Start the CS6 application.
Follow this step-by-step guide to convert Adobe Creative Suite 6 trial applications for licensing with your Adobe Creative Cloud membership.
To help ensure you get the latest and greatest tools, Creative Cloud is now the only option for purchasing Adobe creative software. For more information, visit the Adobe Creative Cloud page.
As a Creative Cloud member, you can convert trial installations of most Creative Suite 6 (CS6) applications so that you subscribe to them as part of your membership.
You can also convert a CS6 application you've installed with a serial number to a Creative Cloud membership.
Want to convert trial versions of Acrobat, Flash Builder, Lightroom, or Muse? See Convert Acrobat X, Flash Builder 4.7, Lightroom, or Muse.
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Select License This Software.
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Sign in with your Adobe ID (your email address) and password. Use the same Adobe ID that you used to join Creative Cloud.
Note:Don't know your Adobe ID or forgot your password? See Adobe ID account and sign-in troubleshooting.
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Select Finish.
Experiencing issues while activating or reinstalling older Adobe apps?
Learn how to access or reinstall them.
You cannot convert trial versions of these applications to a Creative Cloud membership.
You can, however, install these applications using the Creative Cloud desktop app. For instructions, see Install and update apps.
Have an earlier version of Acrobat, Flash Builder, Lightroom, or Muse?
The Creative Cloud desktop app doesn't recognize earlier installations of these applications.
If you have a trial version of one of these applications, first uninstall the application and then use the Creative Cloud desktop app to reinstall it. For instructions, see Install and update apps.
Before you can convert an application you've installed with a serial number to a Creative Cloud membership, deactivate the application.
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Start the CS6 application.
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Choose Help > Deactivate, and follow the onscreen prompts to deactivate the application.
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Quit and restart the application.
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Select License This Software.
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Sign in with your Adobe ID (your email address) and password. Use the same Adobe ID that you used to join Creative Cloud.
Note:Don't know your Adobe ID or forgot your password? See Adobe ID account and sign-in troubleshooting.
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Select Finish.
Having trouble?
These errors indicate that the application is unable to establish a connection with Adobe's activation servers. See Resolve connection errors.
This issue occurs if you purchased an English language Creative Cloud membership, but the Creative Cloud desktop app is set to a different language. See Creative Cloud products launch in trial mode on non-English operating systems | CCM, CS6.
Are you prompted to enter a serial number when you start a CS6 application that you've converted to a Creative Cloud membership? See Creative Cloud applications ask for serial number.
Do you see a message stating that you are running a trial version when you open an application that is part your Creative Cloud membership? See Creative Cloud applications unexpectedly revert to trial mode.