At this time, Minecraft: Education Edition is supported on operating systems for PC, iPad, Mac and Chromebook. On PC, Minecraft is supported for Windows 10 and earlier versions. On macOS Minecraft is supported for Sierra and High Sierra systems and later. On iOS Minecraft is supported on iOS 10 or higher. On Chromebook Minecraft is supported on Chrome OS 83 and higher.Users on Windows 10 1703 and earlier will need to use the Windows Desktop version of the application.The Windows 10 UWP is also available as a deployable .appx.
Technical requirements
| Operating system | Software requirements | Hardware Requirements |
| Windows | Windows 10
Windows 8* Windows 7* |
• CPU: Intel Core i3-3210 3.2 GHz / AMD A8-7600 APU 3.1 GHz or equivalent
• RAM: 2GB • GPU (Integrated): Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge) or AMD Radeon R5 series (Kaveri line) with OpenGL 4.4 • GPU (Discrete): Nvidia GeForce 400 Series or AMD Radeon HD 7000 series with OpenGL 4.4 • HDD: At least 1GB for game core, maps and other files |
| Mac | macOS High Sierra 10.13* and up | |
| Chromebook | Chrome OS 83 and up | |
| iOS | iOS 10* or higher | • 1G of memory
• 64 bit • N/A on iPhone |
*These are our minimum supported versions. The game should be able to run on these operating systems but we will not be fixing any current our future bugs on these versions
| Device configuration | ||
| Operating System | One-to-one devices | Shared PCs |
| Windows 10S | Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows 10 | Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows 10 |
| Windows 10 Version 1709 (RS3) and later |
Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows 10 | Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows Desktop |
| Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Version 1703 (RS2) and earlier |
Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows Desktop | Minecraft: Education Edition for Windows Desktop |
| Windows Server (all editions) | Not supported | Not supported |