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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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TJMB

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Please also read and upvote Appeal to Adobe: Don't Discontinue XD.

Ron Frank

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Did everyone see this‽ I wonder if XD will be resurrected. At this point, Figma is so far ahead because Adobe has not made a significant improvement to XD in at least, what, 18 months? 2 years? And now it's in maintenance mode. Meanwhile, Figma has been making great strides. Or will they kill XD completely and then make another run at purchasing Figma? That way the UK, EU, and US DOJ wouldn't be able to say that purchasing Figma would force out a competing product.

Interesting times. For now, I'm definitely sticking with Figma.

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Monsieur. D

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Unfortunately, I think it's over for XD; they are too far behind, and Figma has just become too strong. Most of us have already moved our team to Figma or something else. XD was already struggling to catch up before the acquisition was announced a while ago. If they do try to revive it, they would need to invest in and acquire important industry talent to boost it again, and I honestly have never seen Adobe delivering rich monthly features at a fast pace before, so I don't think they have the internal leadership willingness support to pull off such a come back. I hope this epic transaction failure will push them to rethink their approach and reinvent themselves.

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vardanis

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My suggestion, stay away from Adobe as much as you possibly can. They kept Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects alive by stuffing them once in awhile. Anything they made is, or soon will be, utterly useless. They should stop trying, seriously. Adobe started to remind me of Kodak, a good example of a company that couldn't keep up.

My suggestion to Adobe: get rid of all your executives, get a fresh team of leaders who know their way around, start over, you might still have a chance, very very tiny, but well, better than filling bankruptcy in a few years.

Ron Frank

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Did everyone see this? I wonder if XD will be resurected.

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abstract_mentor56858

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@Rishabh_Tiwari

I'm not able to see Adobe XD in the Creative Cloud but it is part of my all-apps subscription, how to get xd installed? Thanks.

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Iuliia_Al

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Try this direct link to download XD: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/apps/download/xd

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abstract_mentor56858

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Thanks for your reply, but I'm still not able to see XD download button on this link.

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Koen330294608au5

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Hey, I recently got the Creative Cloud subscription which states that XD is included in my subscription. However, I am not able to locate it in my apps. How can I find and dowload Adobe XD?

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pmfh

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A colleague for whom we built templates in XD resigned in the summer - now her replacement has started and has just informed us that, according to the Adobe website, XD can no longer be installed and XD will no longer be continued. WHAT?! We've had existing accounts for a long time, now a newly added person from the company can't work with our templates because they can no longer install the program even though they have all the APPs and have the entire Creative Cloud available?
How can this communication fail? I don't remember Adobe communicating this at MAX - such important information would be essential there! What happens to it and what is the follow-up? We have converted all systems to XD due to MAX 2022 and created all templates. What happens with that? This "Figma" is not even in the cloud?! How are new ones to be integrated who need the work immediately? ...I have never experienced anything like this.

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Iuliia_Al

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Hi, did you try to wait '24-48 hrs'? The XD help says the following:

Really frustrating though that Adobe has put XD into maintenance mode (supporting existing users) instead of polishing and developing it further.... And that the acquisition of Figma is still uncertain due to regulators' investigation.

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Lauren Cullen

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While I've started creating new UX/UI designs in Figma, all other projects are in XD. How can we convert our old XD files to Figma so as to make updates and changes without recreating from scratch?

joel246759296dg5

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@Lauren CullenMy boss was asking me this the other day as well. I want to know this also.

Chris W. Griffith

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For all intents and purposes, yes. Nothing directly formal from Adobe, as the Adobe-Figma deal is still not finalized.

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andreischneider

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Run to Figma, 'cos XD is outside to dead alone.
Adobe is buying Figma (EU regulators are putting sand on engine of this business).

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Iuliia_Al

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Found this on the XD page 😞 (https://helpx.adobe.com/support/xd.html)

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DrizzleKicks

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Has anyone been able to confirm whether the rumours are true? Is Adobe XD being discontinued at some point soon and if so, what timeline are we looking at? @Rishabh_Tiwari

Chris W. Griffith

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It is still a big mystery. It all hinges on the success or failure of the Figma purchase. It has been almost a year (Sept 22, 2022) was the annoucement and no new information on it. Both the US and EU are looking into the deal. There is not a lot either side can legally say, so we are making best guesses as to what is next. Regardless, the smartest thing to do is to shift to Figma. Either it will be an Adobe owned solution or remain indepenent, but it will be the primary tool of choice for many designers.

Ron Frank

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I have been transitioning to Figma from having used XD since it's public beta (all Mac). The transition has been exceedingly frustrating. Here are a few suggestions, from my experience:

Use the desktop app, not the browser.
If you need to customize shortcuts, use Keyboard Maestro (so they work) and duplicate them in Mac OS’s built-in keyborad custom shortcuts [Sys Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts] so they show up in Figma.
If you want to learn pro-tips, Kezz is, IMAO, the best. They are a little dated, but still the best. They have 13 of them and each is around 3 minutes long. Here’s the first one.
Be patient with yourself. Figma works much differently from XD — it’s more similar to Sketch. I have used many tools for many years but this transition has been the most difficult for me — and I loved XD. After many months, I am finally coming around to it and almost enjoying it.
One enormous advantage of Figma: If you file a support ticket (which is a little tricky: click ? in the lower right corner > Contact Support > I type "help" in the field that appears > Click the Contact Us button that appears > select Product Question) you actually get an email from a human! And you can have an email dialog with them! They have been very helpful to me.