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- How to/Update Obsidian
- Installer version update
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Obsidian regularly checks for new updates. If automatic updates are enabled, the application will apply any available updates when you restart it.
Open Settings → General.
You can find the current Obsidian version and installer version in the upper-left corner.
To check for updates, select Check for updates. If there are new updates, this button will change to Relaunch. select Relaunch to apply any available updates.
If you prefer to update Obsidian manually, you can disable automatic updates.
Occasionally, Obsidian release notes 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.
You do not need to uninstall Obsidian to update the installer version.
To update Obsidian when an installer update is required:
Your installer update is now complete. You may now re-open Obsidian.
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.
Some features may depend on a more recent installer version. If you experience issues with a recently added feature, consider reinstalling Obsidian to update the installer version.