# How to retreive Watch from an expired license?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retreive-watch-from-an-expired-license/202235>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retreive-watch-from-an-expired-license/202235 "2019-10-03T19:40:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![samuelburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samuelburnett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samuelburnett)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retreive-watch-from-an-expired-license/202235/1 "2019-10-03T19:40:59Z")

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I was testing out the Watch feature on a test Elasticsearch/Kibana system with the trial license. The license expired and I was unable to retrieve my most up to date Watch, is there a way to do this?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retreive-watch-from-an-expired-license/202235/2 "2019-10-11T14:05:57Z")

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I think you should still be able to access the watches index.

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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:** [November 8, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-retreive-watch-from-an-expired-license/202235/3 "2019-11-08T14:05:58Z")

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