Where can i download an older version of Docker Desktop for Mac?

[toontjem]

Anybody knows where i can download the latest pre-Docker Engine 25 version of Docker Desktop for Mac? Most probably i need version 4.26.1

Thanks,

Ton.

[rimelek (Ákos Takács)]

The same place where you download the latest. There is a link at almost the top of the page

For checksums, see Release notes.

There you can find older versions as well.

[boardtc]

Nothing on that page before 4.29

[rimelek (Ákos Takács)]

True. When I wrote this post I only wanted to say that the older versions are listed there, but I didn’t know that the old links were removed. Without anyone telling me it was the case, the conversation stopped there. Later in May I realised the old links were removed and wrote this

Where can I download Docker version 4.20?

The whole documentation is on GitHub: The release notes are here: https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/main/content/desktop/release-notes.md You can list the history of the changes and go back to a point when that version still had a link. For example here: https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/71c6d2d88a0086f36e21705fdf35aa08322d8867/content/desktop/release-notes.md Then you will find something like this: {{< release-date date="2023-06-05" >}} {{< desktop-install all=true version="4.20.1"…

Later someone asked me about it again and I saw that the documentation’s source code changed a little bit so I quote what I shared in a private conversation to update the steps. Note that the suer needed 4.27.1:

Starting from the latest version I also found the release notes were moved under “content/manuals/desktop”, but only after 4.27.1, so when the commit history showed that the file was renamed, I asked GitHub to load the previous versions and scrolled until I saw 4.27.1 in the commit message. I found this:

https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/51b3996c903f474aa68b32cfc74370e1cd2c982a/content/desktop/release-notes.md?plain=1#L31

Now you go to the current release page, copy the link address of the architecture and platform you need, and replace the number in the link with the build path you see on GitHub.
For example this is probably v4.27.1 for macOS with the apple silicon chip:

https://desktop.docker.com/mac/main/arm64/135262/Docker.dmg

Now you can also use this link and change the architecture to amd64 if you need that one or replace “Docker.img” with “Docker Desktop Installer.exe”
Or just copy the link of what you actually need, except an older version, and replace only the build number which is
135262

So you need to follow the same steps to download an older version. Using an old version is not recommended unless you want to test something with an older version or the new version doesn’t work. I’m sure you know that, but I have to mention it so no future visitors think I recommend using Docker Desktop that was removed from the official documentation.