Updating blender

Hi @nachoalgar.

You can have different versions of Blender side by side, for example:


For this second Blender installation, I advice you to create a portable version:

  • just download Blender as a ZIP file

  • extract this ZIP file to the folder of your choice

  • inside the 2.93 folder (depending on the version of Blender that you choose to download, this sub-folder might be “3.0” or “3.1”…), create a “config” sub-folder:

  • launch that version of Blender

  • customize the preferences, your custom hotkeys, install your favourite add-ons and save preferences

  • close Blender and relaunch it

  • check the content of this “config” sub-folder, you should notice that it now contains these files:
    files

This means that this specific portable version will store its preferences / add-ons / settings in that “config” folder and not in C:\Users\your-username\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\


Alternatively, you can also use this add-on to backup and restore your preferences, add-ons, settings, etc: [Addon] Blender Backup Manager

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