Download free old versions of Photoshop software

The idea of using an old version of Photoshop if it was free is a deeply flawed argument.  The current versions of photoshop are like something out of a SciFi movie compared to the last perpetual license version (CS6), and alternative apps have evolved along with Photoshop.  That includes apps like Krita which has always been free.  It’s not as good as the current Photoshop, but it is night and day better than CS6.  Krita is just one option.  Do some research.  There’s some very worthwhile apps out there if you don’t want to pat for Photoshop.

hoe to download old veresion adobe photoshop

In the past, around 2012, Adobe offered Photoshop CS2 for free, which was already an older version at the time.

I'm not sure whether they open-sourced it or simply made it freeware, and I’m also not sure if they still offer it. However, here’s the page where they shared it a long time ago:

http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130108024913/http%3A//www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html

And an article about it:
http://betanews.com/2013/01/10/adobe-cs2-is-available-for-free-kind-of-maybe-not-really-but-absolutely/

For now, you can try Photopea, as Earth suggested. It looks exactly like Photoshop.

there's a free version of "Photoshop" that you can use on [link removed].

There are no free versions of Photoshop. Bona fide students can get Photoshop at a discount.  

There is Photoshop Elements – a kind of Photoshop Light – available for a one-off payment of around $90. 

No, there are no free versions of Photoshop. Photoshop is a commercial product that you can licence by taking a photography plan (20Gb of cloud space) for about $10/month. If you want a free version of a program allowing you to edit image files, I would suggest you google that. You will find some free software around. I won't give any recommendations on any of those since this is an Adobe forum.