How To Convert Uppercase To Lowercase In Notepad

by Yaron Elharar ( @YaronElharar )

Updated September 19, 2026 · First version published May 23, 2023

Notepad still has no documented Change Case command. Microsoft’s Help in Notepad and the Notepad release notes through July 24, 2026 (version 11.2606.15.0) do not add one. If you pasted ALL CAPS into Notepad, or hit Caps Lock by mistake, you still have practical options: copy the text into Word, use Windows Voice Access on the selection, paste a snippet into a one-off converter, or use AnyCase for an in-place shortcut.

Copy the text into Microsoft Word

Word can change case. Notepad cannot. After you paste the text into Word, use Home → Change Case → lowercase, or press Shift+F3 to cycle lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Capitalize Each Word. Shift+F3 is a Word shortcut. It does nothing useful for this in Notepad.

1. Copy the text from Notepad.
2. Open Word and paste the text.
3. Select the text you want to change.
4. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Change Case (Aa) and choose lowercase. Or press Shift+F3 until the selection is lowercase.
5. Copy the lowercase text and paste it back into Notepad.

This works. It also means switching applications for every conversion.

Use Windows Voice Access without copying to Word

Windows Voice Access can change the case of selected text without copying it into Word. Select the text in Notepad, then say a command such as “Lowercase that” or “Uppercase that.” Voice Access is a Windows feature. It does not add a Change Case button or menu to Notepad.

If the text is not already in Notepad, or you only need to convert a snippet once, use the free case converter. That page does not rewrite the open Notepad file.

Convert in place with AnyCase (third-party, Windows)

Notepad has no Change Case command. AnyCase converts the selection in place. It is a Windows utility, not a Notepad feature.

1. Download AnyCase.
2. Install it as you would any other Windows program, and leave it open.
3. Open your document in Notepad and select the text.
4. Hold Shift, then right-click the selection and choose lowercase. Ordinary right-click alone opens the usual Notepad menu. Or press Win+Alt+L.

Final thoughts

Notepad still has no Change Case command of its own. Copying into Word (Home → Change Case, or Shift+F3) is the documented Microsoft Office workaround. Windows Voice Access can lowercase or uppercase a selection without leaving Notepad, but that is still a Windows command, not a new Notepad button. For a one-off paste, use the free case converter.