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

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.