Microsoft says it will continue to offer drawing program Paint after appearing to confirm its demise a day earlier.
The technology giant said on Tuesday the 32-year-old sketching app "isn't going anywhere" despite appearing on a list of software that was to be "deprecated" from the next Windows 10 update.
The app will instead be moved to the Windows Store, where Windows users will be able to download it for nothing, the company said.
"Today, we've seen an incredible outpouring of support and nostalgia around MS Paint," Microsoft's Megan Saunders said.
"If there's anything we learned, it's that after 32 years MS Paint has a lot of fans.
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"Amidst today's commentary around MS Paint we wanted to take this opportunity to set the record straight ... MS Paint is here to stay. It will just have a new home soon, in the Windows Store where it will be available for free."
The app has been built into every version of Windows since 1985.
On Monday, Paint had appeared on a list of Windows software that would no longer be actively developed and would eventually be removed.
The list was released as Microsoft prepares to issue its next major update to Windows 10 - the Fall Creators Update - later this year.
In a previous update, the tech giant also introduced Paint 3D, an upgraded version of Paint that enables users to create 3D images.
The move led to suggestions that Paint 3D would eventually replace the original Paint as the software's native creativity app.
