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SuperKimbit
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Jan 6, 2023 6:27 PM UTC
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Where can I download old versions of Adobe Digital Editions?

I used to be able to find them here: https://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/downloads.html 

 

And I checked here: https://www.adobe.com/ca/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html which appears to maybe be a newer version of the first site but even though it listss "download Digital Edition 3.0 here" the link just takes me to a Adobe Digital Edition Learn and Support page: https://helpx.adobe.com/support/digital-editions.html 

 

I used to regularly use the older versions (3.0 and 2.0.1) to troubleshoot errors customers (I work at a library) had so I'm curious if this is still a possibility. 

 

Thanks for any insights!

    B27847868b2bxCorrect answer
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    Jan 8, 2023 12:19 PM UTC

    Seems you can just edit the version number in the 4.5 url and you will get the older versions...4.0 or 3.0

    https://adedownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/digitaleditions/ADE_3.0_Installer.exe

    I needed to move back to 4.0 to get my Kobo Glo working again for library downloads

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    calm_Eaglee63b
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    Oct 7, 2026 3:38 PM UTC

    Thank you!!!!

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    B27847868b2bxCorrect answer
    Participant
    Jan 8, 2023 12:19 PM UTC

    Seems you can just edit the version number in the 4.5 url and you will get the older versions...4.0 or 3.0

    https://adedownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/digitaleditions/ADE_3.0_Installer.exe

    I needed to move back to 4.0 to get my Kobo Glo working again for library downloads

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      SuperKimbitAuthor
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      Jan 11, 2023 12:46 AM UTC

      Thank you! Too bad it doesn't work for 2.0.1 but chances are I don't want to direct folks back to that old of a version anyway. I'll keep 4.0 in mind as well for troubleshooting considering how it helped you. 

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      TheWindintheWillows
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      Oct 1, 2023 8:32 PM UTC

      Actually, at the time of writing this, Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) version 2.0.1 may be downloaded by altering the link that @B27847868b2bx provided by simply replacing the 3 with a 2.

       

      Here are download links that I found to work as of posting this. I included the SHA1 hashes as well for furure reference, in the event these links do not work in the future.

       

      ADE 2.0 (2.0.1)

      https://adedownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/digitaleditions/ADE_2.0_Installer.exe

      SHA1: c294f04a2c7e6ded14bc6c5ece6dd7d0a81aec05

       

      ADE 3.0 (3.0.1)

      https://adedownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/digitaleditions/ADE_3.0_Installer.exe

      SHA1: 4f51a113e4824535ec5692107be32769ce8de31a

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