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Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing: How to Fix

In this guide, we will show you a couple of workarounds that should help you fix the Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 crashing issue. When it comes to timeline-based non-linear video editing software, then it’s the offering from Adobe that is the best in this domain. Moreover, it gets blessed with updates at regular intervals. However, the latest one seems to have done more harm than good.

Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing

While the dust surrounding the issue with the Export feature is yet to settle down, a new one has already made its way. As of now, numerous users have voiced their concern that the Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 is frequently crashing on their PC housing the Nvidia GPUs. Not only is the software frequently crashing and freezing but in some instances, it tends to crash the entire OS altogether. If you are also on the same page, then this guide will help you out. Follow along for the fix.

Fix Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing

Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing

It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success for you. So with that in mind, let’s get started.

FIX 1: Downgrade Nvidia Drivers

First off, it is recommended that you downgrade the Nvidia GPU drivers to their earlier stable build and then check out the results. To do so, you could either refer to our detailed guide on How to Downgrade/Rollback Nvidia GPU Drivers on Windows 11.

Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing

FIX 2: Downgrade Adobe Premiere

Some fingers are also being pointed at the latest version of Premiere as the plausible culprit. Therefore, your best course of action should be to downgrade the software to its earlier stable version [either v22.6 or v 23]. For that, you may refer to our detailed guide on How to Downgrade Adobe Creative Cloud Apps to an Earlier Version or check out the below shorter steps:

  1. Open the Creative Clouds app and scroll to the app that you wish to downgrade.
  2. Then click on the More (…) button next to that app.
    Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing
  3. After that, select Other Versions from the drop-down menu.
    Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing
  4. Now click on the Install button next to the app version of your choice.
    Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 Crashing
  5. The older build of that app will be installed and it should rectify the underlying issue.

That’s it. These were the two different methods that shall help you fix the Adobe Premiere Pro 23.1 crashing issue. As far as the official stance on this matter is concerned, the developers are aware of this issue, but they haven’t given out any ETA for the rollout of a fix. As and when that happens, we will update this guide accordingly. In the meantime, the aforementioned workarounds are your best bet.


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