---
title: "Extending your trial"
url: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/extending-your-trial
category: "Licensing & payments"
tags: ["licence", "trial", "extend trial", "email code"]
summary: "When your free trial ends, Storage Studio may offer to add more free days if you confirm your email with a one-time code. It's limited — often to one extension — per Mac and email, needs no card, and the screen shows exactly how many days it adds."
updated: 2026-10-05T16:45:49.000Z
---

# Extending your trial

When your free trial ends, Storage Studio may offer to add more free days if you confirm your email with a one-time code. It's limited — often to one extension — per Mac and email, needs no card, and the screen shows exactly how many days it adds.

When your free trial ends, Storage Studio may offer a few more free days in exchange for confirming your email. There's no card involved. Extensions are limited — often to just one — and counted per Mac and per email address together. If the offer isn't on your screen, extensions aren't available for your Mac right now — the other ways forward below still are.

## Where you'll see the offer

Once your trial has ended, look for **Not ready to buy? Extend your trial** (or **Not ready to buy?** with an **Extend trial** button). It appears on:

- the window Storage Studio shows at launch once your trial has ended,
- **Preferences → License**, which opens on its own while the trial has ended,
- the screen where you pick a plan to buy.

The offer names the number of days it adds, and disappears once this Mac has used the extensions it's allowed.

## Step by step

1. Choose **Extend trial**.
2. Enter your email address and choose **Send code**.
3. Enter the code from the email and choose **Verify & extend**. The code expires in a few minutes — use **Back** to send another.
4. You'll see **Trial extended** with how many days you now have. Choose **Done**; every feature works again straight away.

```mermaid
%% caption: Extending a trial that has ended
flowchart TD
  A[Trial ended] --> B{Is Extend trial offered?}
  B -->|Yes| C[Enter your email, Send code]
  C --> D[Enter the code, Verify and extend]
  D --> E[Trial extended, features back]
  B -->|No| F[Buy a licence, or enter a key or code]
```

*Flowchart — Extending a trial that has ended. Outline:*

- Trial ended
  - leads to Is Extend trial offered?
- Is Extend trial offered?
  - Yes: leads to Enter your email, Send code
  - No: leads to Buy a licence, or enter a key or code
- Enter your email, Send code
  - leads to Enter the code, Verify and extend
- Enter the code, Verify and extend
  - leads to Trial extended, features back

## If it doesn't work

| Message | What it means |
|---|---|
| This trial has already been extended as many times as we allow. | This Mac (or this email) has used every extension it's allowed. |
| That code is wrong or has expired. | Go **Back** and send a new code. |
| Please use a non-disposable email address. | Use an address you keep. |
| Too many attempts. Please try again in a little while. | Wait, then try once more. |
| Trial extensions aren't available right now. | Choose one of the options below instead. |

## Other ways forward

- **Buy a licence** — see [Buying a licence](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/buying-a-licence). You can type a coupon before you pick a plan.
- **Enter a licence key or onboarding code** with **I have a licence or onboarding code** — see [Activating your licence](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/activating-your-licence) and [Coupons and onboarding codes](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/coupons-and-codes).

Whatever you choose, your moved files stay exactly where they are while you decide — see [When a trial or licence ends](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/when-your-licence-ends).

See also: [The free trial](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-free-trial), [The License pane](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-license-pane).

## What links here

- [Paste or Select All doesn't work in a text box](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/paste-doesnt-work-in-a-text-box)
- [The free trial](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/the-free-trial)
- [When a trial or licence ends](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/when-your-licence-ends)