How to activate Ultimate Suite for Excel license

As soon as you purchase your Ultimate Suite license, you will receive an e-mail from us with your personal license key. Please have this e-mail at hand before starting the activation process.

If you need to activate your Add-ins Collection for Outlook, please follow these activation instructions.

To enter the Ablebits license key and unlock the program, please follow the instructions below.

Ultimate Suite: Start the Product Activation Wizard

Note. If you are going to activate the Terminal Server edition (obsolete) of Ultimate Suite, you have to run Excel as administrator.

To activate the add-in, run Microsoft Excel. Go to the Ablebits Data tab and click the far left Buy Now button. In the drop-down menu, select the Enter License Key... option:
Find the <em>Buy Now</em> button and click <em>Enter License Key...</em>.

Activate your license

  1. On the first step of the Product Activation Wizard, click the Next button:
    Product Activation Wizard.
  2. On the second step, you are to pick the activation process:

    Choose the activation method.

    Choose the method you prefer and click Next.

Automatic activation process

Note. To activate your copy automatically, a special activation code will be downloaded from our server, so please, before starting the activation process, make sure the Internet connection is established.
  1. On step 3 of the wizard, enter your License Name and License Key (that you received in an email from us) into the corresponding fields:
    Paste your License Name and License Key.

    Note. Please make sure to copy and paste the entire Ablebits license key and not to leave out any symbols.

    Click the Next button.

  2. Your license is activated!
    Your license is activated!
    Please click Finish, close Microsoft Excel and open it anew.

    Tip. If automatic activation fails for any reason, please try the Manual activation process.

Manual activation process

Note. To activate your copy manually, you will need to get a special activation code, which is unique for your computer. This code is downloaded from our server, so please, before starting the activation process, make sure the Internet connection is established.
  1. On step 3 of the wizard, enter your License Name and License Key (that you received in an email from us) into the corresponding fields.

    Click the Go button to get your Activation Code:
    Get your activation code.

  2. In your browser, you will have the Activation Server opened. Copy the entire activation code from the Activation Server:
    Copy the activation code.
  3. Paste the activation code into the Activation Code field:
    Paste the activation code into the correspondiong field.
    Click the Next button.
  4. Your license is activated!
    Your license is activated!
    Please click Finish, close Microsoft Excel and open it anew.

Troubleshooting

If there is no internet connection

Sometimes you may need to activate your license on a PC that has no internet connection. There is a way to do it, but you'll need to have at hand another computer with internet connection established.

  1. On the PC on which you want to activate your license, select Manual activation process on the the second step of the Activation Wizard and click on the Next button.
  2. On step 3 of the Activation wizard, copy the Hardware ID number:
    Copy the Hardware ID number.
  3. On any PC connected to the Internet, open the activation server page:
    https://www.activatenow.com/user/activation.asp
  4. On the activation page:

    • Enter your license key (that you received in an email from us) and click the Submit button:
      Enter your Ablebits license key.
    • Enter your Hardware ID (from Manual activation - step 3) and click the Submit button:
      Enter your Hardware ID.
    • The activation server will generate an activation code and will show it in the Your new activation code field:
      Copy the activation code.
    • Save the activation code.
  5. Go back to the computer on which you want to activate your license and to step 3 of the Activation Wizard. Paste the activation code into the Activation Code field, and click the Next button:
    Paste the activation code into the corresponding field.
  6. Your license is activated!
    Your license is activated!
    Please click Finish, close Microsoft Excel and open it anew.

Activation limit exceeded

When you activate the Ablebits add-in in any of the described ways, you may get a message that activation limit exceeded. The thing is that after you install the program and activate it with your Ablebits license key, our activation server associates the key with your computer hardware ID. When you install the product on another machine or reinstall it on the same one, the activation server regards it as a new activation or reactivation. When the activation/reactivation limit is exceeded, your key can be automatically blocked. In this case, please contact us at support@ablebits.com.

Responses

Srecko Kovacevic says:
February 13, 2025 at 1:35 pm

Do I need to have a license key for personal use of Ultimate Suite for Excel? Do I have to pay for it?

Katerina Bespalaya (Ablebits Team) says:
February 21, 2025 at 5:34 pm

Hello Srecko,

Thank you for your questions.

You can test the add-in for free during the trial period. However, when the trial ends, you need to purchase a license if you want to continue using the tools.

To download the trial, please go to this page:
https://www.ablebits.com/downloads/index.php

To see the actual prices and make a purchase, please visit this page:
https://www.ablebits.com/purchase/index.php

Feel free to contact us again if you have any other questions.

Nazar says:
February 13, 2024 at 11:49 pm

Hi,
Please confirm if my understanding is correct: if I am using my Office365 under one account on 2 machines - I would be able to activate your Add-on (Ultimate Suite for Excel ) on both machines using one license key?
Thanks!

sabarish Suresh says:
January 6, 2023 at 7:20 pm

How to transfer the software from old PC to new PC.

Katerina Bespalaya (Ablebits Team) says:
January 6, 2023 at 7:38 pm

Hello,

Thank you for your comment.

To transfer a license from one computer to another, you simply need to uninstall the product from an old machine (if possible), then download it on a new machine, install and activate using your current license key.

Please contact us again if you have any other questions.

Chris says:
November 10, 2021 at 2:45 pm

So how do I activate this product? Every time I go through the wizard I get to step three and it locks up my Excel saying it can't find one of the dlls. I've tried uninstalling it and my computer won't let me uninstall it. I've purchased a license, so it either needs to work, or I want my money back and my Excel fixed. I've spent an hour on this crap and I have work to do.

Daria Markelova (Ablebits Team) says:
November 10, 2021 at 2:54 pm

Hello Chris,

Thank you for contacting us. I'm really sorry that you are having difficulties with our add-in.

Please try to add the entire Ultimate Suite for Microsoft Excel folder to the whitelist of your antivirus program.

In case you have any other questions or need further assistance, please feel free to email us at support@ablebits.com.

Hunter L Smith says:
September 27, 2021 at 4:42 pm

I just purchased the software and activated it on my laptop. However, when I attempt to use Excel on my travel 2-in-1 Laptop which is signed in under the same Microsoft Office license, it does not show my Ablebits being active.

Daria Markelova (Ablebits Team) says:
September 27, 2021 at 4:54 pm

Hello Hunter,

Thank you for your message. I have checked our database and it shows 2 successful activations. Yet, I should mention that Ultimate Suite is designed for Windows only and doesn't work on Chromebook or the Surface Pro X. If this is not your case, please send us your system environment details to support@ablebits.com. Thank you.

Chris says:
August 25, 2020 at 8:01 pm

Hi
I just received the email with the license key, but every time I copy and paste it into the box a message comes up "sorry, the license key you have entered is incorrect. Please copy and paste your license key from the registration message." Can you please help.

Ekaterina Pechyonkina (Ablebits Team) says:
August 25, 2020 at 8:05 pm

Hi Chris,

Thank you for contacting us. I am really sorry that you are having difficulties with activation.
Please uninstall the current version of Ultimate Suite via Control Panel, download and install the latest version of the product compatible with your new key using this direct link:
https://www.ablebits.com/files/get.php?addin=xl-suite
Then try to activate the add-in again. If you still have any difficulties, please contact us back for further assistance.

David says:
October 28, 2019 at 2:31 pm

Hi,

I'm about to have my laptop formatted and a new OS installed, how do I disassociate the license key, temporarily, till after the install?

I just don't want the servers to think I've installed it twice.

Thanks,
David

Katerina Bespalaya (Ablebits Team) says:
October 28, 2019 at 3:27 pm

Hi David,

I've replied to your question directly by email. Please check your Inbox.

If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to email us back.

Thomas Kitzmiller says:
February 15, 2019 at 3:26 pm

If I purchase the program I will want to install it on my office desktop and also my travel laptop. Will I be have to purchase two licenses to do this? I will only be using one at a time.

Irina Goroshko (Ablebits Team) says:
February 18, 2019 at 8:31 am

Hello Thomas,

Thank you for your interest in our product.

If you purchase the personal edition of Ultimate Suite, you are allowed to install and activate the tool on 2 machines with the same license key.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Heather says:
January 14, 2019 at 3:07 pm

What happens if I change computers? How would I ensure it is removed from the old computer and can be installed on the new one?

Irina Goroshko (Ablebits Team) says:
January 15, 2019 at 7:35 am

Hi, Heather,
Thank you for using Ablebits tools.
To ensure the add-in is removed from your old computer, delete it via Control Panel, here you will find the detailed instructions.
When the add-in is uninstalled from your old machine, install it on your new one and activate your license again.
If you face any problem with license activation, please contact our support team at support@ablebits.com

Thank you.

Bret Steven Bohannon says:
January 7, 2019 at 11:50 pm

I purchaced a license using my personal paypal (on my companies google account) and when I go to activate is states that the subscription is expired. Please Help!

Natalia Sharashova (Ablebits Team) says:
January 8, 2019 at 2:19 pm

Thank you for reporting this problem to us, Bret.
I'm sorry to hear you're unable to activate your subscription.

I replied to you directly via email regarding the problem.
Please check your Spam/Junk/Trash folders if you don't see the message in your Inbox.

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