Is there an offline installer for Adobe Acrobat Reader?

Yes. The full standalone package installs without downloading anything further, unlike the small web installer Adobe offers by default. This page lists its URL and SHA-256 from Adobe's own manifest.

Why use the offline Reader installer instead of the web one?

It works with no internet connection, it can be reused across machines, it avoids the download page that bundles extra offers, and it registers properly for managed uninstall and deployment.

Software

Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit)

by Adobe · Proprietary

100/100how this is calculated

The free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, signing, and commenting on PDF documents.

Getting the right Adobe Acrobat Reader offline installer

Adobe's normal download path hands you a small Reader DC web installer and, along the way, tries to add extras you did not ask for. The offline installer is the full MSI-based package, which is also what you want for deploying Reader across an organisation.

The installer on this page is the full standalone build declared in Adobe's manifest, so it does not download anything further during installation.

Because it registers a product code, it uninstalls cleanly and can be managed through standard deployment tooling, which the web installer does not do reliably.

Watch the bundled offers

Adobe's web download page has historically pre-ticked additional software. The standalone installer avoids that path entirely, which is a good reason to prefer it even on a machine that has internet.

Record

Latest version: 26.001.21789
Release date: 11 Aug 2026
Package identifier: Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Adobe declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

64-bit

exemachine scopeardownload2.adobe.com · publisher domain

File name: AcroRdrDCx642600121789_MUI.exe

https://ardownload2.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/AcrobatDC/2600121789/AcroRdrDCx642600121789_MUI.exe

SHA-256: f285a73605be56b07b21e7e57e4c55a15e65e513ef2316436a1d36adfa69e83b

Silent install: -sfx_nu /sAll /rs /msi

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Adobe published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "AcroRdrDCx642600121789_MUI.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "AcroRdrDCx642600121789_MUI.exe"

Expected output

f285a73605be56b07b21e7e57e4c55a15e65e513ef2316436a1d36adfa69e83b

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Install Adobe Acrobat Reader silently

The unattended switch below is the one Adobe declares in the installer manifest, not one we guessed by trying flags.

64-bit · machine scope · publisher-declared

.\AcroRdrDCx642600121789_MUI.exe -sfx_nu /sAll /rs /msi

Deploying Adobe Acrobat Reader properly

Adobe’s switch is unusual because the file you download is a self-extracting wrapper around an MSI. The declared command unpacks it and hands the MSI its own quiet flags in one step, which is why it looks nothing like a normal silent switch.

If you want control over what gets installed, extract first rather than fighting the wrapper. Running the installer with -sfx_o"C:\path" -sfx_ne unpacks the MSI and its transform without installing, and from there it is an ordinary msiexec deployment.

Adobe publishes a Customization Wizard that produces an MST transform: it is how you disable the updater, accept the EULA in advance, suppress the sign-in prompt and turn off the upsell for Acrobat Pro. Applying the transform with TRANSFORMS= is the difference between a deployment users complain about and one they never notice.

The EULA will stop an unattended install

Without EULA_ACCEPT=YES the first launch shows a licence dialog to every user, which defeats the point of deploying it silently. Set it in the transform or on the msiexec command line.

The updater installs itself as a service

Adobe’s update service runs regardless of your patch process and will change the version underneath you. Disable it through the Customization Wizard if you manage updates centrally.

Run it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.

Silent install commands for every program we index

How we scored this 100 out of 100

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	1 of 1 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	1 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	35 / 35
Served over HTTPS	1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Release recency	last release about 0 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.	15 / 15
Licence declared	ProprietaryA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Opens 15 file types

Extensions Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit) registers itself to handle.

Is Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit) safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from adobe.com, which is a domain we have tied to Adobe.

The installer on this page comes with the SHA-256 Adobe declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit) with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit)20 with hashes

The version history of Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit), each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

26.001.21771

released 31 Jul 2026

AcroRdrDCx642600121771_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
290696326395FDD08CC11B467372FF68AA5E60E1D577A3910E1103A5690CEB4A

26.001.21745

released 22 Jul 2026

AcroRdrDCx642600121745_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
4752935149F5128B84FF15D8D18B51DA23D52A2F16CEBE6D40BE22E1C4AE4A41

26.001.21691

AcroRdrDCx642600121691_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
86E25BD91CDC40CE52742D779E02D1518F2A7AF873ACE35046C418183F8D62B0

26.001.21677

AcroRdrDCx642600121677_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
E5B9EBA7BA9584B23291F0C8F8FEDF999A6FE9A94FCAA4E6A7AAC557B3222A10

26.001.21662

AcroRdrDCx642600121662_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
2BF2C241859B1D1B13198394CE87639352635A3C3901C9992203DE632CDEA66A

26.001.21651

AcroRdrDCx642600121651_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
F5CCDBE1B020B51A7D1CAF9E4DB02FA06B43082A8DC9A6A1125F034888E20B96

26.001.21563

AcroRdrDCx642600121563_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
B6688FCA29DAC5B7C7A2B9D540D481EBA573781DBA6DA2A6CFDDDB4F02DCAF91

26.001.21529

AcroRdrDCx642600121529_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
5B830C22C81899C8AF581AF2F6DC041FF28DD64DD897FA5FAB1D9C012CEAD3EF

26.001.21483

AcroRdrDCx642600121483_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
C7ADD1E3145B24633E70E9860849F7DCDB5E000734573B4D72547BE8137F068A

26.001.21431

AcroRdrDCx642600121431_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
C3270ABE8A816A50FFE275888D217DA289997EDA67DEBD497DE6DB394D601917

26.001.21411

AcroRdrDCx642600121411_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
58098C64EA6ED3E9A2602DE1C4C3A45FD4A9CFBD557A052719C666DCEFD63541

26.001.21367

AcroRdrDCx642600121367_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
36FCCDA153466FD8D528B10CE7B453649EF5C2DDDD2FB231045FE656A4A926DB

26.001.21346

AcroRdrDCx642600121346_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
6BA5598CB742F21D373A21A5980DA9A45BAE165B7DE11A94252BDE7840E5A625

25.001.21288

released 09 Mar 2026

AcroRdrDCx642500121288_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
E7C3995C2B0B14DCE822483594CB7F12AE521CFAC53C7D4A7FF2DD27A5294E30

25.001.21265

AcroRdrDCx642500121265_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
57AA9584EDBBCA7B8C701ACF88DE685829EA6427B40C26733422D67CEB207F17

25.001.21223

AcroRdrDCx642500121223_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
6B8EF8D648B01889173CB2808D31A50C25A5D65B3478F27C07D7C47CDEED9F2B

25.001.21208

AcroRdrDCx642500121208_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
D0109ACC0287C90F8891ADA0A50CD6DEC424093121C01CC73088786018767E50

25.001.21184

AcroRdrDCx642500121184_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
0BDD2C978EAF97492A7BEA960B39C1C0DEEB7577CC87866639FD5C19D91E2690

25.001.21151

AcroRdrDCx642500121151_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
7AAAB49CB6DC49DE647B7C01E8F3B26B98929C9560BDE27BB68661D1A6D13961

25.001.21111

AcroRdrDCx642500121111_MUI.exe64-bitofficial URL
CCB067C006606FEE5D75B5BC0EA6274E7991E6A1911280CC63FF1463CB13F7CD

Earlier releases20 more

The file names, so you can tell what you have. Their hashes are in the hash checker and in the downloadable archive.

25.001.21078AcroRdrDCx642500121078_MUI.exe
25.001.20997AcroRdrDCx642500120997_MUI.exe
25.001.20982AcroRdrDCx642500120982_MUI.exe
25.001.20937AcroRdrDCx642500120937_MUI.exe
25.001.20918AcroRdrDCx642500120918_MUI.exe
25.001.20844AcroRdrDCx642500120844_MUI.exe
25.001.20813AcroRdrDCx642500120813_MUI.exe
25.001.20756AcroRdrDCx642500120756_MUI.exe
25.001.20744AcroRdrDCx642500120744_MUI.exe
25.001.20693AcroRdrDCx642500120693_MUI.exe
25.001.20672AcroRdrDCx642500120672_MUI.exe
25.001.20643AcroRdrDCx642500120643_MUI.exe
25.001.20630AcroRdrDCx642500120630_MUI.exe
25.001.20623AcroRdrDCx642500120623_MUI.exe
25.001.20577AcroRdrDCx642500120577_MUI.exe
25.001.20566AcroRdrDCx642500120566_MUI.exe
25.001.20531AcroRdrDCx642500120531_MUI.exe
25.001.20521AcroRdrDCx642500120521_MUI.exe
25.001.20474AcroRdrDCx642500120474_MUI.exe
25.001.20458AcroRdrDCx642500120458_MUI.exe

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record94

Every Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit) version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

26.001.21789
26.001.21771
26.001.21745
26.001.21691
26.001.21677
26.001.21662
26.001.21651
26.001.21563
26.001.21529
26.001.21483
26.001.21431
26.001.21411
26.001.21367
26.001.21346
25.001.21288
25.001.21265
25.001.21223
25.001.21208
25.001.21184
25.001.21151
25.001.21111
25.001.21078
25.001.20997
25.001.20982
25.001.20937
25.001.20918
25.001.20844
25.001.20813
25.001.20756
25.001.20744
25.001.20693
25.001.20672
25.001.20643
25.001.20630
25.001.20623
25.001.20577
25.001.20566
25.001.20531
25.001.20521
25.001.20474
25.001.20458
25.001.20435
25.001.20432
25.001.20428
24.005.20421
24.005.20414
24.005.20399
24.005.20392
24.005.20320
24.005.20307
24.004.20272
24.004.20243
24.004.20220
24.003.20180
24.003.20112
24.003.20054
24.002.21005
24.002.20991
24.002.20965
24.002.20933
24.002.20857
24.002.20854
24.002.20759
24.002.20736
24.002.20687
24.001.20643
24.001.20629
24.001.20615
24.001.20604
23.008.20555
23.008.20533
23.008.20470
23.008.20421
23.006.20380
23.006.20360
23.006.20320
23.003.20284
23.003.20269
23.003.20244
23.003.20215
23.003.20201
23.001.20174
23.001.20143
23.001.20064
22.003.20310
22.003.20258
22.002.20212
22.002.20191
22.001.20169
22.001.20142
22.001.20117
22.001.20085
21.011.20039
21.007.20099

Common questions

Is there an offline installer for Adobe Acrobat Reader?: Yes. The full standalone package installs without downloading anything further, unlike the small web installer Adobe offers by default. This page lists its URL and SHA-256 from Adobe's own manifest.
Why use the offline Reader installer instead of the web one?: It works with no internet connection, it can be reused across machines, it avoids the download page that bundles extra offers, and it registers properly for managed uninstall and deployment.

Similar programs we index

Matched on the categories Adobe and others declare in their own manifests, so the grouping is theirs rather than ours. Each one has its official URL and hash on the same terms as this page.

More programs we index

Not related to Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit) — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest: github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/a/Adobe/Acrobat/Reader/64-bit/26.001.21789