How to update the Yandex browser version. How to update Yandex browser - step-by-step instructions

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Good day everyone, today we will talk to you about how to update Yandex Browser to the latest version for free. The point of using the latest versions is that you may not even suspect what problems outdated versions of browsers may contain. For example, at work, I often encounter the fact that a user cannot open a video on social networks, and the solution to this problem is simply updating the browser to the latest version... in general, with ordinary software it may not be so critical, but browsers (including You simply must keep Yandex.Browser and anti-virus software up to date.

Many people associate an update with a change or improvement in the visual part (interface) of the program, but hidden changes and capabilities are more important. Higher speed of website rendering compared to the previous version, more correct display of pages and other features come to us only with updates - not to mention security updates, and Yandex Browser places great emphasis on precisely this advantage over other web browsers.

Let's move on to the most interesting part, namely the free update of Yandex Browser to the latest version. Many may think this question is stupid and will laugh - they say, what’s so complicated about it? As practice has shown, it is not always possible to update this browser in a couple of clicks... in some situations you will have to be smart, which is why in this article there will be as many as 3 update methods:

How to easily update Yandex Browser to the latest version from the program menu
Update the Browser by rolling the new version over the old one
Removing the old version of Yandex Browser and installing a new one

As you can see, for all occasions, now we will consider each point in as much detail as possible so that questions never arise again.

System requirements

Many people believe that browsers do not have system requirements and will work on any, even old hardware. Unfortunately, this statement is fundamentally incorrect. Surfing the Internet today uses quite a lot of resources (this is especially true for resources overloaded with graphics and interfaces).

There is a possibility that your computer no longer meets the minimum system requirements and, as a result, it is impossible to install the update. A striking example is that Google Chrome has stopped working on Windows XP and you can only update to the latest version by reinstalling the operating system to a more recent one.

System requirements Yandex. The browser is an OS no lower than Windows XP Service Pack 3 and 512 megabytes of RAM. The rest can be neglected

We update Yandex Browser from the program menu

Open Yandex.Browser, click on the image of three lines (sort of a menu), look for the “Advanced” item and click on “About Browser”. By the way, with updates, the appearance of the interface may change, but in general I think the idea is clear.

Yandex.Browser will hook up to its servers and tell you which version you are using; if it turns out that you are using an old version, you will be prompted to update to the latest one - in my case, I am already using the latest one (with this update, by the way, no data is lost)

All that remains is to wait for the updates to be downloaded and installed on the browser, and of course restart it to accept the changes.

Try to always use this method, but unfortunately it is not always relevant. It happens that the user installed Yandex.Browser from an unknown source, and updates are disabled by default (and who knows what else was stuffed there), so if you install the browser once from the official repository, this method will always work without any problems

Updating Yandex Browser over the old version

If the standard update utility does not help, then alternative methods are used - download the latest version of Yandex.Browser from the official website and roll it over the old one, all data in this case is saved as in the previous version. Go to the download page and download the latest version (always try to use only official sites to download programs)

Please note that there are versions not only for computers and laptops, but also for smartphones and tablets (I personally liked the version for Android - I use it myself)

After successfully downloading the web installer, launch it. You can agree or not to take part in improving Yandex services - please note that this is not a license agreement. Click on “Start using” and wait for the free Yandex browser update to finish.

During the installation of a new version, “Windows User Account Control” may pop up, but we downloaded from the official source, so we agree with all the changes.

If you cannot update Yandex Browser to the latest version

Well, we’ve reached the saddest option, when Yandex.Browser does not want to update under any pretext. In this situation (and these happen quite rarely), we have no choice but to completely remove this application from the computer and install it again.

To remove it, go to the “Control Panel” of your computer, go to “Add or Remove Programs” and look for “Yandex” there - this is our Yandex.Browser, then click “Delete”.

A window will appear with a choice of action - remove the browser or reinstall it. Reinstalling in our case can help fix the update error, but we are now using extreme measures and agreeing to deletion.

There are two removal options - delete everything completely, along with user data, and simply delete the program itself... since we are experiencing problems with updates, we will have to say goodbye to our browsing history and other data in order to delete Yandex.Browser completely and reinstall it.

Further everything is as in the second paragraph. After removing the browser, download the latest version from the official website and install it on your computer (at the same time agreeing with the questions asked by “User Account Control”, if necessary and required by your system settings)

Conclusions and thoughts out loud

Friends, we have looked at three different ways to update Yandex Browser to the latest version for free - this is quite enough to deal with the update problem (which happens quite often). I did not mention other options for the impossibility of updating - these are problems with your Internet connection (by the way, read the note on Yandex). In some cases, it is enough to simply try to update a little later, but in general, the recommendations from the note will be enough for you.

P.S. Almost all modern browsers update automatically; what happens to them and why they don’t want to update in the future is not clear to me personally (although if you downloaded it from an unknown site, then this is a common situation). Or it may happen that your computer's software is outdated and no longer supported, as is the case with Windows XP and Google Chrome. I hope you won’t have any questions with updating the Yandex browser to the latest version, but just in case, I’ll tell you one secret - you can ask me a question with a problem in the comments...

The Yandex browser usually updates automatically, but to some versions you need to update the browser manually.

Automatic browser update

To update for your computer, click on the Yandex browser settings button, which looks like three short horizontal lines or in the form of a gear, which is located in the upper right corner of the browser.

We launch automatic updating of the Yandex browser

A context menu will open. Here we move the mouse over the “Advanced” item or an additional context menu window will immediately open in which we select the “About Yandex Browser” item. A page will open where you can search for and install the new version.

Restart the browser

After the new version is installed, the prompt “Restart the browser to complete the update” will appear. Click the “Restart” button.

Update complete

The browser will restart and a page will open on which you will be informed that the browser has been updated.

Manual browser update

To update the Yandex browser to the latest version, click on the Yandex browser settings button. A context menu will open.

Running a browser update

Here we move the mouse over the “Advanced” item. An additional context menu window will open in which we select the “About Yandex Browser” item. A page will open on which there may be a message “An update is available for manual installation” and an “Update” button.

"Refresh" button in Yandex browser

If you click on this “Refresh” button, the browser will begin to update.

Browser is updating

After updating, the page will display a message “Restart the browser to complete the update” and a “Restart” button.

"Restart" button in Yandex browser

Clicking this button will restart the browser.

latest Yandex browser update

A new page will open with the message “You have the latest version of your browser installed.”

Yandex.Browser is stable, but sometimes due to various events it may need to be rebooted. For example, after making important changes, plugin crashes, freezing due to lack of resources, etc. If you periodically face the need to restart the browser, it is advisable to know different methods of restarting, since in certain situations they may be more useful than the standard method.

Restarting the web browser can be useful to the user in different situations:

Completing the correct installation of the update;
Applying settings that require restarting the program;
The browser is frozen and does not respond to user actions;
Incorrect operation of Yandex Browser;
Yandex.Browser heavily loads the system.

Depending on the reason that necessitated the restart, the method for performing this action may be different.

Method 1: Closing the window

Yandex.Browser, like any other program running on a computer, is subject to the general rules of window management. Therefore, you can safely close the browser by clicking on the cross in its upper right corner. After this, all that remains is to re-launch the browser via the shortcut.

Method 2: Keyboard shortcut

Some users operate the keyboard faster than the mouse (especially if it is a touchpad on a laptop), so in this case it is much more convenient to close the browser by pressing the keys at the same time Alt+F4. After this, you can restart your web browser as usual.

Method 3: Task Manager

This method is usually used if the browser freezes and does not want to close using the methods listed above. Call the task manager by pressing the keys simultaneously Ctrl + Shift + Esc and on the tab "Processes" find the process "Yandex (32 bit)". Right-click on it and select "Cancel task".

In this case, Yandex will forcefully shut down, and after a few seconds you can reopen it as usual.

Method 4: Browser Command

This option helps not only to close the browser in order to open it manually, but to restart it. To do this, open the address bar in any tab and enter there browser://restart and then click Enter. The web browser will restart itself.

If you don’t want to manually enter this command every time, then you can create, for example, a bookmark, clicking on which will restart the browser. To do this, expand the submenu through the menu "Bookmarks" and go to "Bookmark Manager" or just press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + O.

Right-click on an empty space in the main part of the page and select "Add bookmark".

Write a custom name and paste the command mentioned above into the appropriate field.

Now you can restart the browser by clicking on the created bookmark located on the panel.

Method 5: Installing the extension

For users who, during certain work on the PC, need to automatically restart the browser after a certain time has passed, you can use a browser extension, for example, Time Restart Reloaded or any other. The principle of their operation is similar, and we will look at the general principle of operation.

You can use 2 paths: destructive and creative.

Let's consider both options, sticking to the following plan:

Let's start in order.

Destructive version of Yandex.Browser update

This option can be described in words from a famous hymn:

“We will destroy the whole world of violence
Down to the ground and then
We are ours, we will build a new world.”

This option for updating Yandex Browser involves 2 steps:

first remove the old version of the browser from your computer (via Start - Uninstall Programs),
and then install the new version for free from the official website.

The official website always offers the latest version of the browser, so you can rest assured that the latest version will be installed on your computer.

It happens that the updates were installed incorrectly, or for some other reason the Yandex browser works strangely, not as usual. That’s when the destructive update option is suitable: remove the browser from your computer, and then install it again from the official website.

How to remove the old version of Yandex browser

In Windows 7, in order to remove the Yandex browser, you need to follow the route: Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features - Uninstall or change a program (Fig. 1).

Then, in the list of programs installed on the computer, you should find the Yandex browser and select it with the left mouse button, as shown by number 1 in Fig. 1.

Now you can apply the uninstall command to the selected program, that is, to the Yandex browser. To do this, click on the “Delete” button (number 2 in Fig. 1).

Rice. 1 Removing the old version of Yandex browser

The “Delete Yandex browser?” window will appear, in which the question “Delete all browser settings?” will appear.

Rice. 2 We solve the issue of saving browser settings, and then delete the browser

If you do not need the settings, then you need to check the box next to this question. In Fig. There are no 2 checkboxes, because I want to save the settings so as not to make them again after installing the browser.

Having decided the issue of saving or deleting the browser settings, click on the “Delete” button (number 2 in Fig. 2). After a few seconds, the message “Yandex.browser has been deleted” will appear.

Where can I find the latest version of Yandex browser?

After uninstalling the old version of the browser, you can proceed to installing the latest version from the official website:

Rice. 3 Download Yandex browser from the official website

Before downloading, check the selection of the device for which you want to install the Yandex browser. In Fig. 3, the number 1 indicates that the browser version for the computer is selected. There are versions for smartphones and tablets. Click on the “Download” button. Since the download comes from the official website, there cannot be any viruses there.

After downloading, you need to install a browser. To do this, you need to find the installation file on your computer. It is usually downloaded to the "Downloads" folder. To find this folder on your computer, enter the word: Downloads or Downloads in the Start menu in the search bar. And then in the Search results, where the “Files” heading is, click on the found “Downloads” folder.

In this folder, look for the Yandex file (yandex.exe), click on it. A security warning window will appear, in which we click on the “Run” button. And here: “Wait, locomotive, don’t knock the wheels” in the sense that you should stop and think about the ticks.

If you want to use the Yandex browser as the default, then the checkbox should be in front of the “Set as default browser” option (number 1 in Fig. 4). In this case, the Yandex browser will always load and open first on the computer, and not any other browser.

But it’s better to remove the second checkbox next to the option “Take part in improving Yandex services: automatically send anonymous browser usage statistics” (number 2 in Fig. 4).

Rice. 4 Important checkboxes before you start using Yandex browser

Having dealt with the checkboxes (1 and 2 in Fig. 4), click “Start using” (number 3 in Fig. 4). Your Internet connection will be checked and the installation will be completed in a few minutes. After installation, the Yandex browser icon can be found on the desktop of your computer.

However, there are many reasons when a disruptive browser update option won't do the trick. For example, with this approach, there is no absolute guarantee that “everything acquired through back-breaking labor” and saved in the old Yandex browser will be just as familiar and understandable in the new version installed from the official website.

Therefore, in most cases, the option of creatively updating the browser is preferable.

A creative option for updating Yandex Browser

This option involves gradual browser updates as they appear on the official website. You can update in two modes:

automatic,
manually

By automatic updating of the Yandex browser, I mean a voluntary-compulsory “reminder” that can appear when you log into the browser in the form of a banner or link asking you to update. I won’t consider it, because everything is clear with it.

Let's move on to manually updating the browser. First you need to understand whether you need to update.

according to the Yandex browser settings (number 1 in Fig. 5, click on Fig. 5 to enlarge it),
in the menu that appears - select the “...Additional” option (number 2 in Fig. 5),
then click on the “About Yandex Browser” option (number 3 in Fig. 5).

Rice. 5 How to find out the Yandex browser version and whether you need to update

In the “About the program” window you can see the Yandex browser version: 15.2.2214.3645, and also find out information about the need to update. If there is an “Update” button (number 1 in Fig. 6), click on it to install the latest version of the browser.

Rice. 6 An offer to “Update” the Yandex browser, which...is impossible to refuse

After this, a message will appear: “Yandex is being updated.” At the end of this process, you can click on the “Restart” browser button (number 1 in Fig. 7).

Rice. 7 The update is complete, all that remains is to restart the browser

After the restart, we will see a happy message that Yandex.Browser has been updated.

Rice. 8 Yandex browser has been updated, this is the latest version

Let's sum it up

To update Yandex browser to the latest version, it is advisable to use the creative update mode (that is, automatic or manual update method).

And if there are any problems with the Yandex browser, you should use a destructive update method: first, delete the browser, then download and install it again for free from the official website.

Reading time: 4 minutes. Views 225 Published 01/08/2017

Yandex browser, after its release, over time gained great popularity and love of many Internet users. If initially it was very similar to Google Chrome, then over time it acquired its own functions and services. That made it individual and helped to acquire some zest. Therefore, the browser's extensive capabilities are attracting more and more new users. Since developers are introducing new functions, the user is faced with the question of how to update the Yandex browser to the latest version for free. By default, the automatic update function is enabled, but there are times when the browser cannot update automatically due to various reasons.

Advice! Try to always keep your browser up to date, as developers, with each new version, make browsing the Internet more stable, secure and functional.

Instructions on how to update Yandex browser to the latest version for free, manually.

Let's figure out how to manually update the Yandex browser to the latest version for free in any version of Windows. In this instruction I will carry out all the steps in Windows 10, but there will be no differences for other versions.

This way you can update the Yandex browser to the latest version for free. After the browser downloads and installs the updated files, you will be able to use the new version. This will make your work on the Internet more comfortable.

There are times when browser updates cannot be installed manually. An error appears like the one below. In this case, I had to uninstall and download the latest version of the browser from the official website. Let's look at how to do this.

Install the current version of Yandex browser from the official website.

Before installing the latest version, I recommend uninstalling the old version so that there are no problems with updating and operating the browser in the future.

We carry out all the steps step by step:

Note! If, after deleting the old version of the Yandex browser, you do not receive an offer to download the current version, then you need to go to the official website.

To do this, follow the link - "Update Yandex browser". When you click on the link, a window will open, as I described above, all you have to do is download the browser and install it on your computer.

We enable “Silent” installation of Yandex Browser updates.

In order to update the Yandex browser to the latest version for free, let's enable the update mode even when the browser is not turned on. To enable this function, take the following steps:

That's it, now your Yandex Browser will update automatically. I recommend that you occasionally monitor which version you have installed and, if necessary, manually install updates.

Let's summarize.

Today we have discussed in detail how to update the Yandex browser to the latest version for free. As you can see, the entire update procedure is quite simple and does not take much time. We also figured out what to do if browser updates are not installed either automatically or manually. Always keep your browser up to date, so you can try out new features that developers add, and you will also be sure that your work on the Internet is safe and your information is protected.