Why downgrade kindle for pc/mac to older version? As amazon has released its new Kindle for PC/MAC version 1.25, its DRM scheme is tough than ever before. Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/MAC 1.25 (or higher version) will be encrypted with the new kindle kfx DRM, namely Kindle KFX 2. Currently there is not any software around the world can remove DRM from Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/MAC 1.25 or even higher version. As every software is not perfect, we believe that we can find the direct way to crack kindle new kfx DRM sooner or later. For readers who are reading this article, we have provided the temporary solution to bypass the kindle kfx 2 which is downgrading kindle for PC/Mac to older version. With this workaround, you'll download old kindle kfx format ebooks and find many tools on the market to decrypt and convert kindle books.
Notice: If you are on Mac Catalina 10.15 or later version, downgrading kindle to old version will not work any more, but you still can remove Kindle DRM on Mac.
Method 1. Manually Downgrade Kindle for PC/MAC
Since the new kindle kfx DRM has been employed to kindle books since Kindle desktop version 1.25, we only need to downgrade Kindle App for Windows/mac to version 1.17. In this part, I will walk you through how to downgrade Kindle for PC/Mac to older version manually.
Manually downgrade kindle for PC to version 1.17.
1Run Kindle for PC. Go to the top menu bar, select “Tools”-->> “Options”.
2The option window will pop up. Select “Registration” at the left side and click on “Deregister”.
3In the popped up window, tick “ I understand….be removed from this device” and then click on “Deregister”.
4Uninstall Kindle for PC 1.25 or any later version and download Kindle for PC version 1.17.
Kindle for PC 1.17 Kindle for Mac 1.17
5Install Kindle for PC 1.17 and then uncheck the Kindle automatically update option by clicking on "Tools"-->>"Options"-->>"General"-->> uncheck “Automatically install updates when they are available without asking me."
If the "Software Update Available" notification pops up, please click on "Skip this version" button. Then re-download the kindle books again via old kindle for PC/Mac.
The steps for downgrading Kindle for Mac is almost the same as downgrading Kindle for PC. Referring detailed steps, please check how to downgrade Kindle for Mac to old version.
- If you have updated to the latest kindle for PC but don't want to downgrade kindle for PC for removing drm, then you can follow the guide How to remove drm from kindle for PC latest version. But if your kindle for PC has been upgraded to V1.35, please click the auto-downgrade button in the software as below picture.
Method 2. Automatically Downgrade Kindle for Mac
If you are on Mac platform, Epubor Ultimate can help you downgrade your Kindle for Mac to version 1.31 automatically. What’s more, it can remove Kindle KFX DRM as well. Below are detailed steps.
1Download and install Epubor Ultimate.
2Run Epubor Ultimate. Click the menu button at the top left corner to display the book library of this software.
3Click on “Kindle” tab, if the kindle for Mac version is higher than Version 1.31, there will be a notification to remind you to downgrade your Kindle for Mac, see below picture.
Click the notification to open the window of downgrading the Kindle for Mac and click on “Start” button to start the automatic downgrading process.
Once finished, the kindle for mac version 1.31 will be installed successfully and restart automatically on your computer.
The Kindle for mac old version has been successfully installed.
Just a few clicks, you can downgrade your Kindle for mac to version 1.31. Then you can patch kindle for mac and remove kindle drm.
Bonus tips--Remove kindle drm and convert kindle to any format
When the old version of Kindle desktop version has installed successfully, you can just register it and re-download your Kindle books.
Run Epubor Ultimate, then drag the Kindle books from the left bar to the right main interface, and all Kindle books will be decrypted successfully.
For converting kindle books, please choose the output format from central bottom button and click on “Convert to XXX”.
Once finished, “succeeded” will appear at the end of each book title. Just click on the “Succeeded” or click on the “Output folder” at the bottom right to locate the converted files.
Since you have liberated your Kindle books, just enjoy it at any devices as you like.
Takeaway
These are two methods I want to share with you today for downgrading Kindle for PC/Mac. No matter which way you are using to downgrade Kindle application, the final goal you want to achieve is to remove Kindle DRM.
Takeaway 1 If you are on Windows platform, please just follow the instructions on Epubor Ultimate interface. Keep Epubor Ultimate running to redownload kindle books and then remove Kindle DRM. Using Epubor Ultimate, it is unnecessary to downgrade Kindle for PC to older version.
Takeaway 2 On Mac computer, you can download kindle for Mac to old version if you are not on Mac Catalina OS or later version. If you are on Mac Catalina or later OS, then Kindle for Mac 1.17 will not be able to be installed. Therefore, you need to install kindle for Mac 1.31 and then remove Kindle DRM. If you have already installed kindle for MAC 1.32 or later version, you can downgrade them to Version 1.31 via Epubor Ultimate automatically.
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Dear Sirs and Madames,
I want to buy ultimate for Mac, but as I've seen, the Verion Kindle 1.23 will not run on the new OS. Mac now completely converts to 64 bit. When do you expect the program changeover? I have now as an attempt 1.23 Mac and he immediately showed me that she will not run at operating system change.Now iI have Mojave.
Yours sincerely
Marion Kuna
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I have Epubor ultimage v3.0.10.330 (purchases upgrade today) and Kindle 1.26.0. I tried to automatically downgrade the kindle version using your instructions, but when I clicked on the 'kindle' tab I did not receive the message shown in your instructions. How can I remove DRM from kindle azw version 1.26.0 ebooks?
Hi there,
The Epubor Ultimate you are using is very old version. Please download the latest version of Epubor Ultimate here:
windows: https://www.epubor.com/ultimate-download.htm#os_Win
Mac: https://www.epubor.com/ultimate-download.htm#os_Mac
When the latest version has been installed, you will see the notification at the left column. Just follow the instructions to solve your problem.
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com
Thanks in advance for your reply
When I used kindle (version 1.24), there is a message that " Your kindle app requires an update to view this content. Click here to download and install the free update (support OS: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7)."
So, I couldn't download a book on kindle (version 1.24), and couldn't use Epubor Ultimate.
But I can download the book on the newest kindle version.
How should I deal with the problem?
My book is textbook.
One strange point is that even though I can download other textbooks, only one textbook cannot be downloaded.
Please check your internet connection and then try to download the kindle books again.
What does you mean that you cannot download your kindle books via kindle version 1.24? Can you please screenshot and send the details to us via support@epubor.com? Then we will check this issue and help you fix it.
Also, we've tested the downloading on 1.24 kindle app, it works fine.
Thank you for your comments.
The license for kcr converter is not suitable for Epubor Ultimate.
If you'v already purchased KCR Converter, please send us your order no. so that we can change your license to Epubor Ultimate.
Please send your order no. to us via support@epubor.com so to can help you fix it.
If your kindle for pc/mac is 1.24, then this will not notification in this software. So please check your kindle for pc/mac version at first.
If your kindle for pc /mac is higher than 1.24 but there is no notice, please contact us via epubor.iris@gmail.com to get the further assistance.
Sorry for the inconvenience. But you can install kindle for pc on your windows computer. Then follow the guide to get your kindle books decrypted.
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us.
Two solution: 1. use epubor ultimate 2 revert to calibre 4.0 and then install the dedrm plugin again.
This doesn't work. When you try to install the old 1.23 Kindle version on macOS Catalina, you get this error message:
"The developer of this app needs to update it to work with this version of macOS. Contact the developer for more information."
There is no way to bypass this.
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us.
After install there is always a new update to 1.30
S h i t Amaozon....
Thank you for your comments, and we are sincerely sorry about this.
To deal with this updates, we can disable the latest kindle kfx format by using the method 1 in this article: https://www.epubor.com/how-to-deal-with-the-new-kindle-update.html
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via epubor.iris@gmail.com.
Have a nice day.
Please don't worry.
If you still cannot use it, please screenshot and send it to us via support@epubor.com. Then we'll try our best to help you check this.
Have a nice day.
Thank you for the advice on how to convert files from azw to epub.
It used to work for me and I have used Calibre and Epubor for a while now but all of a sudden it doesn't work anymore.
I have the right version for Kindle (1.24.3 (51068))on my computer (Windows 10) but I get a message saying that the book I want to be converted is protected by DRM.
I tried to do it directly from Calibre but no joy there either.
Any idea?
Thanks for your help.
K.
Then try to remove drm with Epubor Ultimate. If you are still failed, please screenshot and send it to us via support@epubor.com.
Then we will contact you and help you fix this issue vis Teamviewer.
I have done exactly as instructed. But I am not able to register in the downgraded version. The pop up appears for registration, but it keeps blinking and the cursor gets kind of erratic - just jumps about! Can you please help me with this? Thank you.
Thank you for using our software and sincerely sorry for this issue. It is impossible to register the old kindle for pc currently. You can register this latest kindle for pc but disable the use of kindle kfx format by this way to remove kindle drm: https://www.epubor.com/faq.html#e109
Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com
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We are sincerely sorry for the inconvenience caused.
I have used the free trial version. I tried to remove the DRM to a Kindle rented book and it says that "We don't support rented books". It means that I have to buy the book to be able to download it into my PC? How can I be sure that Epubor software can download the book once purchased on Amazon?