Adobe Forcing me to update from 2024? How do I stop this popup?

[Nick Avallone]

Photoshop 2024 is dead in the water for me.

If I open it and work on a file, it gets completely stuck after 30 seconds or so. Showing my desktop reveals a garbage little popup that insits I update to the current version. "Your device is running an old version of Adobe Photoshop. Update to the current version to enjoy etc." See attached.

I just updated PS 2024 to v.25.12 today in hopes that would solve the issue. Nope. Apparently, Adobe allows me to update my version of 2024...but not use it?

I do not want to run 2025 yet. It's 2 weeks old, and I've been burned way too many times before by brand new releases (after 30 years using PS, I know better.)

How do I stop this popup from interfering with my job?

[John John 86]

The only solution I have found is to open photoshop whilst offline and connect to the internet after, so far so good!

[HuntingFluff]

Hi,

I'm using Photoshop 25.6.0 and after updating Creative Cloud, I am now getting the following pop-up that is appearing frequently, and even in the middle of a work session (completely wrecking my creative flow when painting). This is completely unacceptable for a product I am paying for. I know which verson I'm on and I don't want to update because of.. reasons.

Why is there no checkbox to never show it again? I've set all of my notifications to off in Creative Cloud - including in-app notifications - why isn't that being respected? It sometimes feels like you actually want your customers to switch products.

[NIKOS7777777]

 This is one of the most annoying pop-ups in Photoshop ever!

I have the latest version [v 26.4.1] andd still it disrupts my work as it pops up suggesting that I should update Photoshop!

But when I open the Creative Cloud app and search for updates, it says that there are none andd I have the latest version! 

 Really Adobe? 

Please fix this immediately. 

[Fine Art P]

I'm still getting this too on my travel laptop (Mac Intel i7). It also freezes Photoshop when it pops up. When I click "update", nothing happens. I then have to force quit. At any rate, I don't expect Adobe is going to change this behavior.

[AuroraPenticton]

I haven't had this happen in a couple of months, but then just now I got the message in Illustrator 2024.