Speeding up the Trial

[Aasgardian]

Greetings humans,
the reasons might not be understandable, but long story short:
how do I downgrade from “trial pro” to “make”?
There is no button for it. I can’t afford to wait 30 days for it to stop. (28 currently)
I mean, this doesn’t even make any sence, I was not asked if I wanted to start the trial, there was no other choice.
I have reinstalled it, changed my PC time, I have even been to the registers and nothing.
I just want to have the make version, why are they making it so hard?

[DaveR]

What difference does it make if you’re currently running the pro trial? Why the rush to get to Make?

I think there’s a switch to turn off the trial version. I’ll search for it.

[colin]

This post explains how to skip the trial period:

SketchUp Make 2015 and imaging computers in a school

Yes, please install the latest version on the source machine. The latest version now supports a way to skip Pro trial in Make. Assuming you are running Windows, you can open this file in notepad: C:\ProgramData\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp.lic Then put this exact line as the only thing in the file: ##NoTrial You can delete whatever might be in the file, replace it with this text and save the file. Now when you run the program, you should see the Welcome dialog asking you to agree to non-…

I imagine the folder name would be SketchUp 2016.

[Cotty]

I think Dave had this in mind…

How to Skip Pro trial mode in SketchUp Make

@anssi Windows Close SketchUp if it’s opened. Open a new Windows Explorer window. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015 Right-click on the SketchUp.lic license file and select Open. Click the button for “Select a program from a list of installed programs” and then click OK. Select Notepad then click OK. Add the text ##NoTrial to the top line in the license file. See the image below Click File > Save. Close Notepad. Open SketchUp Make 2015. Accept the Terms of Use agreemen…

[Aasgardian]

You have my gratitude.