Arcgis 10.5 May 2026

If you are currently locked into ArcGIS 10.5, plan your migration budget today . The software was a masterpiece of its time, but time has moved on. Have specific questions about maintaining or migrating from ArcGIS 10.5? Contact your Esri Account Manager or check the official GeoNet archive (community.esri.com) using the tag arcgis-10-5 .

Esri ended support for ArcGIS 10.5 on .

Yes. Many utilities, mining companies, and municipal governments keep a "cold" 10.5 Virtual Machine strictly to open old file geodatabases (.gdb) and personal geodatabases (.mdb) that modern software struggles with. ArcGIS 10.5