Adobe InDesign remains the definitive professional publishing software, setting the standard for layout design across print and digital media. Its precision typography, advanced layout controls, and seamless creative ecosystem make it indispensable for designers, publishers, and marketing teams.
Key Features of Adobe InDesign
- Advanced Typography: Professional type controls, OpenType features, and paragraph styles
- Multi-Page Layouts: Master pages, text threading, and automated page numbering
- Interactive Documents: Create EPUBs, PDFs, and digital publications with multimedia
- Liquid Layouts: Adaptive design rules for responsive document formats
- Table & Data Merge: Advanced table formatting and data-driven publishing
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Portable release description
📂 Files
- Adobe InDesign 2026 Portable.exe = main program and data file
- id26_force_english.svm = small file to force english at startup (portable v15.0.1+, version-specific)
- bridge.svm = includes latest Bridge program, launch it via File->Browse in Bridge
Known issues:
🌐 Languages
Multilanguage version! All available languages included. InDesign will start in your system language.
Available: cs_CZ,da_DK,de_DE,en_AE,en_GB,en_IL,en_US,en_XM,es_ES,es_LA,es_MX,es_NA,fi_FI,fr_CA,fr_FR,fr_MA,fr_XM,hr_HR, hu_HU,it_IT,ja_JP,ko_KR,nb_NO,nl_NL,pl_PL,pt_BR,ro_RO,ru_RU,sk_SK,sl_SI,sv_SE,tr_TR,uk_UA,zh_CN,zh_TW
In the archive there is a small file to force english language. If you want to force other languages without changing the system language, you can find the other files here: v2020 / v2025, if you need others please let me know.
🧩 Addons & Plugins
This is a multi-package portable. Plugins/addons/extensions/presets/brushes/etc can be added in two ways:
• via .svm files (managed by me), put in the same folder as main exe.
• via 'normal files' (managed by you), put under sandbox folder.
\Sandbox\Adobe InDesign 2026\roaming\modified\@PROGRAMFILES@\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2026\Plug-Ins\...
⚡ Portable Features
- No installation required
- No Admin rights needed
- Pre-activated
- 100% Offline, completely safe to use, no firewall needed
- Sandbox folder containing modified settings, delete to reset
- Just run it and start layouting!
📝 Release Notes
This section helps you to keep track of the new additions when the release is a bit messy 🙂
- 2 December 2019 - 2020 release (v15.0.1) - Portable: added small file to force english / Setup: fixed in .1
- 26 November 2024 - 2025+ releases (v20.0+) - Portable includes small file to force english. // This portable has been rebuilt on 10-jan-2025 in order to fix a permission issue, make sure you are downloading the new archives 'incristini25fix'. 2026 is all good!
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Download
| Version | Format ? | Size ? | Download ? | ||
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Portable releases | |||||
Adobe InDesign | 2026 Show older versions | Portable | 1.5 GB | ||
2025 | Portable | 1.1 GB | |||
2020 | Portable | 941 MB | |||
2020 | Portable | 857 MB | |||
CC 2019 | Portable | 1.86 GB | |||
CC 2019 | Portable | 1.55 GB | |||
Adobe Bridge | all | Download | ~800 MB | Download | |
Setup releases | |||||
Adobe InDesign | 2026 Show older versions | Setup | 1.4 GB | ||
2025 | Setup | 800 MB | |||
2020 | Setup | 1 GB | |||
2020 | Setup | 1.91 GB | |||
CC 2019 | Setup | 1.9 GB | |||
Adobe Bridge | all | Download | ~1 GB | Download | |
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2025_fix released (fixed Preferences folder permission issue) - new comments should refer to latest versionTHANK You – you are the best!
welcome 😉
v2020 released - new comments should refer to latest versionHi there – first of all thank you very very much for all the cool programs, all the cool and working portables and the super nice support on this site. I just installed the Setup 2020 for inDesign – but the program always closes short after launching (splashtop just building up and then the progam is closing and ending itself without any error or failure report. Do I need “Bridge”? I am using Windows 1903 – Running the program as admin. By the way your Setup 2020 for Photoshop is working fine on my computer. Keep up the good work.
thanks for notice I will test more, maybe you need the procedure included in illustrator with ACC installation and all
Did the latest win10 update break the 2019 portable? It runs if there is nothing in the sandbox. After the first run (something created in the sandbox folder), it gives me some sort of permission error and won’t load. Photoshop and Illustrator 2019 portable still work though
which update? 1909 just came out, but I guess you mean 1903. Read FAQ page point 7 for more info
I can’t download the portable version without downloading any apps for chrome i have to install than.
Pls help me because i need the portable version for my job education service.
thanks for help and thanks for this free version
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I also work with Win10. I only install a few programs – which I really need so that the system is not left with waste. I even uninstalled the program and reinstalled it, but the result remains. The 2018 version of Indesign works as well as the last portable version I downloaded here. Only this latest full install doesn’t work. But if it works for you and not for me, I see the problem on my PC.
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Hello, super work, THANK YOU.
I have a problem – when I start the fully installed 2020 (v15.0) program, everything starts, but as soon as the program is on, it turns itself off. When I open a file, it starts and immediately after the start I get the message if I want to save the file before closing it. Looks like right after the start automatically the “X” in the upper right corner would be activated to close the program. No matter if I press yes / no / cancel, the program will stop.
That is super strange, works perfectly on a clean w10pro machine, what os are you on?
Hey, THOP,
thank you so much for your work. I downloaded ID 2019, when I open it it does nothing. The command tabs don´t open up, nothing is clickable in the program. I have already unzipped it several times and the same result. What can I do to make it work?
Thank again!
try running it from a usb stick
Why do you make many changes in the program system? What’s the need? I don’t understand…
what changes?
I want the english version, but my sistem is portuguese brazilian! I don’t use Indesign in my language, how do I change it?
Not sure sorry, can’t make anybody happy 😅 put your system in english…
Hi, I enjoy your work. For some reason the apps don’t work on my Windows 10 machine anymore. I get the loading screen with THOP, but after that the application crashes. I have already shut down all anti virus software. Anyone has an idea?
w10v1903 has some problems with older portables sorry I have to fix it