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| - How to/Update Obsidian | |
| - Installer version update | |
| Obsidian checks for new updates regularly. When a new update is available, Obsidian applies it when you restart the application. | |
| ## Check for an update and the current version | |
| Open **Settings → General**. | |
| You can find the current Obsidian version and installer version in the upper-left corner. | |
| ![[application-installer-current-version.png#interface]] | |
| To apply any available updates, click **Relaunch**. | |
| ## Disable automatic updates | |
| If you prefer to update Obsidian manually, you can disable automatic updates. | |
| 1. Open **Settings → General**. | |
| 2. Disable **Automatic updates**. | |
| ## Installer updates | |
| Occasionally, Obsidian [release notes](https://obsidian.md/changelog/) will indicate that a manual installer update is required, and include a link to our website. These updates address the scaffolding of Obsidian, and cannot be handled within the automatic update process. | |
| > [!tip] | |
| > You **do not** need to uninstall Obsidian to update the installer version. | |
| To update Obsidian when an installer update is required: | |
| 1. Navigate to [https://obsidian.md/download](https://obsidian.md/download "https://obsidian.md/download"). | |
| 2. Download the installer onto your system. | |
| 1. If Obsidian is open, completely close it. | |
| 3. Run the installation process as directed in [[Download and install Obsidian]]. | |
| Your installer update is now complete. You may now re-open Obsidian. | |
| > [!Question]- Q1. A plugin author or theme developer is asking me to update my installer, but the Obsidian team has not. Why? | |
| > This is very common when we have internal library updates within the installer that do not need a minimum application version update, which would force everyone to update. | |
| > | |
| > For example, if you were using a PDF annotation plugin, and we updated the `pdf.js` library within Obsidian, the plugin author would want to take advantage of updates of that library. | |
| > | |
| > Similarly, updated CSS capability would prompt a theme developer to require an installer update, so you can have the benefit of some new options that allow more styling features. | |
| ## Troubleshooting | |
| Some features may depend on a more recent installer version. If you experience issues with a recently added feature, consider [[Download and install Obsidian|reinstalling Obsidian]] to update the installer version. | |