Activating and deactivating a license

NVivo Mac

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In this topic

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• Activate a license and setup user profile from a workstation

• Deactivating a license from a workstation

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Activate a license and setup user profile from a workstation

You need to activate your license key—this is a simple and secure process that ensures valid licenses are used to operate the software.

Each instance of NVivo needs to be activated, so if you are installing NVivo in an onsite laboratory or across a network, activation is required from each workstation. NVivo Mac introduces keyless activation using a myNVivo account. This can be using an individual license a user has purchased, or an enterprise license. If you are an enterprise administrator, please see the enterprise administrator help for how to invite users to use an enterprise license.

 

To activate using myNVivo:

1. Start NVivo

2. Accept the license agreement, if prompted.

3. On the Activate NVivo dialog, click Sign in to myNVivo and enter your login details.

• If there are multiple accounts associated with your myNVivo profile, select an account and click Activate.

• If you are eligible to trial NVivo you can activate the trial by clicking Activate Trial.

4. Click OK.

5. On the User Profile dialog box, you are prompted to set up the default NVivo user profile:

• Enter the user's name for their user profile.

• Enter the user's initials—these will be used to identify any work that they do in a project.

6. Click OK. 

 

To enter a license and activation details:

1. Start NVivo.

2. Accept the license agreement, if prompted.

3. On the Activate NVivo dialog, click or instead, provide details to activate.

4. In the License Activation dialog, enter your details. Fields marked with an (*) must be completed.

5. Click Activate.

6. On the User Profile dialog, you are prompted to enter the user's name and initials.

7. Click Continue.

NOTE  

• If the user does not have an Internet connection, please contact NVivo support for assistance with an offline activation.

Deactivating a license from a workstation

You can deactivate the NVivo license on a particular computer. For example, if a user gets a new computer, they should deactivate the NVivo license on the old computer, before installing and activating NVivo on the new computer.

To deactivate NVivo via the Internet:

1. Ensure that you are connected to the Internet.

2. If you have an NVivo project open, you must close it before you can deactivate the license—on the menu bar, choose File > Close.

3. On the menu bar, choose NVivo > Licensing > Deactivate.

4. Click Yes to confirm.

NOTE  You can also perform an unattended deactivation of a license.