HOW TO
To make ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Engine licenses available for use on other machines, it is necessary to deauthorize them.
Note: Deauthorizing licenses using the offline method can be done without the client machine requiring direct access to the internet, which is useful for machines without such access, or where the online method fails.
Deauthorizing concurrent-use and single-use licenses uses essentially the same workflow. The main difference is where the Software Authorization Wizard is accessed, which is used to perform the deauthorization. Concurrent-use licenses use the Esri License Manager, whereas single-use licenses can be managed via the ArcGIS Administrator program.
Note: If the machine on which the software was originally installed has crashed, been lost, or is otherwise unavailable, please see the following article: How To: Recover lost licenses from My Esri.
Note: When deauthorizing concurrent-use licenses, the quantity of each license to remove can be changed by entering the appropriate value under the 'No. of Licenses' column.
Note: Although the licenses are immediately available for use, this availability may take some time to be correctly displayed on my.esri.com. If the license(s) still show as authorized or as disabled in ArcGIS Administrator, navigate to "C:\ProgramData\FLEXnet" and rename the FLEXnet folder to FLEXnet old. Reboot the system.
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