I can't deactivate a Studio 2022 license, either online or offline.

I need to uninstall Trados Studio 2022 from a laptop that I am putting out of service.

When I go to Help > Product Activation in Trados Studio 2022, the Product Activation window opens normally. However, when I click on "Deactivate", I get this error window:

Error window with the title 'Deactivation failed' showing a red cross icon and the message 'An error occurred while retrieving your license. Error ID: 653. Open connection settings?' with 'Ja' and 'Nein' buttons.

Clicking on "Yes" just closes the window without opening any connection settings.

When I click on "Deactivate Offline" in the Product Activation window, this takes me to a website with the licenses for my account, where I can click on "Can't deactivate online? - Deactivate offline!". Here I can generate a "Deactivation authorisation" and copy and paste it into the Product Activation window in Trados Studio. However, when I click on "Generate certificate" there, I get another error:

Trados Studio 2022 SR2 Product Activation window showing 'Offline Deactivation' instructions. An error message with a red cross icon states 'Failed to deactivate offline. The specified deactivation authorization may not be valid. Validate your deactivation authorization against the authorization in your account.' with an 'OK' button.

So I seem to be stuck. Please le me know how to proceed to deactivate the license on my old computer.

Thank you!



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[edited by: RWS Community AI at 7:24 PM (GMT 0) on 6 Dec 2025]
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