# Downgrade the license to basic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509 "2024-03-15T15:58:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![vinholla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@vinholla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinholla)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509/1 "2024-03-15T15:58:45Z")

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how to downgrade license from - trial to basic as we are getting below error

{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"security\_exception","reason":"current license is non-compliant for [security]","license.expired.feature":"security"}],"type":"security\_exception","reason":"current license is non-compliant for [security]","license.expired.feature":"security"},"status":4

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509/2 "2024-03-15T18:23:35Z")

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What is your Elastic version?

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**Author:** ![vinholla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@vinholla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinholla)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509/3 "2024-03-18T09:41:46Z")

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ES version is 8.8.2

Vinayaka Holla

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509/4 "2024-03-18T11:16:58Z")

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Where is the error message coming from? Could you share a bit more of the context?

i'm asking because the basic license contains security so I'm wondering what is the full picture here.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509/5 "2024-03-18T14:15:34Z")

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BTW Here is the process

> [@Downgrading License](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrading-license/310931/10):
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> So I installed a platinum license Then when I ran this this without the acknowledgment you should get POST \_license/start\_basic { "acknowledged" : false, "basic\_was\_started" : false, "error\_message" : "Operation failed: Needs acknowledgement.", "acknowledge" : { "message" : """This license update requires acknowledgement. To acknowledge the license, please read the following messages and call /start\_basic again, this time with the "acknowledge=true" parameter:""", "watcher" : […

But What other security features are you using? SAML? Document level security?

Normal Auth / Auth and TLS Are part of Basic license

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/downgrade-the-license-to-basic/355509/6 "2024-04-15T14:15:56Z")

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