---
id: licensing-payments.what-stops-working-without-an-active-licence
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/what-stops-working-without-an-active-licence
category: "Licensing & payments"
subcategory: "Licence status and offline use"
question: "What stops working when my licence or trial isn't active?"
alt_questions:
  - "What features stop after trial?"
  - "inactive licence limitations"
  - "Can I still use Storage Studio without paying?"
  - "unlicensed storage studio"
short_answer: "Rule runs, moves, cloud transfers, Free Up Space and app relocation pause. Nothing is deleted, moved items keep working, and Emergency Space stays available."
tags: ["inactive", "features"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/why-is-my-licence-inactive"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What stops working when my licence or trial isn't active?

Automatic and new work pauses: scheduled rule runs, the two-pane mover, cloud transfers, Free Up Space and the apps relocator. Nothing is deleted, and everything you've already moved stays in place and keeps opening normally.

Emergency Space is never behind a licence prompt, so you can always reach it when your Mac is critically low. Activating a licence turns everything else back on.