# 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")\
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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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