Removing licenses using the CLI

Use the CLI commands in this topic to remove licenses.

Prerequisites

Admin or Operator access

To remove licenses:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

hostname > enable
hostname # configure terminal

List the installed licenses:

hostname (config) # show licenses
License 1: LK2-FIREEYE_APPLIANCE-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000
Feature:             FIREEYE_APPLIANCE
Description:         FireEye Appliance
Valid:               yes
Start date:          2016/11/01 (ok)
Tied to appl ID:     000000000000 (ok)
Product:             MPS (ok)
Type:                PROD (ok)
Agreement:           EULA (ok)
Op Mode:             inline (ok)
Active:              yes		
...		
					
License 2: LK2-CONTENT_UPDATES-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000
Feature:             CONTENT_UPDATES
Description:         Content updates
Valid:               yes
Start date:          2016/11/01 (ok)
End date:            2017/11/01 (ok)
Tied to appl ID:     000000000000 (ok)
Sharing:             all (ok)
Active:              yes				
					
License 3: LK2-FIREEYE_SUPPORT-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000
Feature:             FIREEYE_SUPPORT
Description:         FireEye Support
Valid:               yes
Start date:          2016/11/01 (ok)
End date:            2017/11/01 (ok)
Tied to appl ID:     000000000000 (ok)
Sharing:             all (ok)
Active:              yes

Specify the license ID to remove an individual license. For example, is the license ID for the Support license shown in the previous example.
```
hostname (config) # license delete 3
```
Save your changes.
```
hostname (config) # write memory
```

Note
The show licenses command output in this procedure shows the basic licenses installed on a Network Security appliance. The output is similar for Email Security - Server appliances.