Pre-Installation

1. Check the System Requirements to make sure that your OS is supported.

2. If you plan to use an Intel GPU, install the Intel GPU drivers separately.

3. Install the Desktop development with C++ workload for each Microsoft Visual Studio* instance. For more information, see Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio 2026.

Download

Download the installation package using the offline installer, online installer, or command line.

• Offline installer

• Online installer

• Download with the command line:

  curl https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/bae85ab1-cfcd-4251-8d42-a0c27949ea33/intel-oneapi-toolkit-2026.0.0.193_offline.exe --output intel-oneapi-toolkit-2026.0.0.193_offline.exe

Install with Command Line

For the full list of supported installer options, refer to Command Line Options.

1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the installation package.

2. Run the following command to perform a silent install, accept the End User License Agreement and integrate into Visual Studio* by default (if supported):

   intel-oneapi-toolkit-2026.0.0.193_offline.exe -s -a --silent --eula accept

   NOTE:

   To skip Visual Studio* integration, pass the following arguments to the installation command: -p=NEED_VSXXXX_INTEGRATION=0, where XXXX is the Visual Studio* version.

   For example, to install a toolkit and skip integration into Visual Studio* 2026, use the following installation command:

   intel-oneapi-toolkit-2026.0.0.193_offline.exe -s -a --silent --eula accept -p=NEED_VS2026_INTEGRATION=0

3. Once the installation is complete, verify that the toolkit is installed in the default directory: C:\Program Files(x86)\Intel\oneAPI.

Install with GUI

1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the installation package.

2. Double-click the *.exe file to launch the GUI installer and follow the installer instructions.

3. Choose the required Microsoft Visual Studio* version to enable integration into IDE from the corresponding dialog. You need to have the Desktop development with C++ workload installed into each Visual Studio* instance beforehand.

4. Once the installation is complete, verify that your toolkit is installed to the correct installation directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI.