{"id":"licensing-payments.what-happens-when-my-trial-ends","url":"/faq/licensing-payments/what-happens-when-my-trial-ends","category":{"id":"licensing-payments","title":"Licensing & payments"},"subcategory":{"id":"free-trial","title":"The free trial"},"question":"What happens when my free trial ends?","alt_questions":["Trial expired, what now?","storage studio trial over","Your trial has ended screen","Does the app stop working after the trial?","after trial ends storage studio"],"short_answer":"You see the trial-ended screen: pick a plan, extend the trial, apply a coupon or activate a code. Automatic work pauses, but nothing is deleted and moved items stay where they are.","answer_markdown":"Storage Studio shows the **Your trial has ended** screen with your options: pick a plan, extend the trial by verifying an email (if you're still eligible), apply a coupon, or activate a licence or onboarding code you already have.\n\nAutomatic work such as scheduled rules, moves, cloud transfers and Free Up Space pauses until you activate a plan. Nothing is deleted, and everything you've already moved stays where it is and keeps opening normally.\n\nIf you'd rather decide later, **Quit Storage Studio** closes the app and leaves your data and settings untouched.","answer_html":"

Storage Studio shows the Your trial has ended screen with your options: pick a plan, extend the trial by verifying an email (if you're still eligible), apply a coupon, or activate a licence or onboarding code you already have.

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Automatic work such as scheduled rules, moves, cloud transfers and Free Up Space pauses until you activate a plan. Nothing is deleted, and everything you've already moved stays where it is and keeps opening normally.

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If you'd rather decide later, Quit Storage Studio closes the app and leaves your data and settings untouched.

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Licensing & payments · The free trial

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What happens when my free trial ends?

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Short answer: You see the trial-ended screen: pick a plan, extend the trial, apply a coupon or activate a code. Automatic work pauses, but nothing is deleted and moved items stay where they are.

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Storage Studio shows the Your trial has ended screen with your options: pick a plan, extend the trial by verifying an email (if you're still eligible), apply a coupon, or activate a licence or onboarding code you already have.

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Automatic work such as scheduled rules, moves, cloud transfers and Free Up Space pauses until you activate a plan. Nothing is deleted, and everything you've already moved stays where it is and keeps opening normally.

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If you'd rather decide later, Quit Storage Studio closes the app and leaves your data and settings untouched.

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