{"id":10071,"date":"2025-11-20T19:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=10071"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:27:19","slug":"install-blender-5-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-5-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Blender 5.0 &#8211; Windows 11 (ZIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1f3a7c59740\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1f3a7c59740\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-5-windows-11\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-5-windows-11\/#first-install\" >First Install<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-5-windows-11\/#windows-10-legacy-support\" >Windows 10 (Legacy Support)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-5-windows-11\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fs0m-xKrvBM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/download.blender.org\/release\/Blender5.0\" target=\"_blank\">Blender 5.0<\/a> is now available for <strong>Windows 11<\/strong>. In instances where multiple versions of Blender are present its best to download the *.zip archive (<em>blender-5.0.0-windows-x64.zip<\/em>) as this won&#8217;t override existing installations, potentially resetting everything, breaking file history and so on. As Windows 11 includes its own native *.zip\/archive management system, this can be\/is shown being used instead of WinZip\/WinRAR or other archive utility.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 5 mins (00:05:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: n\/a.<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: additional information to consider when installing Blender 5.0 on Windows 11;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"first-install\"><\/span>First Install<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>If Blender has not been installed previously or the last main version installed is to be overridden, <a href=\"https:\/\/download.blender.org\/release\/Blender5.0\" target=\"_blank\">download the *.msi self-extraction\/app installer (<em>blender-5.0.0-windows-x64.msi<\/em>)<\/a> instead of using the ZIP file. Once downloaded activate the file and follow the on-screen instructions to install Blender to the default &#8220;<strong>C:\\Program Files\\<\/strong>&#8221; location (change where necessary during set-up).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/blender\/blender-5-windows-11-msi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/blender\/blender-5-windows-11-msi.jpg\" alt=\"Blender 5 MSI Installer\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>For first time installations, or where previous versions can be overridden, download and use the <strong>*.msi<\/strong> file.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"windows-10-legacy-support\"><\/span>Windows 10 (Legacy Support)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Although Windows 10 is no longer supported by Microsoft, installing Blender 5.0 should be exactly the same absent the extract feature available for Windows 11. In this instance a third-party archive program, WinZip, WinRAR etc., may be needed. For more information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/installing-blender\">installing Blender<\/a> to Windows 10 see &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install\">Installing Blender<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #dedede; color: #000; width: 98.5%; padding: 1.0em;\"><strong>Aside<\/strong>: for Windows 10 or older, preference should be to use an <strong>LTS<\/strong> (<strong>Long Term Support<\/strong>) version of Blender to avoid compatibility and\/or stability issues that may be introduced with newer iterations of the application, particularly with respect to Blenders rendering systems.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n&#8211; n\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,237,230],"tags":[1130,340,543,1115,304],"class_list":["post-10071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-misc3d","category-tutorials","tag-blender-5-x","tag-installing-blender","tag-msi","tag-windows-11","tag-zip"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10071"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10089,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions\/10089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}