If you are attempting to use a trial reset tool in 2026, you will likely find that it no longer works, or works only temporarily. JetBrains has steadily upgraded its licensing infrastructure.
Unofficial resetting attempts to bypass this limitation by tricking the local installation of the IDE into believing a new trial period has begun. These methods do not involve any server‑side manipulation—JetBrains’ licensing servers remain untouched. Instead, they operate entirely on the user’s local machine by deleting or modifying files that track the trial’s expiration.
For several of their most popular languages, JetBrains provides completely free, open-source (such as IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition and PyCharm Community Edition). These versions have no expiration dates and are perfectly legal to use for both personal and professional development. jetbrainsresettrial
The trial version is not feature-restricted. You gain access to every advanced tool, profiler, and integration available to paying subscribers.
jb-reset reset --all --dry-run
While EAP builds might be slightly less stable than the release versions, they are perfectly legal, free, and do not require any sketchy scripts. You simply download the EAP build from the official JetBrains website.
Several community scripts on GitHub automate this process by scanning for installed products and performing the backups and deletions automatically: If you are attempting to use a trial
For many languages, JetBrains offers powerful, fully open-source versions of their IDEs that are free to use forever, even for commercial development: