It seems that Adobe made the decision to do this in late 2022, without announcing the news or making it public.

If you look at the Adobe Products catalog, you will not find XD there anymore. Adobe XD removed from the Adobe Products catalog But I still found it interesting that despite these comments, there hasn’t been an announcement either from Adobe or any of the leading news sites.

This doesn’t come as a surprise, given that XD has been falling behind Figma in tooling/features in a major way. What this is saying is that, in effect, Adobe XD development has been paused/stopped, and it can no longer be purchased for individual use. We will continue to support existing Adobe XD customers. XD will continue to be available as part of our Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps subscription. In that same thread ( Has Adobe XD been discontinued?), Rishabh Tiwari (an Adobe Employee) left a comment saying,Īdobe XD is no longer available for purchase as a single application but will continue to be supported for existing users. Griffith is implying that Adobe XD has essentially been sunset. Instead, I’ve just seen Ryan ( on Twitter) highlight a tweet in which Chris W. The acquisition is not yet completed, as Adobe has to face a few hurdles on its way still – the EU commission is trying to put brakes on the sale due to fears of market consolidation.īut this news isn’t about that.

As you may already know, back in September 2022 – Adobe announced the acquisition of Figma, one of the world’s most loved design collaboration tools.

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