This article explains how to identify your NVivo version and where to find the license key.
Identify the version number of NVivo
- NVivo R1/2020 or NVivo 14: On the start screen of NVivo click - About NVivo
- NVivo 12 and older: On the start screen of NVivo click File - Help - About NVivo
A dialogue box opens showing:
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- version/release number (including info on installed updates)
- license key number (not usually required; most end-users activate via their myNVivo account, see Activating NVivo)
- Days remaining (until the license expires)
The release number as well as the first numbers of your license key tell you what version you have installed.
See examples below:
| Release | License key starts with | NVivo version |
| 14.23.0 | NVT14 | NVivo 14 |
| 1.7.1 | NVT20 | NVivo R1 (2020) |
| 12.6.1 | NVT12 | NVivo 12 |
| etc. |
Hence, if the first characters of your license key contain a 12 or 11, this means you have NVivo 12 or NVivo 11 installed.
The first letters of your license key tell you what type of license you have installed.
See examples below:
NVD - Demo version
NVT - Time-limited version
NMT - Time limited Mac only
NVP - Perpetual license
NMP - Perpetual license Mac only
NSS - NVivo Server
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