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How to install Pro license

  1. Purchase License here
  2. After purchase , get your License ID form the purchase Success Page or the Dashboard
Purchase Success ScreenDashboard
  1. Open File -> Preferences⚙ -> License
License Screen
  1. Enter the License ID and License Email
  2. Click acquire, the license will be automatically installed

Linux Flatpak

By default the Flatpak manifest doesn't allow network access for the app, as it is not needed for normal operation. Network is needed however for installing license.

You can enable network access for the flatpak version either via the command line like so :

flatpak override --user --share=network me.broken_by.PdfMetadataEditor

Or by using graphical Application like Flatseal

Flatseal

Installing via CLI

With Internet Access

Installing

Run the following command

pmedit-cli.exe --license=email,licenseID

Releasing

Run the following command

pmedit-cli.exe --releaseLicense

Without Internet Access

Installing

  1. Run
pmedit-cli.exe --offline --license=email,licenseID

You will see the following output

Here is your license acquire request, use in the the dashboard to obtain actual license.

E6jCAWKS+aaQyHOpy3QdvAWBaMURXdHHHwf2RsJF2fpdVpTREjcew8OCfrxGkL9ZX/LnAI56YhJs
TVYkVOuNXXldwUryh4PgBaqGq6DvKT0wlfTw96aiicasl1sxVO6FO849guLT2vVy58cqWa7T2Uo+
vOkFenQE536GXqdg6M9Ua7o=
  1. Go to your dashboard, click on the Actions button for the License ID you have used in the previous step and select Offline License
  2. Enter the token you obtained from the first step into the form and click Acquire License
  3. You will get a license token, pass it back to the command line like so:
pmedit-cli.exe --offline --license=email,licenseID

Output:


Installed license : Success
Licensed to: test@example.com
License ID:  _xbgsdshpVb1YsdquZaGA5
Expires at:  Sun Feb 22 17:48:09 EET 2026

Releasing

pmedit-cli.exe --offline --releaseLicense

You will see the following output

Here is your license release request, use in the the dashboard to release the license.

CK3CtsWQPiIi8dMUiH1iMGMe5asadf/wd1bSe4znZoE0Qb5FKwCT6QH5ebV8FwQ+GfmcCu24tj7l4
s1weDOt7fhzR+mjiJJmy81rGjS4a3d2C6Q0qvw/tIQMwvkmCvg9DvwGpdFBFqSHpiEDz59mhR3foM
idTWfV77AG5kvUvk6QyO9XizIkuywNg0cZFKqAHzAZk+YU5QpPH4bEwWu+DuUhEp
  1. Go to your dashboard, click on the Actions button for the License ID you have used in the previous step and select Release Offline License
  2. Enter the token you obtained from the first step into the form and click Release License

Showing the currently installed License

pmedit-cli.exe --showLicense

Output:


Installed license : Success
Licensed to: test@example.com
License ID:  _xbgsdshpVb1YsdquZaGA5
Expires at:  Sun Feb 22 17:48:09 EET 2026