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Has Adobe XD been discontinued?

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May 31, 2023
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Hi! I'm in an online course to learn to use Adobe XD, but I haven't been able to find where to download it... It doesn't seem to be in any adobe link nor listed in the creative cloud apps. Can someone help me please? (I'm in Canada)

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Correct answer Chris W. Griffith

Due to the merger, both Adobe and Figma can't say much. Here is my take: Adobe has stopped almost all effort on XD, and is actively discouraging new users. Thus, migrating to Figma or other tool would be the wisest option. If the merger occurs (I am not holding my breath), then Figma will be the design tool of choice within the Creative Cloud offerings. If the merger does not happen, Figma continues to maintain is place as a popular solution among designers.

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RaFi kHan

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hello dear,I`m having the same issue right now, have u found the app,if yes,how?

icr8stf2

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Well, I signed up for Adobe MAX again this year and went to filter course offerings by area of interest... this year UX is not an option. Then I went to filter by software title and XD is not an option (nor is Figma). There are also so few UX/UI courses this year in general. Last year there was a smorgasbord of them. Adobe is pretty much skipping this topic at MAX this year, sadly.

Chris W. Griffith

Community Expert

The show is going to 75% about using AI tools in their product line anyway.... You would be off watching the session from the recent Figma conference and less likely to contract Covid 😉

icr8stf2

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I had a feeling it was going to be mostly AI centered.

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theycallmekensington

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Ugh. That's depressing. At least I got it before deprication.

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markj82

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I have just made a video all about how I need to approach giving up XD and shifting over to Figma, I struggled with the switch over and I hope I have some great chat points in the video for the XD community and how we need to face the facts.

https://youtu.be/oF-6uB_x1Wo I hope its a help for you guys.

Rishabh_Tiwari

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Hi @Leslie2628726265vb ,

Adobe XD is no longer available for purchase as a single application but will continue to be supported for existing users. XD will continue to be available as part of our Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps subscription. We will continue to support existing Adobe XD customers.

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Rishabh

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Katie_apps

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Hey Rishabh,
Are you able to share Adobe's plan on if there's anything coming to replace Adobe XD? Will new subscribers get access to Figma? My team uses prototyping tools often for our day to day work and we are working to align expectations moving forward for our tooling.

Anything you can share would be helpful!
Thank you.

Chris W. Griffith

Correct answer

Community Expert

Due to the merger, both Adobe and Figma can't say much. Here is my take: Adobe has stopped almost all effort on XD, and is actively discouraging new users. Thus, migrating to Figma or other tool would be the wisest option. If the merger occurs (I am not holding my breath), then Figma will be the design tool of choice within the Creative Cloud offerings. If the merger does not happen, Figma continues to maintain is place as a popular solution among designers.

Chris W. Griffith

Community Expert

XD is no longer available as a stand-alone download. If you have a certifacte for it for your course, contact the course admins or Adobe support. XD is effectively sunseted. I strongly recommend you learn another actively supported tool for your design work.

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markj82

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XD is way better than figma but XD gets cut.. NOOOOOOOO!

joel246759296dg5

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I do know how to prototype in Figma thats my point. I'm coming at this subject with expereince with both products which I find to be rare. I just see alot of people that say 'Figma is better' but don't really know how to use XD. Most of the comparison videos or articles are clearly bias showing a very little understanding of XD. If XD was Free I think it would be a differnt story. Any way I'm doing all my new project in Figma now. hopefully I will naturally start to like Figma more.

Mark, I really like what your responses are here, I have been a die hard professional XD user since it came out in 2016 in Beta. I saw the collaboration feature gain momentum, symbols, components, I saw teams build from that. and also I have built many design systems with it. I love XD it. I love the fact that it has embedded a design tool, a prototyping tool and a team sharing and collaboration/cloud feature. Something Sketch was very messy with. IMO. I actually was able to work with Adobe in some roles and understand the power that the application posesses. I think what you said that people that are die hard Figma users that never have given XD the chance, deserves some conversation. We all want to use what we like and we all have to be successful as designers and product contributors to feel comfortable. Ease of use, efficiency, delight, etc.

Anyways, I have played with Figma but I am always under the gun for delivery and deadlines for complex projects and roles that I have not made the jump to Figma. I wonder if I should. This post and string leads me to believe maybe I should just keep working in XD and see what happens. All of what I heard about Adobe acquiring Figma makes me wonder if Figma will bring in some of XDs features or vice versa. Or maybe it will be an entirely new product. I can't find any recent developments within the Adobe, Figma aquisition. I have reached out to my PO friends in XD and they don't have any insight to give me other than XD is still supported. Some of them have been changed to different products in Adobe. Anyways, I don't like, not knowing what the future holds but UX design applications change as well as design applications in general. I will embrace knowing that fact I guess.

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ANON278436598bv9

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same here!,

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Jesper22654428f6o9

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We are probably millions of AdobeXD user s that still need to download and work with our design files, so please provide a download link - forcing us to buy the full pacakge I am sure is not legally permitted. You cannot discontinue like that, so please take responsibility and give your user propertime to migrate!

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MonsieurD

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I believe it was bound to happen, so I switched my team to Figma earlier this year. I've been using XD for a long time. Adobe has a history of doing this, like when they bought Macromedia. I'm pretty certain they'll eventually put a countdown on XD and phase it out.

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