# Update Obsidian

Obsidian regularly checks for new updates. If automatic updates are enabled, the application will apply any available updates when you restart it.

# 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.

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.

# Disable automatic updates

If you prefer to update Obsidian manually, you can disable automatic updates.

Open Settings → General.
Disable Automatic updates.

# Installer 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.

Tip

You do not need to uninstall Obsidian to update the installer version.

To update Obsidian when an installer update is required:

Navigate to https://obsidian.md/download.
Download the installer onto your system.
1. If Obsidian is open, completely close it.
Run the installation process as directed in Download and install Obsidian.

Your installer update is now complete. You may now re-open Obsidian.

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 reinstalling Obsidian to update the installer version.