QuickBooks Desktop 2025: New Features & Support Timeline

QuickBooks Desktop 2025 continued Intuit’s subscription-only direction with performance and security updates. This page summarizes the 2025 release and its support window, as part of our QuickBooks Desktop versions hub.

QuickBooks Desktop 2025 highlights

• Subscription-only across all editions
• Performance and security improvements
• Support for add-on services into roughly mid-2028

See how it compares to the prior 2024 version and the latest 2026 version, or browse all editions in the versions and editions guide.

Frequently asked questions

What is new in QuickBooks Desktop 2025?

The 2025 release focused on performance, security, and continued migration nudges toward QuickBooks Online, with subscription-only licensing across Pro Plus, Premier Plus, and Enterprise.

How long will QuickBooks Desktop 2025 be supported?

Add-on services for the 2025 line are expected to retire about three years after launch, around mid-2028, after which the software still runs but loses payroll, banking, and security updates.