By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-02-12 00:35:00
Summary
- Microsoft Publisher support ends Oct 2026; you have eight months to export your files.
- Publisher becomes unusable after cutoff; migrate to alternatives well before Oct 2026.
- Microsoft recommends Affinity Publisher 2, but PUB files may need converters; LibreOffice can open PUB files.
All good things come to an end, and Microsoft products are no different. While the company will sometimes announce the retirement of an app mere months away from the cut-off date (like it did with Microsoft Lens), sometimes it give us a little more time to adjust and adapt. Such is the case with Microsoft Publisher, with the company announcing its retirement…
