Minimum Requirements:

TextPad 7 is supported on the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8, and on Server 2003, 2008 and 2012.

The Japanese edition requires the Japanese locale to be installed.

Download Problems:

If you try to download any file more than once, you will see the error message "You have reached your download limit for this file". This is to throttle those sites in the Far East which repeatedly download TextPad all day, every day, for unfathomable reasons. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes, but please try again later.

If you are experiencing slow transfer rates, the problem could be anywhere on the Internet between your PC and our server. Before reporting problems to us, please first check where they are occurring, as follows:

1. Start a Command (DOS) prompt. (Start/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt.)
2. Type tracert textpad.com.
3. In the report that is produced, look for timeouts.
4. If they are occurring in our domain, please paste the results into a problem report, giving details of the time of day, and the file you were downloading.

Please note: to protect against denial of service attacks, our servers do not respond to pings, so timeouts will always occur in the final traceroute step.

Upgrading from Earlier Releases:

This release is available as a free upgrade to registered users of TextPad 5 or later. Simply download and install it in its default folder. You do not need to apply for a new license.