How to apply license key and share license seats – Sync

Apply a License

This article describes how to activate a license/shared seat on different desktop platforms.
For a step-by-step guide on getting Sync PRO, click here.

Once the billing information is entered and payment is processed, you'll get an e-mail confirming your purchase. Click the btskey file attached to the e-mail and download it:

To apply Sync Home, Sync Family or Sync Business license follow the guide:

Sync Home Pro license can be applied to several Sync devices using the key. Sync Business license can be applied to only one Sync identity. This identity becomes License Owner. Other devices that are linked to this identity get updated to Pro automatically. Other devices not linked to this identity are to be updated to Pro via shared seat (see below). Do not apply the business license key to several Sync identities directly - it will 'steal' license ownership and become new license owner!

On Windows and Mac simply double click on the downloaded license key, or right click and pick to "Open with Resilio Sync". Another way is to open Sync UI, go to Menu -> Licenses -> Apply new key, select the downloaded license key.

In Sync using WebUI (Linux , NAS and Windows service):

1. Download the license key file.
2. Open it in text editor.
3. Copy the chain of symbols and paste it into the manual connection box ("+" -> Enter key or link).
4. Click 'Next'.

Note: if you are using Sync 2.0 - 2.1, be sure to add btsync:// before the chain of symbols.

To activate license on a headless computer, run the commands

Linux: ./rslsync --license /path/to/Sync_Home.btskey
Windows: "Resilio Sync.exe" /license C:\path\to\Sync.btskey

If this is a clean installation of Sync and you haven't yet created identity, you need to first create it with --identity (/identity) param.

Basically Family Pro - is a Home Pro license that can be applied on devices of 5 family members. Just apply the received license key the way described above. No need to share any seats, simply use the same key for every family member.

Sync Business license key can be applied only to one Sync identity which will become license Owner. Only one identity can be license Owner. It means that if license key is applied to another identity afterwards, the new identity will become new license Owner, and previous identity will lose its ownership.

Share a License Seat

Once you've applied the multi-seat Business license key, share the remaining seats with others. On license Owner go to License menu and click to e-mail or copy the link and send it to other device.

- 'E-mail' - this will open your default mail client and paste the license sharing link into the e-mail.
- 'Copy' - this will copy license sharing link to clipboard. You can then manually paste the link into an e-mail, text file, message etc which will be sent to another person.

When a person receives the link, they need to paste it to "Manual Connection" field in Sync. License Owner will get request for accessing the seat:

By hitting approval, you will grant one of your seats to that person.

Remove a License

To remove a license go to Licenses menu and click "Remove license" button. Note, removing Business license from License Owner does not remove it from License Users.

Reclaim a Seat

To reclaim a license seat from a user go to License menu, hover mouse over the user and click appearing "Reclaim" button. As with the license - removing a shared seat will not affect other License Users and the License Owner.

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