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# Operating Systems

 

For **PDFCreator Free** and **Professional**, we recommend:

- Windows 11

Other compatible operating systems are: Windows 10, Windows 8

PDFCreator can still be installed on Windows 7. However, it has not been tested and may not work. Please understand that we no longer offer support for this, as Microsoft also discontinued support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020.

 

*Interested in the difference between PDFCreator Free and Professional? [Read our article](https://www.pdfforge.org/blog/comparison-pdfcreator-free-professional).*

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For **PDFCreator Terminal Server** we recommend:

- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016

Other compatible operating systems are: Windows Server 2012 R2

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For **PDFCreator Server** we recommend:

- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016

 Other compatible operating systems are: Windows Server 2012 R2

If you are using older versions of Windows or Windows Server and need support, please contact us via [support](https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/support).

P.S.: If you are using Windows Server 2003, please use PDFCreator Server 1.2.0.

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**Note:** The desktop application of PDFCreator is not available on **macOS, iOS, or Android**. 

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