# Remove torchvision from the PyTorch install instructions

**URL:** <https://dev-discuss.pytorch.org/t/remove-torchvision-from-the-pytorch-install-instructions/3535>\
**Category:** release/packaging\
**Created:** [November 13, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://dev-discuss.pytorch.org/t/remove-torchvision-from-the-pytorch-install-instructions/3535 "2026-11-13T16:58:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://dev-discuss.pytorch.org/t/remove-torchvision-from-the-pytorch-install-instructions/3535/1 "2026-11-13T16:58:38Z")

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**Change:** we are removing `torchvision` from the install commands on [pytorch.org/get-started](http://pytorch.org/get-started), which will install `torch` only. Applied to nightly now; it will be removed from the stable instructions starting with the 2.16 release.

```auto
# before
pip3 install --pre torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu132
# starting today
pip3 install --pre torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu132

```

TorchVision is ABI stable now ([0.29 release notes](https://github.com/pytorch/vision/releases/tag/v0.29.0)): it is ABI stable w.r.t. `torch 2.14`, so `torchvision 0.29` is compatible with future `torch` versions (2.15, 2.16, etc.). You don’t need to install a new TorchVision when you upgrade `torch`. As a result, TorchVision may stop releasing in sync with PyTorch. It is still actively maintained and developed, with releases at a different cadence. Pinning the two together in one command no longer matches how they ship.