# How can I download legacy version of postman?

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**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-can-i-download-legacy-version-of-postman/56711 "2024-01-18T14:58:23Z")\
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There’s more information about the authorisation token flow and the sequence:

> [@Enter authorization token to sign into Postman](https://community.postman.com/t/enter-authorization-token-to-sign-into-postman/52539/2):
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> Hey @14geronimo wave Welcome back to the Postman Community! postman You get that from a browser window, if the browser hasn’t opened up automatically you can use either of the unlined methods in the centre of your image, you either open in manually or copy and paste the URL into a browser. Once you sign in through the browser window, by entering your details, it should redirect back to the desktop app. If it doesn’t, you can use select the authorization token option which will display you…

As for the Headers, I suspect those were the [_auto generated headers_](https://learning.postman.com/docs/sending-requests/requests/#autogenerated-headers) that are needed for the requests, in the older versions these were being sent in the background and you were not made aware - now these have been made visible to the users. There’s an option to hide these or they can be disabled/overwritten.

The Lightweight API Client would be a great fit for you if all you need is something to build requests with and test your endpoints.

> **[Build and send requests offline using the lightweight Postman API Client |...](https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/basics/using-api-client/)**
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> Postman is a collaboration platform for API development. Postman's features simplify each step of building an API and streamline collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster.

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