Deactivate NCache License

Deactivation can be used to move your licenses from one machine to another. You can deactivate your activated NCache license using the Unregister-NCache PowerShell cmdlet. Please note that deactivation of licenses is not available by default. You’ll need to contact Alachisoft Sales to enable deactivation on your license key. Once it is enabled, you can use your license key to deactivate the activated machines. There are two possible methods to deactivate your NCache license, online and offline.

Note

To deactivate your NCache license, you need to have the license key from Alachisoft Sales.

Online Deactivation

You can deactivate the NCache license online when the internet is available on your NCache installed server. Just follow these steps.

  • Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator.

  • Execute the following command to deactivate NCache on local server, where the license key (you got from Alachisoft) is provided with the Key parameter.

Unregister-NCache -Key xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx
  • On successful deactivation, you are prompted with a success message.

Offline Deactivation

You can deactivate NCahe on a server when the internet connection is not available by specifying the OfflineDeactivate parameter. Here is how you can deactivate the NCache license in offline mode.

  • Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator.

  • Execute the following command to generate Deactivation Request Code URL by providing the license key against the Key parameter and specifying the OfflineDeactivate parameter.

Unregister-NCache -Key xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx -OfflineDeactivate

  • On execution of this command, you will be prompted with a long encrypted text on the screen. This is the Deactivation Request Code URL.

  • Copy this URL from the screen to another machine that has Internet access. It will open the Deactivation Data Verification page.

  • Once you have verified that the information is correct, click on the Deactivate! button at the bottom of the page.

  • This will open the Deactivation Result page with a success message if your deactivation is successful.

See Also

Licensing Model
Activate License
Reactivate License
Evaluation Period Management