# Uploading license file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-license-file/229136>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** license\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-license-file/229136 "2020-04-21T22:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![perezs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@perezs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/perezs)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-license-file/229136/1 "2020-04-21T22:11:10Z")

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after uploading the license Kibana and elasticsearch are prompting for username and password. How do I unload the license file?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-license-file/229136/2 "2020-04-21T22:18:51Z")

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You can't unload it, you will need to replace the license with another one of a different level.

What version are you on?

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**Author:** ![perezs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@perezs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/perezs)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-license-file/229136/3 "2020-04-22T15:12:07Z")

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elasticsearch 7.6.2

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-license-file/229136/4 "2020-04-22T21:22:52Z")

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Ok, you will need to setup security - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/secure-cluster.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/secure-cluster.html).

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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:** [May 20, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uploading-license-file/229136/5 "2020-05-20T21:23:01Z")

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