<h4 id="contents">Table of Contents</h4>

<ul><li><a href="#overview">Overview</li>

<li><a href="#get">How to Get Magento Patches</a></li>

<li><a href="#apply">How to Apply a Magento Patch</a></li>

<li><a href="#revert">How to Revert a Magento Patch</a></li>

<p>If you don't already have a patch, <a href="http://support.magentocommerce.com/" target="_blank">contact Magento Support</a>.</p>

<div class="msg-box important"><img src="{{ site.baseurl }}common/images/m1x/icon-note.png" alt="note" align="left" width="40"><span><strong>Note</strong>: This article assumes your patch file name ends in <code>.sh</code>. If your patch file name ends in <code>.patch</code> or something else, <a href="http://support.magentocommerce.com/" target="_blank">contact Magento Support</a> before proceeding.</div>

<ul><li><a href="https://info.magento.com/rs/magentocommerce/images/Installing-a-Patch-for-Magento-Community-Edition.pdf" target="_blank">Magento CE patch instructions</a></li>

<h2 id="get">How to Get Magento Patches</h2>

<p>Magento Support provides some patches for Magento CE and EE on magentocommerce.com. This section discusses how to get those patches.</p>