Overview

FAQ	Answer
Cost?	Free
Why update?	Security and improved functionality.
How long does it take?	A few minutes at most.
How often are updates released?	Adobe releases updates a few times a year.
How do I change update settings?	Go to Preferences > Updater > Check for updates.
How do I update manually?	Go to Help > Check for updates, and install the updates.

Available installers

Select a link for details about a particular version of Acrobat and Adobe Reader.

XI (11.x) products

• 11.0.23 Planned update, November 14, 2017
• 11.0.22 Out of cycle update, August 22, 2017
• 11.0.21 Planned update, August 8, 2017
• 11.0.20 Planned update, April 11, 2017
• 11.0.19 Planned update, January 10, 2017
• 11.0.18 Planned update, October 11, 2016
• 11.0.17 Planned update, July 12, 2016
• 11.0.16 Planned update, May 10, 2016
• 11.0.15 Out of cycle update, March 8, 2016
• 11.0.14 Planned update, January 12, 2016
• 11.0.13 Planned update, October 13, 2015
• 11.0.12 Planned update, July 14, 2015
• 11.0.11 Planned update, May 12, 2015
• 11.0.10 Planned update, Dec 9, 2014
• 11.0.09 Planned update, Sept 16, 2014
• 11.0.08 Out of cycle update, Aug 12, 2014
• 11.0.07 Planned update, May 13, 2014
• 11.0.06 Planned update, Jan. 14, 2014
• 11.0.05 Out of cycle update, Oct. 8, 2013
• 11.0.04 Planned update, Sept 10, 2013
• 11.0.03 Planned update, May 14, 2013
• 11.0.02 OOC update, Feb 20, 2013
• 11.0.01 Planned update, Jan 8, 2013
• 11.0.0 Major Release Oct 15, 2012

X (10.x) products

• 10.1.16 Planned update, October 13, 2015
• 10.1.15 Planned update, July 14, 2015
• 10.1.14 Planned update, May 12, 2015
• 10.1.13 Planned update, Dec 9, 2014
• 10.1.12 Planned update, Sept 16, 2014
• 10.1.11 Out of cycle update, Aug 12, 2014
• 10.1.10 Planned update, May 13, 2014
• 10.1.9 Planned update, Jan. 14, 2014
• 10.1.8 Planned update, Sept 10, 2013
• 10.1.7 Planned update, May 14, 2013
• 10.1.6 OOC update, Feb 20, 2013
• 10.1.5 Planned update, Jan 8, 2013
• 10.1.4 Planned update, Aug 14, 2012
• 10.1.3 Planned update, Apr 10, 2012
• 10.1.2 Planned update, Jan 10, 2012
• 10.1.1 Planned update, Sep 13, 2011
• 10.1.0 Planned update, Jun 14, 2011
• 10.0.3 OOC update, Apr 21, 2011
• 10.0.2 OOC update, Mar 21, 2011
• 10.0.1 Planned update, Feb 8, 2011

How to update

End user updates

End users typically get the latest product version by doing one of the following:

• Updating the product manually by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Win and Mac only).
• Letting the product update itself when an update is detected if the application is configured to do so (Windows only).
• Downloading the full Adobe Reader installers from the Reader Download Center at http://get.adobe.com/reader.

Enterprise updates

Administrators and IT typically manage software installations in enterprise settings as follows:

• Download the enterprise installers from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/ or refer to the specific release note version you need for links to installers.
• Installing updates via your preferred methodology such as AIP-GPO, bootstrapper, SCUP/SCCM (Windows), or on Macintosh, Apple Remote Desktop and SSH.

Update order

For complete details, see the Enterprise Administration Guide.

Windows

Unlike 9.x, 10.x and later update and patch installers are now cumulative as follows:

• Planned updates are always cumulative to the last MSI. For Acrobat, that’s 10.0 or 11.0. For Reader, the last MSI can be identified by any version where the second dot increments such as 10.1.0 or 11.1.0.
• Out of cycle updates are cumulative to the last planned update.

Note

Very few Reader updates will ever be an MSI (10.0 and 10.1). This change means two things: 1) It never takes more than two updates over the base release or last MSI to get to the latest version and 2). For AIP installations on Windows, The application of a planned update over an existing (non 10.0.0) AIP installation is not supported.

Macintosh

Unlike 8.x and 9.x, 10.x update and patch installers are now cumulative as follows:

• Macintosh quarterlies are always cumulative to the base release and you can install the latest version over any previous version.
• Out of cycle updates are cumulative to the last planned update.

Definition of release types

Adobe defines each release type as follows:

• Major release: A major release associated with an incremented first number (e.g. 9 or 10 [or DC for the current release]) and an approximate 18 month product cycle. These are only available as separate purchases or upgrades.
• Planned update: A scheduled update that includes functional improvements, new security updates, and previously released out of cycle update updates. For 9.x and later, these updates are often quarterly; however, security improvements have sometimes resulted in longer times between updates.
• Out of cycle update: An unscheduled update targeted at security fixes. These contain few functional updates with the intention to limit impact. The installers are cumulative to the last planned update.
• Optional update: An update targeted at a narrow set of functional fixes with limited impact. Adobe recommends that you apply these patches if you are seeing an impact by one of more of the functional fixes being delivered.

Note

Both planned and out-of-cycle updates provide security enhancements and fixes. Adobe recommends that all updates and patches be applied when available.

System requirement changes

DC (Continuous Track)

Major releases support the base system requirements and languages described in the following:

• Acrobat: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/system-requirements.html
• Reader: https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/system-requirements.html

The table below describes the changes to the base requirements which appear in dot releases.

Change history since DC base release (Continuous Track)

Version	Changes to base system requirements
15.008.20082	Added support for: Windows 10
15.009.20069	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.11 Safari 9.0 for OSX 10.11 AutoCAD 2015(64 Bit) PDFMaker Windows MS Office 2016 PDFMakers
15.009.20071	None
15.009.20077	None
15.009.20079	None
15.010.20056	Added support for: Sign-in optional for Volume Serials Mac Office 2016 Windows Threshold 2
15.010.20059	None
15.010.20060	None
15.016.20039	Added support for: PowerPoint 2016 in Mac from within PowerPoint only.
15.016.20041	None
15.016.20045	None
15.017.20050	None
15.017.20053	None
15.020.20039	Added support for: Windows 10 RS1 Mac OSX 10.12
15.020.20042	None
15.023.20053	None
15.023.20056	None
15.023.20070	None
17.009.20044	Added support for: Windows Server 2016
17.009.20058	None
17.012.20093	None
17.012.20095	None
17.012.20096	None
18.009.20044	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.13 Dropped support for: Mac OSX 10.9 IE version 8,9 and 10
18.009.20050	None

Acrobat 2017 Release

Major releases support the base system requirements and languages described in the following:

• Acrobat: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/system-requirements.html
• Reader: https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/system-requirements.html

The table below describes the changes to the base requirements which appear in dot releases.

Change history since DC base release (Classic Track 2017 Release)

Version	Changes to base system requirements
Acrobat 2017 Release	None
17.011.30059	None
17.011.30065	None
17.011.30066	None
17.011.30068	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.13 Dropped support for: Mac OSX 10.9 IE version 8,9 and 10
17.011.30070	None

DC (Classic Track 2015 Release)

Major releases support the base system requirements and languages described in the following:

• Acrobat: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/system-requirements.html
• Reader: https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/system-requirements.html

The table below describes the changes to the base requirements which appear in dot releases.

Change history since DC base release (Classic Track 2015 Release)

Version	Changes to base system requirements
15.006.30060	Added support for: Windows 10
15.006.30094	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.11 Safari 9.0 for OSX 10.11 AutoCAD 2015(64 Bit) PDFMaker Windows MS Office 2016 PDFMakers
15.006.30096	None
15.006.30097	None
15.006.30119	Added support for: Sign-in optional for Volume Serials Mac Office 2016 Windows Threshold 2
15.006.30121	None
15.006.30172	None
15.006.30173	None
15.006.30174	None
15.006.30198	None
15.006.30201	None
15.006.30243	Added support for: Windows 10 RS1 Mac OSX 10.12
15.006.30244	None
15.006.30279	None
15.006.30280	None
15.006.30306	Added support for: Windows Server 2016
15.006.30352	None
15.006.30354	None
15.006.30355	None
15.006.30392	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.13 Dropped support for: Mac OSX 10.9 IE version 8,9 and 10
15.006.30394	None

11.x

Major releases support the base system requirements and languages described in the following:

• Acrobat: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/system-requirements-acrobat-family-products.html
• Reader: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/system-requirements-adobe-reader.html

The table below describes the changes to the base requirements which appear in dot releases.

Change history since 11.0

Version	Changes to base system requirements
11.0.01	Added support for: Safari 5.1 for Mac OS X v10.6.4-10.6.8 Safari 6.0.2 for Mac OS X v10.8.2 IE 10
11.0.02	None.
11.0.03	Added support for: Safari 5.1 for Mac OS X 10.7.2; Safari 5.2 for Mac OS X v10.8 Mac OS X 10.7.2 and 10.8 Windows Server 2012 SharePoint 2013
11.0.04	Added support for: Windows 8.1 Mac OSX 10.9 Safari 7.0 for OSX 10.9
11.0.05	None.
11.0.06	Added support for IE 11
11.0.07	Added support for: Windows 8.1 Update 1 Macintosh 10.9.2
11.0.08	None.
11.0.09	Dropped support: Windows XP MS Office 2003 PDFMakers
11.0.10	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.10 (Yosemite) Safari 8.0 for OSX 10.10
11.0.11	Dropped support: Mac OSX 10.6 Mac OSX 10.7
11.0.12	Added support for: Windows 10
11.0.13	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.11 Safari 9.0 for OSX 10.11
11.0.14	Added support for: Citrix XenApp 7.6 Windows Threshold 2 Dropped support for Mac OSX 10.8
11.0.15	None.
11.0.16	Added support for: Windows Office 2016 Mac Office 2016 from within Acrobat only.
11.0.17	None
11.0.18	Added support for: Windows 10 RS1 Mac OSX 10.12
11.0.19	None
11.0.20	Added support for: Windows Server 2016
11.0.21	None
11.0.22	None
11.0.23	Dropped support for: Mac OSX 10.9 IE version 8,9 and 10

10.x

The 10.0 base release supports the base system requirements and languages described in the following:

• Acrobat Pro: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tech-specs.html#x
• Acrobat Standard: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatstandard/tech-specs.html#x
• Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/tech-specs.html#reader10

The table below describes the changes to the base requirements which appear in dot releases.

Change history since 10.0

Version	Changes to base system requirements
10.0.1	None.
10.0.2	None.
10.0.3	None.
10.1	Added support for: Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 7 SP1 Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise (32 bit and 64 bit) Viewing PDFs in Firefox 4 on Windows (not Mac) Web Capture with Firefox 4 and IE 9 on Win and Mac Mac OS 10.6.7 IE 9 Chrome Dropped support for: Web Capture with Firefox 3.5 or lower DirectX 8
10.1.1	Added support for: Firefox 6.0 on Windows Mac OSX 10.6.8 and 10.7 (with the exception of the browser which is not supported) Safari 5.0.5 Dropped support for: Firefox 3.5 on Windows
10.1.2	Added support for: Firefox 8.0 on Windows Mac OSX 10.7.2 Web Capture on Firefox 7.0 and later (3.6 is still supported). Dropped support for Firefox 4.0/5.0 on Windows
10.1.3	Added support for: Firefox 10.0.x Safari 5.1 (64 bit) for OSX 10.6.8, Apple Safari 5.1(32-bit and 64-bit) for OSX 10.7.x Dropped support for: All versions of Firefox prior to 10.0.
10.1.4	Added support for: Windows 8 (With parial support for PDF Ownership and Accessibility features) Mac OSX 10.8
10.1.5	Added support for: Windows 8 (Full support) IE 10 Firefox Extended Support Release Mac OSX v.10.8.1 - 10.8.2 Safari 6.0.2 for Mac OSX 10.8.2
10.1.6	None.
10.1.7	None.
10.1.8	Added support for: Mac OSX 10.8.4 and 10.9 Safari 7.0 for OSX 10.9; Safari 6.0.5 for MAC OS X 10.8.4 Windows 8.1
10.1.9	None.
10.1.10	None.
10.1.11	Dropped support: MS Office 2003 PDFMakers
10.1.12	Dropped support: Windows XP
10.1.13	Dropped support: Mac OSX 10.5
10.1.14	Dropped support: Mac OSX 10.6 Mac OSX 10.7
10.1.15	None.
10.1.16	None.

XP and Office 2003 support

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP and Office 2003 on April 8, 2014. Therefore, Acrobat & Reader versions 11.0.09 and 10.1.12 (September 9, 2014 quarterly update) drop support for:

• Windows XP. You can continue to manually install and update Acrobat and Reader on XP, but future updates will not have been tested on XP and technical support will end for that platform.
• MS Office 2003 PDFMakers. Existing users can continue to use Acrobat PDFMakers for Office 2003. However, Adobe will not release any bug fixes or provide technical support for Office 2003 PDFMaker issues after the 11.0.07 and 10.1.10 release of May 13, 2014. This is also true for enterprise customers on support contracts.

For more detail, see http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/windows-xp-end-of-support-html.

Language Support

Most planned updates and out of cycle updates (and any Acrobat update/patch) are language agnostic and can be applied over any product. For Reader, language-specific installers may be provided from the Reader Download Center at http://get.adobe.com/reader/ and the ftp site for some Planned updates. In those cases, use the installer file name to identify the language for which the installer is intended.

Multilanguage (MUI) installers: Some releases include MUI installers that provide support for multiple languages and allow the user to configure the language at install time. These are only available on Windows and are identified by _MUI in the filename.

11.x language support

Tier 1

Language Name	Locale	SKU abbreviation	Comments
Universal English	en_US	UE	All products
French	fr_FR	F	All products
German	de_DE	D	All products
Japanese	ja_JP	JPL	All products
French Canadian	fr_CA	FC	Mapped to fr_FR
International English	en_GB	EAP, EUE, EUW, IE, LAE	Mapped to en_US

Tier 2

Language Name	Locale	SKU abbreviation	Comments
Dutch	nl_NL	NL	All products
Italian	it_IT	I	All products
Spanish	es_ES	E	All products
Latin/North American Spanish	es_MX	LAS, NAS	mapped to es_ES
Brazilian Portuguese	pt_BR	PB	All products
Portuguese	pt_PT	P	mapped to pt_BR
Swedish	sv_SE	S	All products
Danish	da_DK	DK	All products
Finnish	fi_FI	SF	All products
Norwegian	nb_NO	N	All products

Tier 3

Language Name	Locale	SKU abbreviation	Comments
Chinese Simplified	zh_CN	CS	All products
Chinese Traditional	zh_TW	CT	All products
Korean	kr_KR	KOR	All products

Tier 4

Language Name	Locale	SKU abbreviation	Comments
Czech	cs_CZ	CZ	All products
Hungarian	ht_HU	HU	All products
Polish	pl_PL	PL	All products
Russian	ru_RU	RU	All products
Ukrainian	uk_UA	UKR	All products
Turkish	tr_TR	TR	All products
Slovak	sk_SK	SL	Windows only
Slovenian	sl_SI	SVN	Windows only
Basque	eu_ES	none	Windows Reader only
Catalan	ca_ES	none	Windows Reader only
Croatian	hr_HR	none	Windows Reader only
Romanian	ro_RO	none	Mac and Windows, Reader only

Tier 5

Language Name	Locale	SKU abbreviation	Comments
North African French	fr_MA	NAF	All products (no locale for Mac since the UI appears in the OS locale)
Middle Eastern English for Arabic	en_AE	MEA	All products (no locale for Mac since the UI appears in the OS locale)
Middle Eastern English for Hebrew	en_IL	MEH	All products (no locale for Mac since the UI appears in the OS locale)

10.x language support

Language support for 10.x

Tier	Windows	Macintosh
Tier 1	English, French, German, Japanese	English, French, German, Japanese
Tier 2	Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian	Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Tier 3	Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Korean	Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Korean
Tier 4	Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Turkish, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian, (Reader only: Catalan, Basque)	Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Turkish, Czech, Hungarian, Polish
Tier 5	Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew	Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew

Compatibility

The following installation scenarios are supported:

• Reader X or XI or DC with Acrobat X or XI or DC.
• Previously supported (will work but 9.x products have been discontinued): Reader 9 or X with Acrobat 9 or X.
• With the July 14, 2015 release, 11.x and DC versions of Acrobat and Reader may be installed in the same machine. Previously, major versions of the same product were not supported on the same machine.

The following installation scenarios are not supported:

• Two versions of Acrobat on the same machine.
• Two versions of Reader on the same machine.
• Any supported product with an unsupported (end of lifed) product on the same machine.

Note

For Web browser and PDFMaker-compatible applications on both Windows and Mac, see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/compatible-web-browsers-pdfmaker-applications.html.

Product end-of-life schedule

As stated in the Adobe Support Lifecycle Policy, Adobe provides five years of product support as described at http://www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/eol/eol_matrix.html#86. Under this schedule:

• 8.x products were “end of lifed” in November of 2011.
• 9.x products were “end of lifed” in June of 2013.
• 10.x products were “end of lifed” in November of 2015.

End of support means that Adobe will no longer provide technical support or distribute runtimes, including product and/or security updates, for all derivatives of a product or product version (e.g. localized versions, minor upgrades, operating systems, dot and double-dot releases, and connector products). Adobe strongly recommends that customers update to the latest versions of the product.