A childhood favourite of the classroom could be axed as part of new shake-up in technology improvements.

Microsoft Paint, a long-standing basic graphics editing program, used throughout childhoods since the 1980s, has been earmarked for the chopping board to make way for the latest modifications.

Microsoft’s next Windows 10 update, called the Autumn Creators Update, will bring a variety of new features. But it means there may be no room for long-standing stalwart - Microsoft Paint, says The Guardian.

First released with the very first version of Windows 1.0 in 1985, Paint in its various guises would be one of the first graphics editors used by many and became a core part of Windows. Starting life as a 1-bit monochrome licensed version of ZSoft’s PC Paintbrush, it wasn’t until Windows 98 that Paint could save in JPEG.

With the Windows 10 Creators Update, released in April, Microsoft introduced the new Paint 3D, which is installed alongside traditional Paint and features 3D image making tools as well as some basic 2D image editing.

Now Microsoft has announced that, alongside Outlook Express, Reader app and Reading list, Microsoft Paint has been signalled for death having been added to the “features that are removed or deprecated in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update” list.

When Microsoft Paint will officially be removed from Windows has yet to be confirmed, while a precise date for the release of the Windows 10 Autumn Creators Update is equally up in the air.