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Managing your GitHub Advanced Security licensing

You can add or remove GitHub Advanced Security licenses for your enterprise.

Who can use this feature

Enterprise owners can manage licensing for GitHub Advanced Security.

GitHub Advanced Security is available for enterprise accounts on GitHub Enterprise Cloud. Some features of GitHub Advanced Security are also available for public repositories on GitHub.com. For more information, see "GitHub’s products."

About licensing for GitHub Advanced Security

Each license for GitHub Advanced Security specifies a maximum number of accounts that can use these features. Each active committer to at least one repository with the feature enabled uses one license. A committer is considered active if one of their commits has been pushed to the repository within the last 90 days, regardless of when it was originally authored. For more information about committer numbers, see "About billing for GitHub Advanced Security." For information about purchasing a license, see "Signing up for GitHub Advanced Security."

Managing the number of GitHub Advanced Security committers

  1. In the top-right corner of GitHub.com, click your profile photo, then click Your enterprises. "Your enterprises" in drop-down menu for profile photo on GitHub Enterprise Cloud

  2. In the list of enterprises, click the enterprise you want to view.

  3. In the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.

  4. In the left sidebar, click Enterprise licensing. "Enterprise licensing" tab in the enterprise account settings sidebar

  5. Under "GitHub Advanced Security", click Committers. Screenshot showing committer dropdown in the Advanced Security licensing section

  6. Under "Committers", click Manage committers. Screenshot showing "Manage committers" button in the Advanced Security licensing screen

  7. Under "Total committers", click the plus or minus buttons to add or remove committers. Screenshot showing "Manage committers" button in the Advanced Security licensing screen

  8. Click Update committers.

Canceling your GitHub Advanced Security subscription

  1. In the top-right corner of GitHub.com, click your profile photo, then click Your enterprises. "Your enterprises" in drop-down menu for profile photo on GitHub Enterprise Cloud

  2. In the list of enterprises, click the enterprise you want to view.

  3. In the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings.

  4. In the left sidebar, click Enterprise licensing. "Enterprise licensing" tab in the enterprise account settings sidebar

  5. To the right of "GitHub Advanced Security", click Manage, then click Cancel Subscription. Manage drop down in the GitHub Advanced Security licensing screen

  6. To confirm your cancellation, click I understand, cancel Advanced Security.