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How to Deactivate Waves Licenses

Oct 03, 2023

Learn how to deactivate your Waves license/s via Waves Central. This changes the status of a license to ‘Not Activated’ in your account. Do this if you wish to store your license/s while unused, or if requested to do so by Waves Technical or Customer Support staff.

  Click here for an interactive tutorial in Waves Central

  1. Launch the Waves Central application:
    Mac: Applications > Waves Central.
    Windows: :\Program Files\Waves Central
  2. Log into Waves Central using your Waves account information.
  3. Select the Licenses page on the left bar.
  4. Under the Connected Devices tab, click the drop-down arrow (on the right) to expand the list.
  5. Select the license/s you wish to deactivate.
  6. Under Target Device for Licenses, select ‘Deactivate’ as the target device.
  7. Click ‘Deactivate.’

Refer to this article if you wish to uninstall the software for these products as well.

None of the above worked? Contact Technical Support.