# Updating ThemeWare® manually

In this article you will learn how to manually update ThemeWare® for Shopware 6.

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**Note**: This article is intended for professionals and experts. If you are not absolutely sure, we will be happy to support you: [ThemeWare® Services at a glance](https://service.themeware.design/en/service)
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**Attention**: This manual is addressed to experienced users. In case of a manual update it must be checked if an extension or a Theme is compatible with the currently used Shopware Version! – Therefore, we generally recommend to perform the update via the Shopware update routine.
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1. Download the latest ThemeWare® zip file from your Shopware account.
2. Open the administration of your shop
3. Switch via the main navigation to the "**Extension management**" (1) (2) ("Extensions" => "My Extensions")
4. Switch to the tab "**Themes**" (3)
5. Upload the zip using the button "**Upload extension**" (4) into your shop. ![](https://1979975522-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F178YilsPBIFHBAxTvcMo%2Fuploads%2FOO1XQmS0UPgJEn790D1d%2Fplugin--button-upload-extension.png?alt=media\&token=353dfedf-f473-48f9-a2f4-39dcb53c95ff)
6. Look for your theme in the list of your extensions
   * Click onto "**Update**" (5) or
   * Click onto the ![](https://1979975522-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F178YilsPBIFHBAxTvcMo%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c3415e9557bd22505030012c9326e6ddf6a844d6%2Fconfig--btn-context-small.png?alt=media) **Context-Button** next to the theme in order to open the context menu and click onto "**Update to x.y.z**" (5)

ThemeWare® has now been updated.

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**Important**: To prevent representation errors due to an outdated cache, update the Storefront once after a theme update: [refreshing-the-storefront](https://knowledge.themeware.design/knowledge-base/tutorials/miscellaneous/refreshing-the-storefront "mention")
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#### Screenshots

![Updating ThemeWare® manually](https://1979975522-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F178YilsPBIFHBAxTvcMo%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8151a4cf38dbde38d5a09822c418a93edae8abb3%2Fplugin--twt-manual-update.png?alt=media)