Update an asset package

You can update an asset package that you got from the Asset StoreA growing library of free and commercial assets created by Unity and members of the community. Offers a wide variety of assets, from textures, models and animations to whole project examples, tutorials and Editor extensions. More info
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Note: Follow this task to update an asset package from the Asset Store that’s already in your project. Refer to the following resources for other related tasks:

• For information about importing an asset package from the Asset Store that isn’t in your project yet, refer to Download and import an asset package.
• For information about updating UPM packagesA Package managed by the Unity Package Manager. Refer to Packages.
  See in Glossary that came from the Asset Store, refer to Switch to another version of a UPM package.
• For information about the different package types, refer to Package types.

To update an asset package:

1. Open the Package Manager window and select My Assets from the PackagesPackages are collections of assets to be shared and re-used in Unity. The Unity Package Manager (UPM) can display, add, and remove packages from your project. These packages are native to the Unity Package Manager and provide a fundamental method of delivering Unity functionality. However, the Unity Package Manager can also display Asset Store packages that you downloaded from the Asset Store. More info
   See in Glossary menu.

   

   An arrow indicator appears next to any asset packages that have updates available.

2. To see the most recent updates for your Asset Store packages, sort the list by Updated date from latest to oldest.

   

3. Select the Asset Store package you want to update from the list of packages. The package information appears in the details view.

4. In the list of packages, click the expander icon to the left of the Asset Store package’s name.

   

   The newer version displays Recommended and the installed version displays Currently downloaded.

5. Select the new version for the current Asset Store package and see the details specific to that version in the details view.

6. Click the Update button.

   

   Note: If the downloaded version of your package isn’t compatible with your version of the Unity Editor, a message appears in the details view and an alternate Update button displays, which lets you download a compatible version of the package.

   

   When the progress bar finishes, the new Asset Store package version information appears in the details view, and is immediately available.

Additional resources

• Package types
• Asset packagesA collection of files and data from Unity projects, or elements of projects, which are compressed and stored in one file, similar to Zip files, with the .unitypackage extension. Asset packages are a handy way of sharing and re-using Unity projects and collections of assets. More info
  See in Glossary
• Switch to another version of a UPM package