How to re-activate a QB Desktop Subscription

Hi userpeter.

Being able to access your company file information when you need to is something that QuickBooks Desktop makes easy. I'd be happy to point you in the right direction to get your QuickBooks Desktop subscription activated again.

When you cancel a QuickBooks Desktop subscription it cancels the license number which causes the program to not be able to open any company file. While you can't have that license number activated again you can get a new one set up. To do this you'd need to contact our support team so they can set up another subscription for you. If you only need it for a month or less you can also download the trial version of QuickBooks Desktop by going to this link.

Once you get your new license number or download the trial version you can install it using the steps in this article. It is also recommended to export any information you need to Excel so you always have access to it. You can export to excel by following this link.

If you have any questions let us know and we'd be happy to help.

@userpeter 

Which QB Desktop year version did you use? If it is QBD 2021, you can utilize the trial license of QB Desktop 2021 for the time being and purchase a one time (outright) license for it later.