Update Your License

Automatic License Updates

Throughout the term of your license, your MATLAB® installation periodically contacts MathWorks® to verify that your license is up to date. If your license is up to date, the validation process is transparent. If it determines that you need to update your license, the validation process displays a dialog box giving you the option to update your license.

You can disable validation in the License Center at the MathWorks website.

Update License Manually from Within MATLAB

To update your license manually from within MATLAB, on the Home tab, in the Resources section, select Help > Licensing > Update Current Licenses, and follow the prompts to update your licenses. When you restart MATLAB, it will use any updated licenses.

If the Update Current Licenses option is not present, then your license updates automatically and no action is required from you.

Update License Using Activation

If your license file has expired or another licensing requirement is preventing MATLAB from starting, you can update your license by using the MATLAB activation client.

For instructions on using the activation client, see Activate MATLAB Installation Manually.

Update License for Offline Computer

If the computer that is running MATLAB cannot connect to the internet, you can download a license file manually from the MathWorks website on another computer and move the file to the target computer.

Note

If you are a license administrator, follow the procedure in Update Network License File.

  1. From the License Center, select the license you want to update.

  2. On the Install and Activate tab, click the link to the activation page from which you can obtain a license file. The link name varies depending on your license and whether you activated MATLAB on other computers already. Perform one of the following actions:

    • Click Activate a Computer.

    • Click Activate to Retrieve License File.

    • Click Resolve a connection issue and then Activate to Retrieve License File.

  3. Select the release of the MATLAB installation for which you are updating the license.

  4. When prompted, enter the requested information about the offline computer and follow the remaining prompts to download the license file.

  5. Copy the license file to the licenses folder on the offline computer. For details on finding this folder's location by platform, see this support article.

  6. Start MATLAB.

The next time you start MATLAB, the software uses the updated license.

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