{"id":7,"date":"2025-05-14T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newblog.colorgate.com\/en\/2025\/05\/14\/self-upgrade-of-licenses-with-soft-key-via-upgrade-button\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:41:54","slug":"self-upgrade-of-licenses-with-soft-key-via-upgrade-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/self-upgrade-of-licenses-with-soft-key-via-upgrade-button\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Upgrade of Licenses With Soft Key \u2014 via the \u201cUpgrade\u201d Button"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At ColorGATE, we want to make using our software as convenient as possible for you. This also means that you can now easily update your <strong>license with soft key <\/strong>to the latest version<strong> <\/strong>yourself \u2014 directly via our Support Site and without having to contact our Customer Service Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In this blog article, you will find out whether a self-upgrade is available for your license and how you can upgrade your license with soft key in just a few steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that your license scope remains unchanged when upgrading via the <em>Upgrade<\/em> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The self-upgrade is only a part of the software upgrade. A description of the complete upgrade process can be found <br>on our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/service-support\/know-how\/how-to-upgrade-your-software\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/service-support\/know-how\/getting-started-with-colorgate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I Upgrade My License Myself?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out whether you can upgrade your license with soft key yourself, check whether the following requirements are met. To do this, log in to the ColorGATE Support Site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/support\/en\">https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/support\/en<\/a>. There, click on <em>Menu <\/em>&gt;<em> Account &amp; Licenses <\/em>&gt;<em> Licenses <\/em>tab. If you have several licenses, select the license you wish to upgrade. You will receive an overview of your license:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Self-Upgrade_License-details_EN-1024x443.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Self-Upgrade_License-details_EN-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Self-Upgrade_License-details_EN-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Self-Upgrade_License-details_EN-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Self-Upgrade_License-details_EN-1536x665.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Self-Upgrade_License-details_EN.png 1864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><br>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Value Pack: Your <strong>Value Pack must <\/strong>be<strong> valid<\/strong>. If your Value Pack is no longer valid, please contact our <span>Customer Service Team<\/span> at <a href=\"mailto:contact@colorgate.com\">contact@colorgate.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>License with soft key: <\/strong>You can see under <em>License<\/em> &gt;<em> Type <\/em>whether you are using a S<em>oft Key <\/em>license.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usage mode: <strong><em>Online:<\/em> <\/strong>Your license must be in<strong> online mode<\/strong>. You can find information about this at <em>License<\/em> &gt; <em>Usage mode<\/em>. If you are currently in offline usage mode, please switch to online usage mode. To do this, click on <em>Change usage mode<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Do I Upgrade My License With Soft Key Myself?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If all requirements are met, you can easily update your license yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/support\/de\/\"><span>to the ColorGATE Support Site<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <em>Account &amp; Licenses<\/em>. To do this, click on <em>Menu <\/em>&gt;<em> Account &amp; Licenses <\/em>&gt; <em>Licenses <\/em>tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the license you wish to upgrade and click on the <em>Upgrade <\/em>button next to <em>Product<\/em>.<strong><br><\/strong><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"41\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Self-Upgrade_Product_upgrade_EN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\"><\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please read the following message and confirm with <em>Yes<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few seconds, your license will be updated. After confirming the successful license upgrade, you can continue with the upgrade of your software. All steps of the upgrade process can be found on our website:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/service-support\/know-how\/how-to-upgrade-your-software\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/www.colorgate.com\/service-support\/know-how\/getting-started-with-colorgate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you encounter any problems or have any questions during the upgrade, please contact our Customer Service Team at <a href=\"mailto:contact@colorgate.com\">contact@colorgate.com<\/a> so that we can upgrade your license manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrade your license with a Soft Key yourself\u2013 directly via our support site and without having to contact our Customer Service Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,17,18,12,13,14,19,15],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","tag-latest-version","tag-license-with-soft-key","tag-online-usage-mode","tag-self-upgrade","tag-upgrade","tag-upgrade-button","tag-valid-value-pack","tag-version-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.colorgate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}