<p>I just figured out what caused the problem.</p>

<p>When changing from freeform 2.x to 3.x one has to change the wording in the composer.json from "solspace/craft3-freeform" to "solspace/craft-freeform" (delete the "3".</p>

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2020-02-27T15:15:14.283Z
See https://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v3/setup/updating-freeform-2.html#updating-from-2-x for further references.
Romain P.
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2020-02-27T14:12:46.083Z
2020-02-27T14:12:46.083Z
analog junkie
<p>After updating from version 2.x to version 3.x with composer and terminal the plugin delivers this error: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>We’ve detected that both the new 3.x and old 2.x versions of Freeform
  are installed.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>But looking in the plugin settings and composer.json, there is only one plugin visible.</p>

<p>How can I get rid of this conflict?</p>

<plugin-freeform>
Freeform error after major update
# Freeform error after major update

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-27)

After updating from version 2.x to version 3.x with composer and terminal the plugin delivers this error:

> We’ve detected that both the new 3.x and old 2.x versions of Freeform
> are installed.

But looking in the plugin settings and composer.json, there is only one plugin visible.

How can I get rid of this conflict?

**Tags:** plugin-freeform

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-02-27. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I just figured out what caused the problem.

When changing from freeform 2.x to 3.x one has to change the wording in the composer.json from "solspace/craft3-freeform" to "solspace/craft-freeform" (delete the "3".

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: See https://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v3/setup/updating-freeform-2.html#updating-from-2-x for further references.  

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