Open newer Project, Schematics, PCB versions in older app versions

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An old FAQ article…

Can a project edited with newer version of KiCad be opened with older version?

KiCad’s software versioning scheme x.y.z is defined so that all released versions with the same x are project (file format) compatible with each other. The development versions x.99 are not compatible: for example projects edited with 6.99 can’t necessarily be opened with 6.0. When the first number x changes, by definition there have been changes to the file format so that the projects edited with a later version can’t be anymore opened with an earlier version. For example 6.0 can’t open projec…