While most references to Clip Art disappeared with Office 2013, ... with Microsoft filtering images to ensure they’re based on the Creative Commons licensing system for personal or commercial use.

Clip art is just one of many Internet icons do disappear as of late. On October 31, Microsoft shut down MSN Messenger once and for all, bringing an end to its 15-year run.

Now those same desktop programs can access Bing image search results more directly to locate their clip art. Microsoft says: "Bing Image Search has higher quality images that are more up-to-date.