Reset trial Navicat 15, Navicat 16, Navicat 17 on Linux

reset-trial-navicat.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Author: NakamuraOS <https://github.com/nakamuraos>
# Latest update: 03/19/2025
# Tested on Navicat 15.x, 16.x, 17.x on Debian, Ubuntu.

BGRED="\e[1;97;41m"
ENDCOLOR="\e[0m"

echo -e "${BGRED}                                            ${ENDCOLOR}"
echo -e "${BGRED}  ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐  ${ENDCOLOR}"
echo -e "${BGRED}  │            !!! WARNING !!!           │  ${ENDCOLOR}"
echo -e "${BGRED}  ├──────────────────────────────────────┤  ${ENDCOLOR}"
echo -e "${BGRED}  │      ALL DATA can be destroyed.      │  ${ENDCOLOR}"
echo -e "${BGRED}  │   Always BACKUP before continuing.   │  ${ENDCOLOR}"
echo -e "${BGRED}  └──────────────────────────────────────┘  ${ENDCOLOR}"
echo -e "${BGRED}                                            ${ENDCOLOR}"

echo -e "Report issues:\n> https://gist.github.com/nakamuraos/717eb99b5e145ed11cd754ad3714b302\n"
echo -e "Reset trial \e[1mNavicat Premium\e[0m:"

if [[ ! $1 =~ ^--?[Yy]([eE][sS])?$ ]]; then
  read -p "Are you sure? (y/N) " -r
  echo
  if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]([eE][sS])?$ ]]; then
    echo "Aborted."
    exit 0
  fi
fi

echo "Starting reset..."
DATE=$(date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')

# Backup
echo "=> Creating a backup..."
cp ~/.config/dconf/user ~/.config/dconf/user.$DATE.bk
echo "The user dconf backup was created at $HOME/.config/dconf/user.$DATE.bk"
cp ~/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences.json ~/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences.json.$DATE.bk
echo "The Navicat preferences backup was created at $HOME/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences.json.$DATE.bk"

# Clear data in dconf
echo "=> Resetting..."
dconf reset -f /com/premiumsoft/navicat-premium/
echo "The user dconf data was reset"

# Remove data fields in config file
sed -i -E 's/,?"([A-F0-9]+)":\{([^\}]+)},?//g' ~/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences.json
echo "The Navicat preferences was reset"

# Done
echo "Done."

exit 0

What distro do you use?

I am using Ubuntu 22.04

What distro do you use?

I am using Ubuntu 22.04

Can you show screenshot how do run command, and the result? It works good on ubuntu 22.04

that's my terminal

@Cien267 use
sudo ./reset-trial-navicat.sh
I think this script uses bash commands in it. And sh can't normally execute

@dotmitsu
I try chmod +x and run "./" instead of "sh" and it works. Thank you very much <3

confirm it works on 17.0

really works. Thank you

confirm it works on 17.1
Thank you

it works

find preferences.json preferences.json.lock
remove them
start navicat

Is there a win version available

Funciona, muchas gracias

Is there no chance of data or databases being deleted?

Is there no chance of data or databases being deleted?

Short answer: No, absolute.

Navicat is a database management tool, and it doesn't store your data. The connections in Navicat are just login information and configurations to access databases on remote servers.

This script only modifies Navicat's trial data (such as registry entries or configuration files), it won't affect your actual database data. However, it's still a good idea to backup your navicat data in case you have multiple important connection configurations, and newer versions of Navicat have changes in how connection configurations are stored.