How to prepare for end of Publisher.
Keep Publisher software working well after the end of support.
About features in other Microsoft products, especially Microsoft Word, that can copy what Publisher can do.
Publisher 365 stops working on 13 October 2026. If you are moving to an older Microsoft Office to keep Publisher alive, you do not have to install the whole suite. Here is how to install only Publisher from Office 2019 or Office 2021, leaving Word, Excel, Outlook and the rest off your computer. It takes […]
Microsoft Publisher is ending in October 2026, and what happens to you depends entirely on how you bought it. If you use Publisher 365 from a Microsoft 365 plan, the app will simply stop opening. That is a kill switch, not a polite end of support notice. If you have Publisher 2019 or Publisher 2021 […]
Microsoft just emailed Microsoft 365 subscribers with a warning that badly undersells the Publisher 365 problem. The real deadline is 1 October 2026, less than two months away, not “next year” as the email claims. After that date, Publisher 365 stops opening or editing your files completely, not just “no longer supported.” Here is what […]
Microsoft Publisher reaches end of life on 13 October 2026. After that date there are no security fixes for any version, and Publisher in Microsoft 365 stops working altogether. If you want a copy of Publisher that keeps running, you need a one time purchase Office bundle that includes it, and the version you pick […]
Microsoft is set to permanently disable Publisher 365 for Microsoft 365 subscribers on October 13, 2026, not just end support, with a hard “kill switch” that will block opening or editing .pub files after that date. This aggressive move means the desktop publishing tool will stop functioning entirely for subscription users, a major shift from […]