Photoshop 2023 and 2024 Still Work After Updating to 2026 – Why?

[Flawless_Odyssey6941]

My laptop’s C drive shows that Photoshop and Illustrator have both been updated to the 2026 versions, but the Adobe folders in my hard drive still contain Photoshop 2023 and 2024, and both of them can open and run normally. Why is that? Can anyone tell me?

[kglad · Accepted solution]

because you didn't opt to uninstall previous versions.

if you want to uninstall those previous versions, at this point, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html

[Flawless_Odyssey6941]

@kglad My Adobe folder on my portable hard drive still contains Photoshop 2023 and 2024, and they both open and work fine.

[Flawless_Odyssey6941]

@kglad It's a laptop's C drive. Photoshop and Illustrator have both been updated to the 2026 version.

[kglad]

do you still have a question?

[Flawless_Odyssey6941]

@kglad no, thank

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

They haven't been updated to 2026.

A new version (2026) has been installed.

[Flawless_Odyssey6941]

@Peru Bob Only a portable hard drive with Photoshop 2023 and 2024.