How To: Perform a silent deauthorization on concurrent or single use licenses

Summary

Instructions provided describe how to perform a silent deauthorization on single use or concurrent use licenses. The commands described here return (deauthorize) only the license(s) specified. Multiple licenses may be returned by entering comma-delimited authorization numbers.

Procedure

Concurrent-use licenses

1. To deauthorize concurrent-use licenses, verify SoftwareAuthorizationLS.exe exists in any of the following directories:
   • ArcGIS License Manager 2018 and newer:
     C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\LicenseManager\bin
   • ArcGIS License Manager 10.x:
     C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\License10.x\bin
2. Open a command prompt window, and change the path to the directory of the relevant License Manager as shown in step 1.
3. Run the following command to deauthorize the software silently:
   • Windows example:

SoftwareAuthorizationLS.exe -s -return  EFL123456789,EFL987654321

• Unix example:

SoftwareAuthorizationLS -S -return EFL123456789,EFL987654321

Single-use licenses

1. To deauthorize a single-use license, verify SoftwareAuthorization.exe exists in the following directory:
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin

2. Open a command prompt window, and change the path to C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin.
3. Run the following command to deauthorize the software silently:

SoftwareAuthorization.exe -return ESU123456789,ESU987654321 /s

Related Information

• ArcGIS Desktop Help: Authorizing ArcGIS single use products and features
• How To: Perform online deauthorization of licenses for ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcGIS Engine