Install updates | Adobe Reader, Acrobat

This document provides information on how to install latest updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Adobe recommends updating to the latest version to take advantage of security and stability improvements.

The latest 10.x update available is Adobe Reader and Acrobat version 10.1.3

The latest 9.x update available is Adobe Reader and Acrobat version 9.5.1

Updates for Adobe Reader or Acrobat can be installed from Adobe Acrobat Updater or Adobe Reader Updater or manually as described below

To install Adobe Reader and Acrobat updates from Adobe Updater:

1. Launch Adobe Reader or Acrobat.
2. Choose Help > Check for Updates.
3. Follow the steps in the Updater window to download and install the latest updates.

For users on Adobe Reader version 9.x or earlier, Adobe strongly recommends upgrading to Adobe Reader X. When you upgrade, you can take advantage of the security of Protected Mode in Reader. It helps safeguard your computer software and data from malicious code. The latest version of Adobe Reader X is 10.1.3, for which full installers are available for download from here for English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. For other languages, install Adobe Reader X 10.1 from here. Then, update it to the latest version by applying 10.1.3 patch which can be downloaded from Support download Pages.

For Adobe Reader version 10.x, the latest available update is Adobe Reader 10.1.3. To update Adobe Reader 10.x, download and install Adobe Reader 10.1.3 from Adobe Reader Download Center. Adobe Reader 10.1.3 patch is cumulative and hence can be applied on any existing version of Adobe Reader X.

To manually install Adobe Acrobat updates:

1. Find out the Adobe Acrobat version installed on your machine. Choose Help > About Acrobat in the Adobe Acrobat application. The version number appears in the upper left corner below the Adobe Acrobat logo.
2. Depending upon the version you have currently installed, download and install the incremental updates as mentioned in the table below. The Adobe Acrobat updates can be downloaded from Support download Pages after selecting Adobe Acrobat as the Product from the pop-up menu.
3. For Acrobat 10.x, the updates are cumulative. That is, the latest update can be applied to any version of Acrobat X installed earlier.