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I want to remove my license key in visual studio 2017. how can i do it? I am trying to change the product key but I cant.

Machavity
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Well I found two possible solutions for Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.

1. Setting new product key with StorePID.exe (MS Docs).

  1. navigate to VS 2017/2019 installation directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE)
  2. start cmd as admin
  3. execute StorePID.exe <your_new_product_key> <MPC>
  4. maybe a restart

Possible Microsoft Product Codes (MPC) are:

  • 06177 Visual Studio Professional 2013
  • 06191 Visual Studio Premium 2013
  • 06181 Visual Studio Ultimate 2013
  • 07062 Visual Studio Professional 2015
  • 07060 Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
  • 08860 Visual Studio Enterprise 2017
  • 08862 Visual Studio Professional 2017
  • 08866 Visual Studio Test Professional 2017
  • 09260 Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
  • 09262 Visual Studio Professional 2019
  • 09660 Visual Studio Enterprise 2022
  • 09662 Visual Studio Professional 2022

2. Removing product key first and set new one. (VS 2015/2017/2019)

  1. open register editor
  2. navigate to
  • VS 2015: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\4D8CFBCB-2F6A-4AD2-BABF-10E28F6F2C8F and delete it
  • VS 2017: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\5C505A59-E312-4B89-9508-E162F8150517 and delete it
  • VS 2019: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\41717607-F34E-432C-A138-A3CFD7E25CDA and delete it
  1. exeute a repair installation of VS 2017/2019
  2. enter your new product key under Help > Register Product

It's not the best way to solve it, but faster than deinstall and install the complete IDE.

Update (2020-01-09)

  • added MPCs for Visual Studio 2013, 2015 and 2019;
  • extended registry solution for VS 2019;

Update (2021-12-03)

  • added MPCs for Visual Studio 2022;
ChW
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    I wanted to remove a product key to enable my VisualStudio.com subscription benefit. If you want to accomplish this, both procedures work. Procedure 1 can be used with any properly formatted product key; it does not have to be a valid one. Procedure 2 can be used without the (rather invasive) repair option. Instead, just execute a Modify action without actually changing anything. This will have the same result in regards to the product key without the hassle of removing user settings and the long wait. – jscheppers Dec 06 '17 at 13:20
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    Slight correction: Procedure 1 seems to (silently) return an error (5). I don't know why this is, but since Procedure 2 works fine I'm tempted to stick with that. – jscheppers Dec 06 '17 at 14:42
  • Okay, 1 works for me without any (silent) errors. :/ – ChW Dec 06 '17 at 14:44
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    how did you find out these GUIDs? I wanted to check for VS2022... – juanora Dec 02 '21 at 07:02
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For VS 2019 the registry key is: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\41717607-F34E-432C-A138-A3CFD7E25CDA

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For VS 2015, a key is

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\4D8CFBCB-2F6A-4AD2-BABF-10E28F6F2C8F

for what it's worth...

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can't write comments so I give you this in the form of an answer, hoping @ChW will incorporate it in his winning answer:

Removing product key first and set new one. (VS 2022)

  1. open registry editor

  2. navigate to

    VS 2022: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\1299B4B9-DFCC-476D-98F0-F65A2B46C96D and delete it

  3. execute a repair installation of VS 2022

  4. enter your new product key under Help > Register Product

andre pacheco
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MPCs for VS 2019.

Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 09260

Visual Studio Professional 2019 09262

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/automatically-apply-product-keys-when-deploying-visual-studio?view=vs-2019

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MPCs for VS 2022

Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 09660

Visual Studio Professional 2022 09662

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/automatically-apply-product-keys-when-deploying-visual-studio?view=vs-2022

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    As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please [edit] to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked. You can find more information on how to write good answers [in the help center](/help/how-to-answer). – Community Nov 23 '21 at 14:13