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  • matthew donovan

    I downloaded Unity with a personal account and it never gave any chance to activate it. It directly tries to authenticate the license then errors... I tried multiple things nothing is working.

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  • Qmzixy

    Activate with license request does not work, get a free personal license doesn't work too, I can't use the unity just because of the license, what is your problem why nothing works?

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  • Spyridon Passas

    Greetings. Seems like Unity Hub doesnt seem to update my license which i just bought today to the unity editors at all. 

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  • ahmedaniss

    Problem fixed here : https://youtu.be/sLGHK4J17Xc

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  • Maru

    Hi both,

    I am very sorry to hear about the issues you are having.

    It sounds like something might be up with your accounts - please don't hesitate to make a support ticket via the link here and we'll be more than happy to help you with your issues.

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  • Mike Weicker

    I've been fighting with mine for a few hours tonight and I finally got it to work by deleting my license files (*.ulf) in C:\ProgramData\Unity

    Then restarting Unity and it asks you to activate your local copy again.

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  • Marius Mi

    spend 2 hours just trying to activate. Getting Invalid refresh token error. 
    Honestly why do you make it so complicated onboarding??? waste of space

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  • Norlito Uy Sepulvida

    I am having the same problem. My personal license does not work.

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  • JCP

    This is not working anymore.

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  • Lily

    Software Creative, 

    It sounds as if you have a specific serial key to activate. When you go through the activation process listed above, you will have the option to input you Plus or Pro serial key!

    If you are having problems with this, please send a request through to our Customer Service team, who can help! If you can, include some screenshots and this should help them to diagnose the issue as quick as possible!

     

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  • Tadas Ramanauskis

    had very similar issue recently , just now managed to fix , by getting help from Unity. This is what i had to do:



    1. Delete the license file 
     
    (Delete this file:
     
    * Windows: C:ProgramData/Unity
    * Mac: Library/Application Support/Unity)
     
    2. Close and reopen the Hub
    3. Reactive license using the Activate with license request option 
    4. Select Create license request, and open the .alf file that is created
    5. Scroll to the <MachineBindings> section add the following directly after the > symbol: <Binding Key="4" Value="" /> 
    6. Save changes
    7. Reactivate using the manual activation process

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  • HartAttacMan

    Sorry, disregard my comment above. I just updated the hub and now everything works fine. It even says on the unity changelog that beta.4 fixes licensing issues.

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  • shahin dezi

    I have unity 5.3.4p3 version ,ca I buy plus or pro for this version ?

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  • Maru

    Hi there,

    The process is still working from my testing just now. As Mike has said, any old license files may cause this process to not work so clearing out any pre-existing license files before completing this process may resolve any issues you have.

    If you still get any issues, please don't hesitate to raise a support ticket.

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  • Mike Ulloa

    I am new to unity and for the life of me I cannot get the app to work. It keeps bringing me into the Unity Hub, and tells me I have no valid license. It will not let me log in and I cannot get it to work. So far this app is the worst.

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  • antonio rojas

    My Plus license doesn´t let me choose the dark theme or any other plus features. 

    I reactivated several times on HUB but nothing happens. 

    Please, help.

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  • Software Creative_26

    How  to use this License Key for Unity 3D?. 

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  • Michael Thomas Slattery

    Is this company still in business? I don't see how after trying to activate for a couple of hours and finding the comments replete with others in the same boat. Looks like a cool pro

    duct on utube and would be willing to pay some for it if there wasn't all the BS.

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  • Hazel

    Hi Rick,

    My apologies you are having issue activating the license on your machines.

    Please follow the steps in the following article to return both the activations:

    https://support.unity3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/205056069-How-do-I-return-the-activations-on-my-Pro-Plus-license-

    Once you have return the activations, you can activate your license again.

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  • rick.blacker

    All of a sudden my Pro license won't activate. Had Unity on two machines activated with the same license. Reinstalled Windows on one, reinstalled Unity.  Tried to put the key back in to the reinstalled Unity.  Now everything is messed up on both instances of Unity... 

    I recall having issues before. Why is this so difficult?

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  • Software Creative_26

    How  to use this License Key for Unity 3D?. 

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  • nguyen cuong

    Check log: 

    "C:\Users\[yourname]\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs\info-log.json"

    have something like that: 

    "'Invalid license file: C:\\\\ProgramData\\\\Unity\\\\Unity_lic.ulf, reason: Entitlement group is expired."

    remove that "Unity_lic.ulf" file and replace it with the file from "Activate with license request" in the same name.

    The problem was resolved.

    (I installed Unity hub a few month ago, and uninstall. After that, when I installed Unity hub again, the problem happened.

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  • Kent Hitchborn

    I can't seem to get a license. Every time I try, the Unity Licensing Client rejects my password. Is it that I need a different kind of password?

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  • ahmedaniss

    Solved Here : https://youtu.be/sLGHK4J17Xc

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  • HartAttacMan

    Every time I try to add the Personal License, Unity just tells me to log in and connect to the internet. I am already connected and logged in. This is in the beta hub though, I will try it in a non-beta version.

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  • Ingrid

    Hi Qmzixy,

    Thanks for reaching out.

    I'm sorry to hear your question. If you still have this problem, please contact us via support@unity3d.com. I will try my best to ask you to solve your problem. Thank you.

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  • Jarvis

    Hello Kent Hitchborn

    Thank you for contacting Unity. I am sorry to hear that you are having some issues getting started with your Unity license.

    The best thing to do here would be to contact our team directly, so that we can help you get this resolved. Please email our team at support@unity3d.com or alternatively, submit a ticket via this web form.

    We hope to hear from you soon and thanks again for reaching out to Unity. Have a nice day!

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  • Lily

    Michael and Mike,

    Sorry to hear you have had some problems activating!

    I can that this was a little while ago, but if you still want help getting set up, please reach out to our Customer Service team. They will be happy to advise you on the problems you are encountering in the activation process.

    You can contact them here!

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  • Pablo Farias Navarro

    I'm on a Plus license yet license activation is a never-ending issue. Almost every time I open Unity I have to re-activate, enter the serial and it says it's reached a maximum number. Then I close it, open again and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I think there are some really serious issues here and it's very frustrating.

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  • Maru

    Hi Shahin,

    Unfortunately, we do not sell licenses for specific versions. If you would like to use this version, the current subscriptions we have on offer do work with earlier versions, as an active subscription lets you use whichever version of Unity you wish.

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