# How do you update Preform to latest version

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975>\
**Category:** Support & Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [September 15, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975 "2017-09-15T05:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Adin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Adin)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975/1 "2017-09-15T05:22:37Z")

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I dont see any update button in the menus, Do you just re download? Uninstall first?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![cjryker06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cjryker06](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/cjryker06)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975/2 "2017-09-15T05:41:31Z")

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This is my assumption. I don’t recall a check for update button. I’ve also not had it long enough to have been through an update yet.

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**Author:** ![Steven\_Hines](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/steven_hines/32/7985_2.png) [@Steven\_Hines](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Steven_Hines)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975/3 "2017-09-15T09:27:22Z")

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I think it’s a bug. I launched my Preform last night (I’m in Europe) and it asked if I wanted to update. When I said yes, it navigated to a page showing an **Access Denied** error from some Amazon AWS server. The URL: [https://s3.amazonaws.com/FormlabsReleases/Release/2.12.0/PreForm\_2.12.0.exe](https://s3.amazonaws.com/FormlabsReleases/Release/2.12.0/PreForm_2.12.0.exe)

So I think someone released the new build but didn’t set permissions correctly or something. Anyway, AFAIK there’s no way to download at the moment.

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**Author:** ![Frew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@Frew](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Frew)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975/4 "2017-09-15T19:30:34Z")

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For new releases, you will get an update prompt but if that’s not functioning for some reason you can also download the latest version directly from our [release notes page.](https://formlabs.com/tools/preform/release-notes/)

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**Author:** ![Adin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Adin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Adin)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975/5 "2017-09-15T23:08:09Z")

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I did get that update prompt, but did not want to do it at that moment, So I guess I will uninstall and download the new version.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-update-preform-to-latest-version/14975/6 "2017-09-29T23:08:12Z")

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