Adobe Premiere Pro Downgrader

Free online tool to downgrade .prproj files easily

Convert your new .prproj files to work with older Premiere versions like 2021,2022,2023 or 2024.

Note: Your file will be automatically converted and downloaded after uploading your .prproj file.

Note: Some features, such as the Type Tool, may not be compatible with older versions. This tool changes the internal version number in the XML structure of the .prproj file, which is compressed using gzip.

We cannot guarantee that the project will function perfectly in older versions of Premiere Pro. Specifically, edits made with newer tools like the Type Tool will be lost in CC 2017 and earlier, as they do not support these features.

Explanation: A Premiere project (.prproj) file is essentially an XML file wrapped in gzip compression. One of its XML nodes contains the version number corresponding to the Premiere version that created it. When opening a file, Premiere checks this number and blocks the file if it was saved with a newer version—even if the structure is largely compatible. This results in the error: “This project was saved in a newer version of Adobe Premiere Pro and cannot be opened in this version.”