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Remove Product Key From Visual Studio 2015 Enterprice

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Thursday, February 18, 2016 3:49 AM

I have installed visual studio 2015 enterprise with 30 days trial version. I have registered it with a product key. Now I want to remove that product key.

So how can I remove that?

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Friday, February 19, 2016 6:44 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote

Hi Manthan Makani,

Thanks for your update.

Please follow Alex's reply in the following link with the steps below:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12465361/how-to-change-visual-studio-2012-license-key/14810695#14810695

1. remove registry key HKCR\Licenses\4D8CFBCB-2F6A-4AD2-BABF-10E28F6F2C8F

2. repair Visual Studio installation

Best Regards,

Lake Xiao

Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:45 AM

Hi Manthan Makani,

Thanks for you post.

Once you have registered it with a product key. As far as I know, you can't remove it.

My only thought is to uninstall your VS2015 Enterprise then install it again.

In addition, I found a similar thread to yours for your reference:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/8dc2b041-7849-467c-9daa-d60b63a57b6a/remove-vs-2013-product-key-from-registry?forum=vssetup

Best Regards,

Lake Xiao

Thursday, February 18, 2016 9:59 AM

Hi lake Xiao,

I have already uninstalled and installed it again. But it says that "Licance Product Key Applied"

Monday, February 22, 2016 7:59 AM

Any update？

How about your issue now?

Would you mind letting us know the latest information about this issue?

Best Regards,

Lake Xiao