Open the Creative Cloud desktop app.
Last updated on
Jan 20, 2025
- Creative Cloud User Guide
- Introduction to Creative Cloud
- Download, install, set up, and update
- Download Creative Cloud apps
- Open Creative Cloud apps
- Start workspace
- Update Creative Cloud apps
- Change the language of your Creative Cloud apps
- Uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app
- Uninstall or remove Creative Cloud apps
- Fix errors installing Adobe apps
- How and when to use the CC Cleaner tool
- Apps available for download
- Manage your account
- Changes to Creative Cloud for individual plans
- Changes to Creative Cloud for teams plans
- Web and mobile access with new Adobe Creative Cloud plans
- Convert a Creative Cloud trial to a paid membership
- Reset your Adobe password
- Change your Adobe plan
- Update credit card and billing address
- View, download, or email your Adobe invoice
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- Find support for free and discontinued products
- Sign in to your Adobe account
- Sign in to your company or school account
- Understand Creative Cloud subscription terms and refund policies
- Creative services
- Collaboration and storage services
- What are cloud documents
- Cloud documents?FAQ
- Create or convert files to cloud documents
- Set up cloud documents to use offline
- Revert to an earlier version of a cloud document
- Share your work for commenting
- Why can't I see my cloud documents offline?
- Creative Cloud Libraries
- Collaborate on Creative Cloud Libraries and folders
- Collaboration FAQ
- Sync your files using cloud storage
- Find how much cloud storage you have
- Set sync options
- Discontinuation of Creative Cloud Synced files
- Download Synced files and content
- Projects
- Organize libraries
- Creative Cloud mobile apps
- Enterprise and teams
- Adobe Content Authenticity
- Generative AI in Creative Cloud
Learn how to update your Creative Cloud apps to the latest version, check for available updates, and more.
Keep your apps updated automatically
The Creative Cloud desktop app auto-update feature helps you update your apps automatically?as soon as new versions are released.
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If you're installing the Creative Cloud desktop app for the first time, your apps are set to update automatically by?default.
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In?Apps, select the More options?icon () next to Installed apps, and then select Manage auto-updates.
If you have not enabled auto-updates, select Enable auto-updates. If you have not enabled auto-updates, select Enable auto-updates. NoteIf your screen looks different, refer to the instructions for the previous version of the Creative Cloud desktop app.
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Do one of the following to set automatic updates:
- All apps:?To set automatic updates for all apps, turn on?Auto-update.
- Specific apps: To set automatic updates for specific apps, turn on?Auto-update, and then set the toggle as needed for each individual app.
Select auto-update to stay current with all Creative Cloud developments. Select auto-update to stay current with all Creative Cloud developments. Previous versions are uninstalled by default, but you can keep them using Advanced options. Learn more about Advanced options.
- All apps:?To set automatic updates for all apps, turn on?Auto-update.
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Select?Done.
Once you enable the Auto-update feature, you get the option to retain or remove a specific version of any app.
- Import previous settings and preferences:?Retains the previous settings and preferences for the updated apps.
- Remove older versions:?Uninstalls the previous versions and saves your hard disk space.
Unable to auto-update?
Following are some reasons why you can't enable auto-update for your apps:
- Using macOS 13 Ventura??If you've turned off the?Adobe Creative Cloud?login item in your macOS System Settings, you can't update your apps automatically. The Creative Cloud desktop app adds login items to support various features, including auto-update.?Learn how we use login items.
- Enterprise or teams customer? If you've received your Adobe plan from a school or organization and if you don't see the above?Auto-update?option, your admin has turned off auto-updates in your school or organization. If you're an admin in a school or organization, learn how to?manage auto-updates?for your users.
There can be more reasons why auto-update may not be available. Learn more about some common scenarios.
If you don't want your apps to be automatically updated, you can update them manually with the Creative Cloud desktop app.
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Open the Creative Cloud desktop app.
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Select the Update option displayed next to the app you wish to update.
This will update your desired apps. This will update your desired apps.
Yes, you can schedule your app update for a later time. Open the Creative Cloud desktop app?and hover over the Update option for your desired app. Then select?Later. You get a confirmation message that your app will be updated when it's no longer in use. Your app also starts showing up in the?Scheduled updates?section of the?Updates?screen.?The Creative Cloud desktop app will attempt to update your app later when the app isn't running.?To view step-by-step detailed instructions, see Schedule Creative Cloud app updates for later.
Note that your app will update only when it is not in use. If it is already in use when the Creative Cloud desktop app attempts to update it, you get the following prompt to close any open programs to continue with the update.
Update all your apps at once
If you want to update all your apps at once, open the Creative Cloud desktop app and select?Update all?in the upper-right of the Updates section.?Save your work and close all Adobe apps before you begin.?If Adobe apps are open, you may receive a warning to close them. For more help, see?Close conflicting processes or applications.
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We don't recommend using the Update all option if you want to retain the older version of the apps.
Check for the latest updates
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Open the Creative Cloud desktop app.
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Select the More options icon () next to Installed apps and then select Check for updates.
The Creative Cloud desktop app checks for any available updates for your installed apps. The Creative Cloud desktop app checks for any available updates for your installed apps. -
In the?Updates?screen,?you can see all the apps that need to be updated.?Update the apps you want.
Update your Creative Cloud desktop app
When updates are available, the Creative Cloud desktop app?is automatically updated. Alternatively, you can?install?the latest version?manually.
