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Aug 7, 2025
Adobe Aero will be discontinued on iOS, Android, and Creative Cloud Desktop effective November 6, 2025. Existing users can access the application and download their content until December 3, 2025.
November 6, 2025
- End of availability for Aero.
- Aero will be removed from Creative Cloud, the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store, and will no longer be available for download or installation.
- If you already have Aero installed on your device, it will continue to work as normal.
- You will still be able to download your files from the Aero mobile or Desktop.
December 3, 2025
- Aero will be decommissioned.
- You will no longer be able to access files from Adobe's servers.
- Technical and customer support for Aero will no longer be available.
- Aero scenes (.real files) will stop working for both the authors and viewers of experiences.
December 16, 2025
- Aero user data will be removed from Adobe's servers. It will not be possible to recover or download files after this date.
Aero was developed with the goal of eventually being used with mixed reality glasses. The industry landscape for AR has changed since 2020. While Adobe is continuing to explore mixed reality, the team is choosing to focus its resources on alternative areas of development.
No. Adobe Aero has always been free of charge, and there will be no impact on your existing subscriptions.
Not at the current time.
Yes, both desktop and mobile applications will be removed from Creative Cloud, the Apple App Store, and the Google Play Store.
Aero project data on Adobe servers will be deleted after December 16, 2025. Alternatively, you can delete your data before December 16th if you prefer by following the instructions below.
You can access Aero and your scene files until December 3rd, 2025. After December 3, all Aero scenes (.real files) will stop working.
Read How can I download my Aero scenes for help downloading Aero scenes, and extracting 3D content from downloaded files.
How can I download my Aero scenes?
To get your 3D assets out off your Aero scenes, you will need to first download the scene, and then extract the assets from the scene.
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Use File > Export > Real to export your scene to a local file.
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Navigate to the location where you saved your scene. Rename the file, changing the extension from .real to .zip.
For example, if your file is called MyScene.real, rename it to MyScene.zip
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Unzip the file:
Windows: Right-click the file, and select Extract all... then select a folder location.
macOS: Double-click the file to extract the zip contents into the current folder.
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In the unzipped folder, any 3D content from the scene will be available in the Assets folder.
How can I delete my Aero user data?
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On the Aero homepage, navigate to the Your files window.
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Select the projects you'd like to delete by hovering your mouse above the document thumbnails and checking the checkbox in the top left on the thumbnail.
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Select Delete in the top right corner after all of the projects you wish to select are selected.
