Install the Arduino Cloud Agent

To use Arduino Cloud on Windows, macOS or Linux you need to install the Arduino Cloud Agent.

Learn how to install the Arduino Cloud Agent on your computer.

Tip

If you’re using Chromebook, see Use Arduino with Chromebook instead.

Open this page and follow the instructions:

Troubleshooting

Be sure that you have administrator permission on your machine; if the computer you are using is not your own personal computer, ask your IT administrator for an upgraded profile.
Sometimes the agent installation can be blocked by the firewall or antivirus software; in the latter case, you can try to add the agent to your Antivirus whitelist.

When trying to launch the Arduino Cloud Agent on macOS, you may get this error:

Old agent installation of the Arduino Cloud Agent found, please uninstall it before launching the new one.

The error can occur if an older installation is present. Follow these steps:

Open Finder and go to your user folder. If you’re having trouble finding it, right-click Downloads or Documents in the sidebar, and select Show in Enclosing Folder, or press Shift + ⌘ + H.
Open the Applications folder (~/Applications) within your user folder.
Manually remove the ArduinoCreateAgent folder, or run the uninstall.app inside it.

Try launching Arduino Cloud Agent again.