04.5 How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual license

04.5 How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-licenseHopefully helpful content created by the Customer Experience Teamsen-USTelligent Community 12 Non-Production04.5 How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-licenseWed, 25 Feb 2026 09:03:24 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Anca Stoianhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Customer Experience by Anca Stoian on 2/25/2026 9:03:24 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you purchased an upgrade, the upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="229" src="/resized-image/__size/1568x458/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="784" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can follow the screenshots below for <span style="text-decoration:underline;">how to process an upgrade</span> or you can check <span style="text-decoration:underline;">this video</span> as well: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI7SlJt_pHM&list=PLeCTib6EEYZHfZBaRI2ZsRm3r8bKGq-Qz&index=5">How to process an upgrade video</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"></span><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/18Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:59:31 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Anca Stoianhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 18 posted to Customer Experience by Anca Stoian on 2/24/2026 10:59:31 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you purchased an upgrade, the upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="229" src="/resized-image/__size/1568x458/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="784" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"></span><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://account.rws.com/"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> </a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/17Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:02:32 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 17 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 1/30/2026 11:02:32 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you purchased an upgrade, the upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="229" src="/resized-image/__size/1568x458/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="784" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"></span><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://account.rws.com/"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> </a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/16Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:14:35 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 16 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/22/2025 8:14:35 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="229" src="/resized-image/__size/1568x458/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="784" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"></span><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://account.rws.com/"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> </a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/15Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:13:20 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 15 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/22/2025 8:13:20 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="229" src="/resized-image/__size/1568x458/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="784" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to watch a video demonstration of the whole process, please see:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI7SlJt_pHM">www.youtube.com/watch</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://account.rws.com/"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> </a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/14Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:38:42 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 14 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/17/2025 9:38:42 PM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="229" src="/resized-image/__size/1568x458/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="784" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://account.rws.com/"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> </a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/13Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:33:28 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 13 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:33:28 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="229" src="/resized-image/__size/1568x458/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="784" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://account.rws.com/"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> </a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/12Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:32:23 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 12 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:32:23 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please note the screenshots are for illustrative purpose only, they are not taken from your RWS account specifically.</span></em></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://account.rws.com/"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> </a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/11Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:29:12 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 11 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:29:12 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This article is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/10Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:28:43 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 10 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:28:43 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:inherit;"><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;">Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>subscription</strong></span>. This section is dedicated to upgrading Freelance <strong><span style="color:#800080;">perpetual licenses.</span></strong></span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/9Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:27:34 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 9 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:27:34 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">The upgrade will be available in your <a href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">RWS account</span></strong></a> Please use the <span style="color:#800080;"><strong><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://account.rws.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Account Portal</a></strong><strong><span style="color:#800080;"> </span>ONLY</strong></span> if you own a subscription.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/8Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:23:58 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 8 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:23:58 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/7Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:19:59 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 7 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:19:59 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:inherit;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/6Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:19:34 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 6 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:19:34 AM<br /> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;"><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;"><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;"><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;"><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">Access your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your <span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;">You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is <em>not</em> required to activate MultiTerm)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:150%;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:150%;">If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:150%;">If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </span></li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/5Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:18:28 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 5 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:18:28 AM<br /> <p>Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</p> <p><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></p> <p>You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></p> <p>Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</p> <p><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></p> <p>Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</p> <p>Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</p> <p><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></p> <p>click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</p> <p><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></p> <p>Access your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</p> <p></p> <p>Once you have successfully installed <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span>- you will see the activation Window-</p> <p></p> <p>Copy and Paste the new <strong><span style="color:#800080;">Trados 2024</span></strong> activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</p> <p></p> <p>You can start using <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Trados 2024</strong></span> immediately</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>You can now also install <span style="color:#800080;"><strong>MultiTerm</strong> </span>(a separate license is<span> </span><em>not</em><span> </span>required to activate MultiTerm)</p> <p><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><span style="background-color:#cc99ff;">Notes:</span> </span></strong></p> <ul> <li>If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"> <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></li> <li>If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/4Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:16:30 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 4 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:16:30 AM<br /> <p>Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</p> <p><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></p> <p>You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></p> <p>Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</p> <p><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></p> <p>Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</p> <p>Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</p> <p><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></p> <p>click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</p> <p><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></p> <p>Access your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</p> <p></p> <p>Once you have successfully installed Trados 2024- you will see the activation Window-</p> <p></p> <p>Copy and Paste the new Trados 2024 activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</p> <p></p> <p>You can start using Trados 2024 immediately</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>You can now also install MultiTerm (a separate license is<span> </span><em>not</em><span> </span>required to activate MultiTerm)</p> <p>Notes: </p> <ul> <li>If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <span style="color:#800080;"><a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </span></li> <li>If you own a Trados Freelance/Go subscription, please note these are always on the latest version, so there is no need to upgrade them. Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6981/02-trados-freelance">02. Trados Freelance</a> section and to the  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6980/03-trados-go">03. <span style="color:rgb(128, 0, 128);" data-mce-style="color: #800080;">Trados Go</span></a> section.  </li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/3Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:13:27 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 3 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:13:27 AM<br /> <p>Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</p> <p><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></p> <p>You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span style="color:#800080;"> <strong>blue ribbon.</strong></span></p> <p>Please note that once you process the upgrade, your license rights will extend only upon the latest version (in this case Trados 2024). If you would like to keep your old license long term, please consider purchasing a new separate license instead of an upgrade. We cannot guarantee the long term functioning of the old license.</p> <p><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></p> <p>Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</p> <p>Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</p> <p><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></p> <p>click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</p> <p><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></p> <p>Access your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to Products and Plans - 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024.</p> <p></p> <p>Once you have successfully installed Trados 2024- you will see the activation Window-</p> <p></p> <p>Copy and Paste the new Trados 2024 activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</p> <p></p> <p>You can start using Trados 2024 immediately</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>You can now also install MultiTerm (a separate license is<span> </span><em>not</em><span> </span>required to activate MultiTerm)</p> <p>Notes: </p> <ul> <li>If you would like to continue running Trados 2022- you must install Trados 2024 on the same machine as they share the same license activation (upgrades only). Please refer to  <a href="https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/3183/04-6-installing-and-activating-trados-2024-and-trados-2022-side-by-side-upgrades-only">04.6 Installing and activating Trados 2024 and Trados 2022 side by side (upgrades only)</a> </li> </ul><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/2Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:07:44 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 2 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:07:44 AM<br /> <p>Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have an upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</p> <p><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></p> <p>You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span> </span><strong>Upgrade(1)</strong><span> </span>box</p> <p></p> <p><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></p> <p>Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</p> <p>Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</p> <p><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></p> <p>click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</p> <p><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></p> <p>Access your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account </a>,</span> go to 'DOWNLOADS' and install Trados 2024 only.</p> <p></p> <p>Once you have successfully installed Trados 2024- you will see the activation Window-</p> <p></p> <p>Copy and Paste the new Trados 2024 activation code from the 'Licenses&Subscriptions' area of your<span> </span><span style="color:#800080;"><a style="color:#800080;" href="https://oos.sdl.com/asp/products/ssl/account/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RWS account</a></span> (shown earlier), and simply paste the code in the activation box and click Activate</p> <p></p> <p>You can start using Trados 2024 immediately</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>You can now also install MultiTerm (a separate license is<span> </span><em>not</em><span> </span>required to activate MultiTerm)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> How to upgrade your Freelance perpetual licensehttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license/revision/1Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:06:04 GMT10acfa76-f078-475b-a7ef-fc5b3e8d2934:a162a7c9-1250-4014-9d3f-c1cccb967955Elisa Maximhttps://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/w/customer-experience/6992/04-5-how-to-upgrade-your-freelance-perpetual-license#commentsRevision 1 posted to Customer Experience by Elisa Maxim on 10/3/2025 8:06:04 AM<br /> <p>Once the upgrade has been purchased, you will see you have an upgrade(s) available in your RWS account:</p> <p><img alt=" " height="217" src="/resized-image/__size/1488x454/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752059967213v1.png" width="743" /></p> <p>You can now process your upgrade by clicking on the<span> </span><strong>Upgrade(1)</strong><span> </span>box</p> <p></p> <p><img alt=" " height="385" src="/resized-image/__size/1508x832/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752063293502v1.png" width="753" /></p> <p>Please select Quantity 1. If you have multiple licenses, you can choose how many you want to upgrade.</p> <p>Once you have processed the upgrade- you will see the following...</p> <p><img alt=" " height="133" src="/resized-image/__size/1480x280/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/4213.pastedimage1689159939303v1.png" width="739" /></p> <p>click again on 'Licenses' and you will see the new activation code</p> <p><img alt=" " height="409" src="/resized-image/__size/1474x730/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-17/pastedimage1752062857602v2.png" width="736" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>