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# Administering applications

# Administering applications {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

You can install, update, and remove applications without leaving your instance.

## Get started {#administering-applications__section_dxd_bym_n1c}

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| [Application Manager](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/TWLo8XDHyBJoQq0lUZCphg "Application Manager provides admins the ability to install, update, and manage licensed applications and plugins for their instance.")[Application Manager, new in the Vancouver release, simplifies the process of managing your licensed applications by consolidating them in one convenient location.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/TWLo8XDHyBJoQq0lUZCphg "Application Manager provides admins the ability to install, update, and manage licensed applications and plugins for their instance.") | [Legacy application managementThe legacy application management experience also provides the ability to install, update, and remove applications.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/bzdUhGaPD01d5~VNmdsphw "Before you can use any ServiceNow application, you must verify that you have entitlement to it, meaning that you have valid licenses to use it. Then, you can install the application and its plugins from the ServiceNow Store.") |
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* **[Legacy Application Manager](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/4rrj7CGmsSColPmsMOXb1g)**   
  The information in this section describes using the legacy or classic application manager experience. A new Application Manager experience is now available. The new experience simplifies the process of managing your licensed applications by consolidating them in one convenient location, displaying all your licensed applications, plugins, installed applications, and available updates. For more information, see Application Manager.