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Silhouette Studio Upgrade Editions Overview

The Silhouette Studio software provides a number of design tools and options that allow you to easily use content from the Silhouette Design Store, use existing designs and manipulate them, or design and create your own content.


Aside from the free Basic Edition that can be downloaded and installed on your PC or Mac computer, upgrade editions are offered to optionally unlock additional features and software tools.

Software Upgrade Purchase


Upgrades are a one-time purchase tied to your Silhouette account. Once purchased and applied to your account, you can upgrade up to 3 concurrent personal devices.

Upgrade Edition Features


The following upgrade editions are available for purchase.



Applying Silhouette Studio Upgrade (License Key)

Silhouette Studio license keys unlock upgraded editions on up to three personal devices simultaneously. Software upgrades are optional purchases.


Once a license key has been applied to your Silhouette account, the upgrade edition for Silhouette Studio will be unlocked as you sign into your account in the software. This software upgrade is tied directly to your account and cannot be shared with others.


Click here to purchase a software upgrade now.

Purchased from Silhouette


If you have purchased a software upgrade directly from SilhouetteAmerica.com, the license key will automatically be applied to the account you purchased it under, and you can do the following to unlock your upgrade edition.


NOTE: This will work for instances where the software has lost the upgrade and reverted back to the Standard Edition, or if you're just applying the upgrade to a new computer you own. We recommend using the latest software version to ensure proper application.


  1. Open Silhouette Studio
  2. Go to Help > Apply Upgrade Edition
  3. Enter your Silhouette account information (your email address and password)
  4. Click on the 'Activate' button


The software will check your account and apply the software upgrade automatically.


NOTE: If the above steps fail or you are not seeing the same options in the software, please make sure you have updated your software to version 4.5 or higher as instructed above.

Purchased from Authorized Retail Partner


If you have purchased a license key from one of our Authorized Retail partners, you can do the following to apply the license key and unlock your upgrade edition:


NOTE: We strongly recommend using the latest software version to ensure proper application.


  1. Open Silhouette Studio
  2. Go to Help > Apply Upgrade Edition
  3. Enter your Silhouette account information (your email address and password)
  4. Click on the 'Activate' button
  5. Enter the license key code when prompted


After you have applied the upgrade to your account from any device, you will no longer need to enter your license key code on other future devices.


NOTE: If the above steps fail or you are not seeing the same options in the software, please make sure you have updated your software to version 4.5 or higher as instructed above.

Locating Your License Key Code


Click here if you need help locating your license key code.


Deactivating Silhouette Studio Upgrade

To deactivate your Silhouette Studio upgrade edition on any of your computers:

  1. Open Silhouette Studio
    NOTE: You must be running the latest version for the following steps to work properly
  2. Go to the Help menu
  3. Select the Sign out option
  4. Confirm you want to sign out by clicking on the "Sign Out" button