On February 2, 2026, Adobe announced that it would discontinue downloads for Adobe Animate as of March 1, 2026. Technical support and the ability to download content would be available for end users until March 1, 2027, with support for enterprise customers continuing until March 1, 2029. However, despite this discontinuation, the software would continue to function.

This decision generated negative reactions from users and calls to make the discontinued Adobe Animate open source, because Adobe Animate