Manage your license

You can use the Unity Hub to view, add, and return licenses. To access the license management options:

  1. Open the Unity Hub, and sign in.
  2. Click the gear icon to open the Preferences window.
  3. Select Licenses.

This view shows your active licenses and displays the type of license, the activation date, and an option to Return license. Select Refresh to get the most up-to-date licenses that you've activated on your computer.

Use the Hub to activate a Unity license, for the following plans:

For information about licenses that use Unity’s floating model, refer to Unity Licensing Server documentation.

Activate a license for a Unity Personal plan

If you use the Unity Personal plan, sign in to the Unity Hub to automatically activate your license. No further action is required.

To return your Unity Personal license, sign out of the Unity Hub.

Get a free license for Unity Personal

If you don't already have a license for Unity Personal, or if the Hub didn't activate it when you signed in, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Preferences window > Licenses and select Add.
  2. Select Get a free personal license.
  3. Read the terms.
  4. Select Agree and get personal edition license.

Activate a named user license

Before you can activate a named user license for a seat-based plan:

  • You must be a member of an organization that subscribes to the relevant plan.
  • The organization administrator must assign a seat to an organization member by going to https://id.unity.com and selecting Organizations > (select an organization) > Subscriptions & Services > Manage seats > Assign Seat(s).

After an administrator assigns your seat, sign in to the Unity Hub to automatically activate your license.

To return your named user license, sign out of the Unity Hub.

For information about checking computers where you've activated a license, refer to Check which computers have an activated license.

Activate a serial-based license

If you have a serial-based plan, you can activate it with a serial key or by creating a license request.

Activate with a serial key

This is an online activation method. If the computer on which you'll use the Unity Editor isn't connected to the internet, refer to Activate with a license request.

  1. Open the Preferences window > Licenses > Add.
  2. Select Activate with a serial number.
  3. Enter the serial key.
  4. Select Activate.

For information about checking computers where you've activated a license, refer to Check which computers have an activated license.

Activate with a license request

Use this method if the computer on which you'll use the Unity Editor isn't connected to the internet. This method assumes you have access to two computers, as follows:

  • The first computer is the one on which you'll use the Unity Editor, but the computer can’t connect to the internet.
  • The second computer is any computer that can connect to the internet.

From the first computer (on which you'll use the Unity Editor):

  1. Open the Preferences window > Licenses > Add.
  2. Select Activate with license request.
  3. Select Create license request to download an .alf request file. You'll need this file in a later step.
  4. Transfer the .alf file from the previous step to a second computer that has internet access.

From the second computer:

  1. Go to the Upload license request portal.
  2. Select Browse.
  3. Select the .alf license request file you downloaded earlier.
  4. Select Next, and follow the prompts.
  5. Select Download license file to download your Unity license file (.ulf). You'll need this .ulf file in a later step.
  6. Transfer the .ulf license file from the second computer to the first computer.

From the first computer:

  1. Return to the Unity Hub.
  2. Select License file in the Activate with license file step.
  3. Locate the Unity license file (.ulf) that you transferred earlier.
  4. Select Activate.

For information about checking computers where you've activated a license, refer to Check which computers have an activated license.

Check which computers have an activated license

You can check which computers have an activated license for a paid plan. This process doesn't apply to Unity Personal plans.

To check which computers have an activated license:

  1. Go to https://id.unity.com/en/subscriptions.
  2. Go to the Activations subsection.
  3. Check the Computer Name column, which lists the host names of the computers where you've activated a license.

Education licenses

To explore options for education licenses from within the Hub, go to Preferences > Licenses > Add > Get a Unity Student license. This action opens your web browser at Unity Student plan.

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