Where to find documentation for old releases?

Starting from yesterday of grand upgrading to R2012b, I could not find even documentations for R2012a (online way), which I am currently learning at.

Tried google, MathlabCentral, everything.

Can someone please help.

Thanks,

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

mathworks.com -> Support -> Documentation Center

and right under the funny "R2012b" there is a line "Installation | Release Notes | Other Releases" so click on Other Releases to reach http://www.mathworks.com/help/doc-archives.html

[legendbb]

Great thanks for your quick answer.

[Riddhiman]

Thank you. This is very valuable.

[Jakob]

The Link you posted still works to find the archive and my brower bookmarks still find the Doc for my old release, but I think since the release of 2015a the mentioned Links in the default Documentation (for 2015a now) for "Other releases" disappeared. Or am I missing something? I cant find any regular Button in the Documentation Center to find the old Docs anywhere.

[Stefanie Schwarz]

See also: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1721995-where-can-i-find-the-documentation-for-older-releases-of-matlab

Answer 2

[Jonathan]

On a more practical note, if the address-bar says something like:

mathworks.com/help/stats/blah.html

You can simply insert:

mathworks.com/help/releases/R2015b/stats/blah.html

[Hadi Salimi]

Only contains the official documentation starting from 2017b. What about the previous releases?

[Walter Roberson]

Mathworks now has a policy of only hosting 5 years of documentation. I am told that keeping the search infrastructure up to date was taking significant resources.

[Stefanie Schwarz]

See also: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1721995-where-can-i-find-the-documentation-for-older-releases-of-matlab

Answer 3

[Wendy Fullam]

From the documentation home page, click on "Other releases" in the left-hand menu:

[Wendy Fullam]

Answer 4

[Stefanie Schwarz]

Here is a comprehensive guide on accessing the documentation for older releases of MATLAB: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1721995-where-can-i-find-the-documentation-for-older-releases-of-matlab