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
The Gray Box
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 versionI can’t run and an error message appears.
the application was unable to load a required component: MSVCP140.dll
and then this message
the application has encountered an error (0x80004005)
thank you for your help
solution in faq
hii, when I try to extract the file it asks me for some volume in a disc, it happens me with all the programs i try to download from thop 🙁 hlp pls
you have to download all parts, read faq for more info on parts
Hi. This software is not running on WIndows 10 Pro but is running on WIndows 10 Home (friends’ computers). Please is it possible to make it run on Windows 10 Pro? I have relied on you for many years, looking forward to more!
I make and test all on w10 pro, this one works perfectly on mine. It’s not about home/pro but it’s something else in the system that it doesn’t like, maybe you have something from adobe installed? Either case should work, but just troubleshootin a lil bit
thank you for the great work you do
I installed the indesign 2020 but the software is in English
how to start it lociel in french.
my pc’s system is in french
pretty obv – delete ‘id20_force_english.svm’ file, it’s explained here as well as in included txt, always read it
Hello, i just downloaded the two inDesign files from version 15.0.1, i unzipped but when i click on the app file, show the house of portable icon but it doesn’t open. Any tips?
strange what os are you on? try to run it from a usb stick
Hi! Thanks for your amazing work! I downloaded Indesign portable and only Japanese workspaces are available. The language is English, so it’s fine, but the workspaces are Japanese. I did not find a way to change it to Eu, any tips?
strano, hai provato il trick per forzare la lingua inglese? hai dato un occhio alle impostazioni?
Sì, ho provato. Il programma funziona in inglese (o in italiano se tolgo il file .svm). I diversi workspace invece sono sempre solo in giapponese. Nella cartella \Sandbox\Adobe InDesign CC 2019\roaming\modified\@PROGRAMFILES@\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2020\Presets\Indesign Workspaces c’è la cartella ja_JP. Ho provato a modificarla in it_IT o en_En ma ogni volta che riavvio il programma si rigenera ja_JP e i workspace sono sempre in giapponese.
capito grazie, prossima versione cerco di risolvere
Hello, I’m having the same issue, downloaded this 15.0.1 portable version today, japanese workspace
how to download the portable indesign ???
from the links up here 😉 check instructions in faq page
Hi, I just downloaded the portable version of indesign and everything seems to work but when I click on New > Create > Document I get an error popup “Turbo Virtual Machine There’s been an error starting this application. Error code: \\?\C:\My\Path\Adobe\InDesign 2020 Portable.exe 0x0003: 2”. If I close this popup nothing happens (indesign just keeps working as normal) and all the other features works well, like, new > create > book is working, all the other links in menu and icons are working. The new document is the only one that doesn’t work. Do you know how to fix… Read more »
Does the Ctrl+N shortcut work?
Thank you for your help. I dug a little further: when I click on the exe, indesign opens correctly and everything works fine, even the create new document. Problems happens when I resize the window: after a few seconds, the exe gets deleted (it s not even in the trash, it gets removed completely) and of course, the create new document doesn’t work anymore. If I close the window, I have to extract the rar again because the exe is not there anymore I test it several times just to be sure and I get always the same results: everything… Read more »
UPDATE:
it was an antivirus issue!!!
Sorry to have bothered you for nothing. Basically: the automatic removal of the exe got me thinking about what could cause it, as windows normally doesn’t do that and files don’t usually delete themselves. I checked the antivirus settings, whitelisted the exe file and now everything works: the resize of the window don’t cause any trouble, the window itself is not extra large (before it was, hence the need of resizing it) and I’m able to create new documents, no errors arise anymore
great, glad you solved 😉
bonjour
j’ai un souci avec ce logiciel le pc demande crlogtransport comment faire
cordialement
english
IYou have in Design portable for 32 bits?
does not exist anymore, latest id 32bit is super old and maybe I made it 6-7 years ago, please get a x64 PC which are everywhere since decades
win7 64bit goive me msvcp140.dll error
faq page exists for a reason
v2020 v15.0.1 released - new comments should refer to latest versionthank you a lot for the great job mate. it’s working well here. W10
grazie Flavio!
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