How Do You Remove a License in the vSphere Client

To remain in compliance with the licensing models of products that you use with vSphere, you must remove all unassigned licenses from the inventory. If you have split, merged, or upgraded licenses in the Broadcom Support Portal, you must remove the old licenses.

For example, suppose that you have upgraded a vSphere license from 7.0 to 8.0 in the Broadcom Support Portal. You assign the license to ESXi 8.0 hosts. After assigning the new vSphere 8.0 licenses, you must remove the old vSphere 7.0 license from the inventory.

Prerequisites

• To view and manage licenses in the vSphere environment, you must have the Global.Licenses privilege on the vCenter Server system, where the vSphere Client runs.

Procedure

1. Click Menu > Administration.
2. Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
3. Select the Licenses tab.
4. Use the filters to display only the unassigned licenses.
   1. Click the filter icon () in the State column.
      A text box appears.
   2. Enter the state of the licenses that you want to display, unassigned or assigned.
      If you want to remove the filter, delete your entry in the text box.
5. From the list, select a license to remove or press Ctrl+A to select all licenses.
6. Click Remove Licenses, review the confirmation message, and click Yes.