How to deactivate SOLIDWORKS Standalone License

This article takes you through the steps to deactivate a SOLIDWORKS Standalone License.

Deactivating SOLIDWORKS:

Common issues:

When installing SOLIDWORKS on a new computer, SOLIDWORKS will not activate with the error message showing: “Activation count exceeded”

SOLIDWORKS might need to be deactivated for several reasons but here are 2 common reasons:

1. SOLIDWORKS needs to be installed on a new computer as the old computer is out of use.
2. The standalone license is active on other computer. In this case, SOLIDWORKS needs to be deactivated on the active computer before the license can be activated on another computer. 

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: This can only be done 1000 times before the user will need to buy another license.*

Steps to deactivate SOLIDWORKS.

1. Open SOLIDWORKS.
2. Navigate to the Help menu. (Top right of the screen)
   
   
   
   
3. Navigate to "Licenses"
   
   
   
   
4. Select "Deactivate"
   
   
   
   
5. Select the products that you want deactivated.
   
   
   
   
6. Enter the email associated with the activation
   
   
   
   
7. Select "Next".
   
   
   
   
8. A page will appear stating deactivation is successful.
   
   
   
   
9. Click on "Finish"
   
   
   
   
10. Your SOLIDWORKS license is now deactivated on this computer and is ready to activate on the next computer.

Date: 22/04/2022