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

hostname (config) # show licenses
License 1: LK2-FIREEYE_APPLIANCE-<license details>
    Feature:          FIREEYE_APPLIANCE
    Description:      FireEye Appliance Type
    Valid:            yes
    Start date:       2016/12/01 (ok)
    Tied to appl ID:  8699351EB1D5 (ok)
    Product:          HX (ok)
    Type:             PROD (ok)
    Tied to model:    FireEyeHXVM (ok)
    Agreement:        EULA (ok)
    Appliance role:   master
    Active:           yes

License 2: LK2-MD_ACCESS-<license details>
    Feature:          MD_ACCESS
    Description:      Managed Defense VPN Access
    Valid:            yes
    Start date:       2016/12/01 (ok)
    End date:         2017/12/01 (ok)
    Tied to appl ID:  8699351EB1D5 (ok)
    Active:           yes

License 3: LK2-CONTENT_UPDATES-<license details>
    Feature:          CONTENT_UPDATES
    Description:      Content updates
    Valid:            yes
    Start date:       2016/12/01 (ok)
    End date:         2017/12/01 (ok)
    Tied to appl ID:  8699351EB1D5 (ok)
    Sharing:          all (ok)
    Active:           yes

License 4: LK2-FIREEYE_SUPPORT-<license details>
    Feature:          FIREEYE_SUPPORT
    Description:      FireEye support
    Valid:            yes
    Start date:       2016/12/01 (ok)
    End date:         2017/12/01 (ok)
    Tied to appl ID:  8699351EB1D5 (ok)
    Sharing:          all (ok)
    Active:           yes

Specify the license ID to remove an individual license. For example, 4 is the license ID for the Support license shown in the previous example.
```
hostname (config) # license delete 4   
```

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 Endpoint Security (HX) appliances.