# Update Your License File

When you get a new `licensekey.dat` file, you can update your existing license by simply replacing the old one in your License Server directory.

NOTE: Before you update a license, Micro Focus recommends that you back up your old license key file.

You do not need to restart License Server, because it reads the new license the next time it receives a license request from one your components.

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