[UPDATE – Some of these still work to download the old CS5 trials, but Adobe has recently taken down many links… However, you can also now get the all-new Creative Cloud 2023 Direct Download Links!]
Following our popular post last week with the direct download links to the official trials of CS4 and CS3 for those who need them, by reader request we are doing the same for all CS5 products here… In theory the Akamai Download Manager (DLM) that Adobe uses is a good thing, intending to reduce download times and provide a ‘resume’ capability in case of interruption. But despite their best efforts, some folks are still having problems downloading CS5 using Akamai, so we thought we’d provide a complete set of direct download links for all Adobe Creative Suite 5 software (Windows and Mac), for instant easy access and to assist in these cases…
Below is a table for CS5 trial downloads in major languages. These links go to the authentic and original CS5 files residing on Adobe’s servers, are guaranteed genuine and will not change. For Windows, each program consists of up to two files, an .exe and a 7-Zip file (.7z). The .exe file will only work when the .7z file is also fully downloaded and resides in the same location. For the Mac, it’s just a single .dmg file for each program.
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The supported languages vary by product. The Western European languages can include French/Français, German/Deutsch, Italian/Italiano, Dutch/Nederlands, Norwegian/Norsk, Danish/Dansk, Finnish/Suomi, Swedish/Svenska, Portuguese/Português, and Spanish/Español. To see which product supports which languages, visit the main Adobe trials page and then click on the selection menu for whichever product(s) you’d like to try – it will tell you which languages are currently available.
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Note: Very Important Instructions
| More Direct Download Links |
|---|
| CC 2023 |
| CC 2019 |
| CS6 |
| Acrobat DC 2022 |
| Captivate 2019 |
| Lightroom 6/CC |
| Elements 2023 |
You need to have a free Adobe account and be logged into it to use the links below, as Adobe sets a session cookie on your browser that allows you to access the direct download links. Otherwise, you will receive an “access denied” or “no permission” message blocking the connection. So please follow these instructions carefully or the links will not work!
- Adobe recommends temporarily turning off any surfing restrictions you might have running, like site or cookie blocking, filtering, firewalls or antivirus software.
- Click «HERE» to visit this page first, before clicking any of the links in the table below – this is critical!
- If asked, sign in with your Adobe ID or take a minute to create one for yourself (free).
- OK! Now you’re logged in at Adobe with the trials cookie set, so you can instantly download any of the software below. Just make sure you have enough disk space.
- Download the files either by clicking directly on the DDL links, or by right-clicking and choosing “Save Link As…” on the popup menu – and save all files to the same place.
- Then follow the product installation instructions here.
Creative Suite 5.0 – Adobe CS5.0 Downloads
Here now are the direct download links for the CS5 trials. Please note these are for the older Creative Suite 5.0, not 5.5 – but we also have the more recent CS5.5 direct links, so be sure you’ve got the release you want…
| Adobe CS5 Direct Downloads |
Size |
Windows | Mac | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Western Europe | English | Europe | ||||
| Photoshop CS5 | 979 MB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| Dreamweaver CS5 | 326 MB | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | ||
| Illustrator CS5 | 1.3 GB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| InDesign CS5 | 716 MB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| InCopy CS5 | 558 MB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| Flash Pro CS5 | 857 MB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| Flash Catalyst CS5 | 508 MB | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | ||
| Flash Builder 4 | 388 MB | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | ||
| Premiere Pro CS5 | 1.4 GB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| After Effects CS5 | 988 MB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| Contribute CS5 | 306 MB | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | ||
| Fireworks CS5 | 498 MB | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | ||
| Soundbooth CS5 | 473 MB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| Acrobat 9 Pro | 656 MB | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | File 1 | ||
| Creative Suites | |||||||
| CS5 Master Collection | 4.5 GB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| CS5 Design Premium | 2.9 GB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| CS5 Design Standard | 2.0 GB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| CS5 Web Premium | 3.1 GB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
| CS5 Production Premium | 7.2 GB | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 1 |
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Note there is no separate trial download for Photoshop CS5 “Standard” – you go with the bigger Extended version (having all Photoshop features including 3D), and then decide which version you’d like to keep at time of product purchase.
You do not need to uninstall previous versions of Creative Suite; some users prefer to keep the older, familiar version(s) around as they come up to speed with the new product’s features, and there are plenty of folks that have CS3, CS4, and CS5 all on one computer.
We suggest using a browser other than Internet Explorer to download the files above. They can be quite large and IE has been known to drop the extension (like “.exe”) from the Windows filename. If this happens and you can’t open a file, then just rename it to add back the extension. But generally, using Firefox or Chrome will work better – and if you have any issues getting the downloads to work with one browser, then try another.
Note also the complete set of minimum system requirements for Adobe CS5.
[UPDATE (December 5th) – In the comments we have the CS5 “Extra Content” downloads for After Effects CS5, Premiere Pro CS5, Illustrator CS5, and Fireworks CS5 (Windows or Mac).]
*** Note: If you have any problems getting the files to download or install, be sure to read the earlier comments on this page – as most questions have already been asked and answered below!
Did these links work for you? Hope they helped out; please let us know with a comment below…
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Flash CS5 won’t work, what do I do?
Not sure; just tested out those direct download links, and they work fine for us…
What is the exact text of the error message you received?
Nobody else has reported any issues, so we’d need more detail in order to help you out.
Did you try using a different web browser, or another computer or Internet connection?
Bail on yesterday’s technology and learn HTML 5?
What platform and OS? Updated? Did you google the Flash CS5, with an eye to finding compatibility issues?
Found help elsewhere?
Just wanted to leave a thank you for providing support for all of these apps, even if they’re a decade old now.
You’re welcome, glad to help!
I think I followed instructions correctly. I have the .exe and .7z files on my desktop. When I try to open PS CS5, get message: “you are already running another Adobe installer. Please close all other installers to continue with this installation.” I completely shut down, repeat, get same message.
I have PS CS5, but somehow lost Bridge. I’m just trying to get Bridge back. Please … suggestions!
Greetings, Carol – yes, there is a solution to that problem. Carefully follow the suggestions given on this Adobe help page
Troubleshoot Error Messages in Bootstrapper CS5, CS5.5
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I want to download CS5 but when I do, I get a message that says “The developer of this app needs to update it to work with this version of macOS. Contact the developer for more information.”
I went to the Click «HERE» to visit this page first page and it took me to a page to “Download Adobe Premiere Elements | 2023, 2022”. What am I missing?
What version of macOS are you running? CS5 will not install on macOS Catalina or later:
Do My Adobe Apps Work on macOS Catalina (Version 10.15)?
This is because of major changes that Apple made to remove support for older apps (32-bit software) in Catalina and above… Consequently, only the newest Creative Cloud release will run.