topic remove qlikview publisher licence in QlikView

remove qlikview publisher licence

yacine_b — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Hi,

I need to remove the licence from Qlikview publisher 9.

Regards,

Yacine

remove qlikview publisher licence

yacine_b — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:01:11 GMT

I tried the following to delete licence but it doesn't work:

- stop all servicies

- delete "c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\qliktech\publisher\commandCenter\publisher LEF\Publef.txt" (windows 2003)

- strat all servicies

but the licences still here !!!

remove qlikview publisher licence

mike_garcia — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:02:50 GMT

Hello!

Did you ever find a way to do it?

I need to remove Publisher License since it is running as a Trial and will expire tomorrow Saturday... I think it will just stop reloading the tasks, and that is why I want to disable the feature and leave it working as usual without Publisher.

Please, anyone, let me know if you know how to go about this.

Miguel.

remove qlikview publisher licence

mike_garcia — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:06:59 GMT

Ok, The way to do it is:

1. Stop QlikView Services

2. Delete the following files:

a. C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\Publisher LEF\PubLef.txt

b. C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\reginfo.txt

3. Start Services.

Mike.

remove qlikview publisher licence

ashfaq_haseeb — Mon, 02 May 2011 07:36:46 GMT

Just To Add to mike answer.

Remove all the tasks from publisher.

then stop all serveices and then follow mike's suggestion

Hope That Helps.

Regards

ASHFAQ

remove qlikview publisher licence

hugo_andrade — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:55:48 GMT

hope?

Did anyone test it?

Thanks

remove qlikview publisher licence

Bill_Britt — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:16:36 GMT

Once you license Publisher there isn't a good way to remove the license short of an uninstall, folder cleanup and a reinstall.

remove qlikview publisher licence

hugo_andrade — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:57:32 GMT

See this post: http://community.qlik.com/message/89068#89068

Very clean and easy solution.

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

siz_mahleka — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:08:37 GMT

Hi Gents,

I just had a similar challenge this evening and thought I would share. I'm using QV11 SR1 so this may not work for prior versions.

1) Stopped all QV services

2) Searched for PubLef.txt and RegInfo.txt on the install drive C:\ (These should both be within the Management Services folders) basically searched for files containing the licence number and inspected the contents.

3) Deleted both files

4) Started services again.

This worked for me but of course make sure you have a way to reverse the steps just in case it does not work for you or it causes unexpected results.

Cheers.

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

Emmanuelle__Bustos — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:56:53 GMT

siz.mahleka

Doing this method publisher license is removed and all the publisher options in QMC but with this the RELOAD tab in section Documents-->USer Documents dissapears so we cannot programm new tasks is a way to get the RELOAD tab back??

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

markodonovan — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:22:39 GMT

Hi there,

If anyone is looking at this post using QlikView server version 11.

I had this problem and the only solution I found was to restore a backup of the QVPR folder.

Not a great solution but it seems to work. I did not realise how apply the Publisher license would change the QMC but I guess something you learn the hard way.

http://practical-qlik.com/Blog/tabid/204/EntryId/27/How-to-remove-QlikView-publisher-licence-from-QlikView-server-version-11.aspx

Just removing the license files did not work for me to get the reload tab back.

Thanks

Mark

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:55:45 GMT

Hi,

For QlikView 11 on Windows 2008 to restaure the Reload Tab after removing the publisher licence

you must change the IsPublisher="true" to IsPublisher="false"in the following file:

C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\QVPR\DistributionService.xml

Ex.:

. . .

</xs:schema>

</NewDataSet>

1. Stop QlikView Services

2. Backup the file DistributionService.xml

3. Change IsPublisher="true" to IsPublisher="false" on the line <DistributionService

4. Start Services.

Regards,

Luc

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

markodonovan — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:18:47 GMT

Hi Luc,

That is very useful to know.

Thanks

Mark

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

hugo_andrade — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:34:12 GMT

It didn't work here.V11SR2

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:21:33 GMT

Hi Hugo,

@Which part did not work ?

Could you be more specific ?

What where the steps that you did ?

The following steps where tested on QlikView Server 11.2 SR3 (11.20.12018.0) x64

on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard X64

Here is the full steps to remove the licence from Qlikview publisher:

1. Stop QlikView Services

2. Do a backup of C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService

3. Backup the file C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\QVPR\DistributionService.xml

Copy DistributionService.xml to xDistributionService.xml

4. Change at the end of that file IsPublisher="true" to IsPublisher="false" on the line <DistributionService

5. Delete the file C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\Publisher LEF\PubLef.txt

Rename PubLef.txt to xPubLef.txt

6. Delete the file C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\reginfo.txt

Rename reginfo.txt to xreginfo.txt

7. Start Services.

Here is the full steps to restaure the licence from Qlikview publisher:

1. Stop QlikView Services

2. Do a backup of C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService

3. Restaure the file C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\QVPR\DistributionService.xml

Change back at the end of that file IsPublisher="false" to IsPublisher="true" on the line <DistributionService

4. Restaure the file C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\Publisher LEF\PubLef.txt

Rename xPubLef.txt to PubLef.txt

5. Restaure the file C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\ManagementService\reginfo.txt

Rename xreginfo.txt to reginfo.txt

6. Start Services.

Regards,

Luc

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

PabloOrtiz — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:18:40 GMT

Hello, i have the same problem, all the publisher options are removed in QMC but the RELOAD tab in section Documents-->USer Documents dissapears.

Some help please.

Re: remove qlikview publisher licence

Chip_Matejowsky — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:11:51 GMT

Hi @PabloOrtiz,

Try following the steps in article How to remove Publisher License from QlikView Environment to see if this clears up your issue. If not, suggest that you reach out to Qlik Support and open a case. Thanks!

Best Regards