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rhino:6:changelicensemethod [2020/05/20]
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jb [Changing Rhino 8, 0,7 or 6 licensing method]
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 +====== Changing Rhino 8, 7, or 6 licensing method ======
  
 +There are now three ways to license Rhino. Select **one** of the following:
 +  * **Single-computer**, locked exclusively on a single computer
 +  * Shared on your network using the **LAN Zoo**
 +  * Shared in the **Cloud Zoo**
 +[[https://www.rhino3d.com/6/new/licensing-and-administration|Learn more about these options...]]
 +
 +==== To Change Licensing Methods ====
 +  - Remove your license from its current location (see below)
 +  - Add your license to the new location (a different computer, the Zoo or CloudZoo)
 +
 +==== A - To Remove a Stand-alone or "Locked" License ====
 +
 +  - Connect your computer to the Internet
 +  - **Start Rhino**
 +    - Windows: From the **Tools** menu, click **Options**
 +    - Mac: From the **Rhinoceros** (for V6), **Rhino 7**, or **Rhino 8** menu, click **Settings**
 +  - Click on  **Licenses**
 +  - Click **Change your license key**
 +  - Click **Options**
 +  - Click **Remove license**
 +
 +[[https://www.rhino3d.com/features/administration/select-licensing-method/|Need to add a license?]]
 +
 +
 +> Note: You can also return a single-computer license validation by uninstalling Rhino (Win).
 +
 +==== B - To Remove a License From The LAN Zoo ====
 +  - Connect the Zoo server to the Internet
 +  - Open **Zoo Administrator** on the server running your Zoo (Requires Administrator permissions)
 +  - Select the license to remove
 +  - Click the **X** button in the toolbar
 +
 +Your license is available to be used somewhere else.
 +
 +==== C - To Remove a Personal Cloud Zoo license ====
 +  - Go to the [[https://www.rhino3d.com/licenses|Rhino Web site Licenses page]] (log in to your account if necessary)
 +  - Click **your name** in the Personal licenses section
 +  - Click the license name
 +  - Click **Remove**
 +
 +
 +Your license is available to be used somewhere else.
 +
 +==== D - To Remove a license from a Cloud Zoo Team ====
 +  - Go to the [[https://www.rhino3d.com/licenses|Rhino Web site Licenses page]] (log in to your account if necessary)
 +  - Click the **team name** that contains the license
 +  - Click the license name
 +  - Click **Remove** (Requires you are the Team Owner or Team Admin)
 +
 +
 +Your license is available to be used somewhere else.