Why was Windows Movie Maker discontinued? No official tellings. Until one day, in 2017, Microsoft decided to finally discontinue Windows Movie Maker and removed it from all Windows versions. Windows Movie Maker was a beginner-friendly video editor that came preinstalled with Windows, which made it the natural choice for any video editing purposes you might have.īut as the years started to pass, other editors started to gain territory over it, and Movie Maker started to fade away slowly. Back in the days, there was a tool that was the king of video editors, and if you used to edit videos (like I did), then you probably know which one I’m talking about – Windows Movie Maker.
