Which versions of Adobe products are no longer for sale?

[LearnYear]

Hey, I don't intend to purchase, just interested which versions of Media Encoder, Photoshop and After Effects are no longer for sale. And if it is still possible to purchase them somehow.

[John T Smith · Accepted solution]

The only versions available with a Cloud subscription are the current (whatever that is) and ONE previous version

Anything older than current+1 is no longer available... and anyone purporting to offer old(er) versions is not doing so as a LEGAL Adobe sales agent

[LearnYear]

Oh really? This is very useful information. So from what I understand I can't at all get software let's say from last year. Current+1 it's not much at all.

[Just Shoot Me]

There are No Adobe products for Sale.

You can Subscribe to one of the subscription plans available but they are either monthly payments or pay up front for the whole year. But if you stop the payments the programs stop working.

[LearnYear]

That's good to know. Thank you

[Nancy OShea]

No longer for sale:

Creative Suite 6 and earlier.

Accessible Creative Cloud versions (by subscription only):

The current version + 1 previous.

[LearnYear]

Thank you for letting me know. Is Creative Suite 6 out of support or still getting updates?

And how many versions is current+1? Is it like Premiere Pro 2020 14.3.1.45 to 13.3.1.45 which is a lot, or to 14.3.0.45?

[Test Screen Name]

+1 means the previous version. So last year's version remains available, but not for purchase of course.

[LearnYear]

How's last year's version remains available? What do you mean by previous version? Premiere Pro 2020 14.3.1.45 - which number? 14.3.1.0? 14.3.0.45? 14.2.1.45? 14.3.1.45?

I understand that current+1 means only the last two versions, say in one month two versions are coming out, all the previous versions are not available, is that true?

[Test Screen Name]

The version number for 14.3.1.0 14.3.0.45 14.2.1.45 14.3.1.45 is 14. A new version comes out about once a year. What comes out more often is a new "release". You can usually only get the latest RELEASE of the last two VERSIONS.

[LearnYear]

Oh like in theory 14.9.9.9 and 13.9.9.9, right?

[Test Screen Name]

If there was a .9.9.9 but they don't keep going that far. Some products have no releases between new versions at all. Acrobat is outside this system and updates continuously.

Creative Suite was just the name for the product series before it changed name to Creative Cloud. There is nothing special about CS6, it is many versions behind and completely unavailable.

[LearnYear]

Wow, thank you so much. What are the last two versions today (and the third will not be available at all)?

[Nancy OShea]

 Version numbers vary by product.  Which product are you asking about?

For example, Photoshop & Dreamweaver versions 21.x and 20.x are still available for download.  But  earlier versions (19, 18, 17, etc....) are gone.

Illustrator versions 24.x and 23.x are still available.

Bridge versions 10.x and 9.x are still available.

InDesign versions 15.x and 14.x are still available.

And the list goes on....

[LearnYear]

Is there a summary page where I can see updates of new releases or version numbers of all the products? I don't want to be dependent on asking.

[Nancy OShea]

"Is there a summary page..."

Yes.  Every Adobe product has a "what's new" page like this one for Photoshop. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html

A Google search will reveal more...

[LearnYear]

Thank you, but actually I figured it out. I ask about one page for all products, if there is. it doesn't seem to be though.

If there is one page you can add to the bookmarks bar.

[LearnYear]

Is there one page that lists the latest versions of all products? Sorry for the question but I'm new here as my rank says.

[Test Screen Name]

Does not seem to be. Not needed for CC because the CC app shows available products.

[LearnYear]

Well, that's it. Thank you all, you all helped me.

[John T Smith]

>Creative Suite 6 out of support or still getting updates?

No support and no updates

Adobe has removed ALL public download links for installs and updates
-PPro CS6 install is dated March 2012 with the final 6.05 update dated August 2013
-CS6 (and earlier) are no longer sold or supported by Adobe