How do I update Unity?

Unity Engine
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Hi. I’ve recently started using Unity and when I was trying one of the tutorials I found a bug with the Tile Palette. After searching the forum I found this thread ( Tile palette - Tiles not showing up [2018.1.0f2] ). This is fixed in Unity 2018.1.2f1, so I went and downloaded Unity again so I can update to the new version.

I know I need to download the whole package again, but what I don’t know, and I searched everywhere including the documentation, is. Do I need to:

  • Uninstall old Unity and THEN install the new Unity?
  • Uninstall old Unity + Visual Studio + others and then install the new Unity?
  • Install Unity in the same folder as the older one. Here I’m in doubt because if it were a “patch”, thats the normal behavior, but because I’m downloading the program again, overwriting a folder that already has files, maybe causes corrupt files or incorrect references or deprecated files not removed, maybe when I start visual studio it will think is still linked to the old Unity…I don’t know.
  • Install Unity in another folder. If this is the case, can I name the Unity folder something like “Unity 2018.1.2f1” or that name with spaces and dots could bring me problems in the future?

Thanks!

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No need to uninstall the previous version. You want to install Unity 2018 in a different folder, unless disk space is a concern for you. Doing that and renaming it will not cause problems, though renaming unity.exe itself can cause issues in rare circumstances. Also worth noting that installing Unity in the same folder as the old version is supported behaviour and will not cause issues either.

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The only cases where Unity will install to a different folder is with the Hub, or with using Beta versions. Unity exists fine in any folder you want, so you do not need to Uninstall anything except for when you want to free up storage space.

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Gotcha! Thanks a lot guys :slight_smile: