Downloading and installing Unity

Download and install the Unity Editor from the Unity download page. The installer uses a Download Assistant and has detailed instructions to follow. If you want to download the Unity Editor using a torrent or install several versions of Unity at once, see Torrent Download, below.

Unity Download Assistant

The Unity Download Assistant is a small executable program (approximately 1 MB in size) which lets you select which components of the Unity Editor you want to download and install.

If you’re not sure which components you want to install, leave the default selections, click Continue, and follow the installer’s instructions.

Unity Download Assistant (leave the default selections if you’re not sure which to choose)

Note that on PC there is Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015.

Installing Unity without the Download Assistant

If you prefer, you can download and install all of the components separately, without using the Download Assistant. The components are normal installer executable programs and packages, so you may find it simpler, especially if you are a new Unity user, to use the Download Assistant. Some users, such as those wishing to automate deployment of Unity in an organization, may prefer to install from the command line.

Installing Unity on Windows from command line

The following options can be used when installing the Unity Editor and other components from command line on Windows. Note that installer command line arguments are case-sensitive.

Unity Editor install

/S	Performs a silent (no questions asked) install.
/D=PATH	Sets the default install directory. Useful when combined with the silent install option. Default folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Unity (32-bit) or C:\Program Files\Unity (64-bit)

Example:

Install Unity silently to the folder E:\Development\Unity, which will be the root of the Unity installation. The Unity editor executable will in this case be installed in E:\Development\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe. “/D” argument must be last and without quotes, even if path contains spaces.

Unity Editor uninstall

To perform a silent uninstall, run Uninstall.exe /S (for example, from command line or a script).

Note that although the process will finish right away, it takes a few seconds before the files are actually removed. The reason for this is that the uninstaller is copied to a temporary location in order to be able to remove itself. Also, make sure the working directory is not inside the Unity install location, as it won’t be able to remove the folder if this is the case.

Standard Assets install

Silently install Standard Assets. If specifying folder, use the Unity “root” folder (that is, the folder containing the Editor folder, and not where Unity.exe is installed into).

Example Project install

Silently install the Example Project. The default folder is C:\Users\Public\Documentation\Unity Projects\Standard Assets Example Project.

Installing Unity on OS X from command line

The individual Unity installers are provided as .pkg files, which can be installed using installer as described below.

Unity Editor install

Installs into folder /Applications/Unity on the specified target volume:

Standard Assets install

Installs into folder /Applications/Unity/Standard Assets on the specified volume:

Example Project install

Installs into folder /Users/Shared/Unity/Standard-Assets on the specified volume:

Torrent Download

If you’d prefer to download Unity via a BitTorrent client, you can download get a torrent link from the Unity download archive page. Not all versions have a torrent download. If a version is available to download as a torrent, the option is presented as Torrent download (Win+Mac) in the Downloads dropdown menu.

Downloading Unity via a Torrent

Installing several versions at once

You can install as many versions of Unity as you like on the same computer.

The installer on a Mac creates a folder called Unity, and overwrite any existing folder with this name — however, if you rename the folder to something else before installing another versions, then both versions can exist on the same computer without problems.

On a PC, the install folder is always named Unity X.Y.Z[fp]W, where the ‘f’ is for an official release, and ‘p’ is used to mark a patch release.

We strongly recommend that if you rename a Unity folder, you choose the new folder name logically (for example, add the version number to the end of the name). Note that any existing shortcuts, aliases and links to the offline docs may no longer point to the old version of Unity. This can be particularly confusing with the offline docs; if you suddenly find that browser bookmarks to the offline docs no longer work, then check that they have the right folder name in the URL.

Is something described here not working as you expect it to? It might be a Known Issue. Please check with the Issue Tracker at issuetracker.unity3d.com.

Copyright © 2017 Unity Technologies. Publication 5.5-001G 2017-03-29

Downloading and installing Unity

Download and install the Unity Editor from the Unity download page. The installer uses a Download Assistant and has detailed instructions to follow. If you want to download the Unity Editor using a torrent or install several versions of Unity at once, see Torrent Download, below.

Unity Download Assistant

The Unity Download Assistant is a small executable program (approximately 1 MB in size) which lets you select which components of the Unity Editor you want to download and install.

If you’re not sure which components you want to install, leave the default selections, click Continue, and follow the installer’s instructions.

Unity Download Assistant (leave the default selections if you’re not sure which to choose)

Note that on PC there is Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015.

Installing Unity without the Download Assistant

If you prefer, you can download and install all of the components separately, without using the Download Assistant. The components are normal installer executable programs and packages, so you may find it simpler, especially if you are a new Unity user, to use the Download Assistant. Some users, such as those wishing to automate deployment of Unity in an organization, may prefer to install from the command line.

Installing Unity on Windows from command line

The following options can be used when installing the Unity Editor and other components from command line on Windows. Note that installer command line arguments are case-sensitive.

Unity Editor install

/S	Performs a silent (no questions asked) install.
/D=PATH	Sets the default install directory. Useful when combined with the silent install option. Default folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Unity (32-bit) or C:\Program Files\Unity (64-bit)

Example:

Install Unity silently to the folder E:\Development\Unity, which will be the root of the Unity installation. The Unity editor executable will in this case be installed in E:\Development\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe. “/D” argument must be last and without quotes, even if path contains spaces.

Unity Editor uninstall

To perform a silent uninstall, run Uninstall.exe /S (for example, from command line or a script).

Note that although the process will finish right away, it takes a few seconds before the files are actually removed. The reason for this is that the uninstaller is copied to a temporary location in order to be able to remove itself. Also, make sure the working directory is not inside the Unity install location, as it won’t be able to remove the folder if this is the case.

Standard Assets install

Silently install Standard Assets. If specifying folder, use the Unity “root” folder (that is, the folder containing the Editor folder, and not where Unity.exe is installed into).

Example Project install

Silently install the Example Project. The default folder is C:\Users\Public\Documentation\Unity Projects\Standard Assets Example Project.

Installing Unity on OS X from command line

The individual Unity installers are provided as .pkg files, which can be installed using installer as described below.

Unity Editor install

Installs into folder /Applications/Unity on the specified target volume:

Standard Assets install

Installs into folder /Applications/Unity/Standard Assets on the specified volume:

Example Project install

Installs into folder /Users/Shared/Unity/Standard-Assets on the specified volume:

Torrent Download

If you’d prefer to download Unity via a BitTorrent client, you can download get a torrent link from the Unity download archive page. Not all versions have a torrent download. If a version is available to download as a torrent, the option is presented as Torrent download (Win+Mac) in the Downloads dropdown menu.

Downloading Unity via a Torrent

Installing several versions at once

You can install as many versions of Unity as you like on the same computer.

The installer on a Mac creates a folder called Unity, and overwrite any existing folder with this name — however, if you rename the folder to something else before installing another versions, then both versions can exist on the same computer without problems.

On a PC, the install folder is always named Unity X.Y.Z[fp]W, where the ‘f’ is for an official release, and ‘p’ is used to mark a patch release.

We strongly recommend that if you rename a Unity folder, you choose the new folder name logically (for example, add the version number to the end of the name). Note that any existing shortcuts, aliases and links to the offline docs may no longer point to the old version of Unity. This can be particularly confusing with the offline docs; if you suddenly find that browser bookmarks to the offline docs no longer work, then check that they have the right folder name in the URL.

Is something described here not working as you expect it to? It might be a Known Issue. Please check with the Issue Tracker at issuetracker.unity3d.com.

Copyright © 2016 Unity Technologies. Publication 5.4-X

Installing Unity from the command line

If you want to automate the deployment of Unity in an organization, you can install the Editor and other components from the command line. The components are normal installer executable programs and packages which you can use to automate the deployment of Unity.

To download the components, you use the Unity installer to download the Unity components to a folder on your computer.

Download and run the installer. Release versions of the installer are available from the Unity download archive. For pre-release versions of the installer, see the Beta programs page.

In Choose Components, select all of the components for which you are automating deployment.

In Choose Download and Install locations, click the Download to radio button.

Enter a location in which to store the component installers.

Finish the installation.

Navigate to the download location you specified. In the folder, you will find the installer files for the components you selected and a script file ( install.bat on Windows or install.sh on Linux or OS X) that you can run to install the components.

Downloaded installers on Windows

To install Unity on another computer using the downloaded components, copy the contents of the folder to the destination computer and execute the install script.

Installing individual Unity components on Windows from the command line

Use the following options when installing the Editor and other components from the command line on Windows.

Note: Installer command line arguments are case-sensitive.

Unity Editor install

Command	Details
/S	Performs a silent (no questions asked) install.
/D=PATH	Sets the default install directory. Useful when combined with the silent install option. The default folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Unity (32-bit) or C:\Program Files\Unity (64-bit).

Example:

This example installs Unity silently to a E:\Development\Unity folder, which becomes the root of the Unity installation. In this case, the Editor executable is installed in E:\Development\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe. The default install directory must be the last argument on the command line. The supplied path must not be surrounded by quotes, even if the path contains spaces.

Unity Editor uninstall

To perform a silent uninstall, run Uninstall.exe /S from the command line or a script.

Note: Although the process finishes right away, there is a delay before the files are actually removed. This is because the uninstaller is copied to a temporary location to enable it to remove itself. Make sure that the working directory is not inside the Unity install location. If it is, the uninstaller is unable to remove the folder.

Standard Assets install

To silently install Standard Assets:

Note: If specifying a folder, use the Unity root folder (that is, the folder containing the Editor folder, and not the folder in which Unity.exe is installed.)

Example Project install

To silently install the Example Project, use:

Note: The default folder is C:\Users\Public\Documentation\Unity Projects\Standard Assets Example Project .

Installing Unity on OS X from the command line

The individual Unity installers are provided as .pkg files, which can be installed using the installer command, as described below.

Unity Editor install

To install the Editor into a /Applications/Unity folder on the specified target volume, enter:

Standard Assets install

To install the Standard Assets into a /Applications/Unity/Standard Assets folder on the specified volume, enter:

Example Project install

To install the Example Project into a /Users/Shared/Unity/Standard-Assets folder on the specified volume, enter:

Torrent download

If you prefer to download Unity via a BitTorrent client, you can download get a torrent link from the Unity download archive page. Not all versions have a torrent download. If a version is available to download as a torrent, the option is presented as Torrent download (Win+Mac) in the Downloads dropdown menu.

Downloading Unity using a Torrent

Installing several versions at once

You can install multiple versions of Unity on the same computer.

On a Mac, the installer creates a folder called Unity, and overwrites any existing folder with this name. To install more than one version of Unity on your Mac, rename the existing Unity folder before installing another version.

On a PC, the install folder is always named Unity X.Y.Z[fp]W, where the f is for an official release, and p is used to mark a patch release.

We strongly recommend that if you rename a Unity folder, you name the new folder logically (for example, add the version number to the end of the name). Any existing shortcuts, aliases and links to the offline docs might no longer point to the old version of Unity. This can be particularly confusing with the offline docs; if you suddenly find that browser bookmarks to the offline docs no longer work, then check that they have the right folder name in the URL.

• Installation advice updated in Unity 2017.2
• Installation advice updated in Unity 2017.4