# GeoIP Legacy Downloadable Database Retirement

_May 1, 2020_

> **⚠️ Warning**
>
> This release note is more than two years old and may no longer reflect
> current behavior. View the
> [latest release notes](/geoip/release-notes/).

We are retiring our GeoIP Legacy database formats at the end of May 2022. Please
see our
[blog post](https://blog.maxmind.com/retirement-of-geoip-legacy-downloadable-databases-in-may-2022/)
for more information, including how to migrate to GeoIP2.