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How to activate Sublime Text Build 4200 x64

Activate Sublime Text Build 4200 x64

  1. Go to https://hexed.it/
  2. Click Open File in the top left corner, navigate to instalation folder and select sublime_text.exe
  3. On the Search for bar in the left panel, input: 0F B6 51 05 83 F2 01
  4. Now in the editor, click on the first byte (0F) and start replacing each byte by: C6 41 05 01 B2 00 90
  5. Finally, in the top left corner again, click on Save as and replace the old executable file with the newly created one.

Enjoy an Unlimited User License!


Author: Wasula Benjamin
Role: UIUX Designer & Developer
Last Updated: 17TH NOVEMBER, 2025

@hson194

hson194 commented Sep 24, 2025

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Thank you @sovedus

@tele-panda

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Had to disable the Rational option otherwise it won't find it.
There's also the replace option, don't have to type it out.

@Ryancelot

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Had to disable the Rational option otherwise it won't find it. There's also the replace option, don't have to type it out.

Many thank!

@nguyen-cong-tri

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i can't

@JPELIRA

JPELIRA commented Nov 13, 2025

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It worked, thank you very much.
I also had to disable Rational to find 0F B6 51 05 83 F2 01 and make the replacement.

@JPELIRA

JPELIRA commented Nov 13, 2025

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i can't

Hi friend.

Disable Rational and then click to search. You will find 0F B6 51 05 83 F2 01, and after that, replace it with C6 41 05 01 B2 00 90.

@4lin

4lin commented Nov 14, 2025

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Gracias, amigo, yo no me lo puedo permitir comprar, se agradece muchísimo.

@getpool

getpool commented Nov 16, 2025

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Is there a way to crack version 4202?

@zren080

zren080 commented Nov 27, 2025

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i can't

Hi friend.

Disable Rational and then click to search. You will find 0F B6 51 05 83 F2 01, and after that, replace it with C6 41 05 01 B2 00 90.

it worked..
thanks friend

@KnightlyCr8

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Still showed unregistered

@appleshan

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Linux:  Linux:

sudo cp /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text.bak
sudo sed -i 's/\x0F\xB6\x51\x05\x83\xF2\x01/\xC6\x41\x05\x01\xB2\x00\x90/' /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text

Thank you

@khaihkd

khaihkd commented Jan 15, 2026

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Linux:

sudo cp /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text.bak
sudo sed -i 's/\x0F\xB6\x51\x05\x83\xF2\x01/\xC6\x41\x05\x01\xB2\x00\x90/' /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text

@sovedus do you know how to activate on macOS?

@sovedus

sovedus commented Jan 15, 2026

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@khaihkd
If you have sed, it should be enough to replace the path to the executable file.

@ia-S-on

ia-S-on commented Jan 24, 2026

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Thank you @sovedus !!!!

@suntao12138

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@sovedus Thank you very much !!!!

@Sam05dz

Sam05dz commented Feb 16, 2026

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Well Done great Thx !

@DwngKhoi

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Its cool man,thanks u very much!

@jbeddoes

jbeddoes commented Mar 15, 2026

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Linux:

sudo cp /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text.bak
sudo sed -i 's/\x0F\xB6\x51\x05\x83\xF2\x01/\xC6\x41\x05\x01\xB2\x00\x90/' /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text

do you know how to activate on macOS?

macOS: use homebrew gnu-sed (gsed) then

sudo gsed -i 's/\x0F\xB6\x51\x05\x83\xF2\x01/\xC6\x41\x05\x01\xB2\x00\x90/' /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_text

@manojmiyani92

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@jbeddoes getting this error: gsed: couldn't open temporary file /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sedkSVsli: Operation not permitted

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@jbeddoes getting this error: gsed: couldn't open temporary file /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sedkSVsli: Operation not permitted

../sedkSVsli isn't a bin we're targeting here. Your target is ../sublime_text
@sovedus recommends you make a backup of this file before using sed/gsed. Which on macOS you'd use the following two commands in terminal:
1: sudo cp /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_text /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_text.bak
2: sudo gsed -i 's/\x0F\xB6\x51\x05\x83\xF2\x01/\xC6\x41\x05\x01\xB2\x00\x90/' /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_text

@keshavakrishnansk

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Awesome Hack!!!!!

@bangbuiduc

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Linux:

sudo cp /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text.bak
sudo sed -i 's/\x0F\xB6\x51\x05\x83\xF2\x01/\xC6\x41\x05\x01\xB2\x00\x90/' /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text

Thank you @sovedus

@alvaroogarciia1

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If u want to use it on windows, just open Powershell as administrator and copy this:

  1. copy "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text\sublime_text.exe" "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text\sublime_text.exe.bak"
  2. $file = "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text\sublime_text.exe"
    $bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($file)

$search = [byte[]](0x0F, 0xB6, 0x51, 0x05, 0x83, 0xF2, 0x01)
$replace = [byte[]](0xC6, 0x41, 0x05, 0x01, 0xB2, 0x00, 0x90)

for ($i = 0; $i -le $bytes.Length - $search.Length; $i++) {
$match = $true
for ($j = 0; $j -lt $search.Length; $j++) {
if ($bytes[$i + $j] -ne $search[$j]) { $match = $false; break }
}
if ($match) {
[Array]::Copy($replace, 0, $bytes, $i, $replace.Length)
break
}
}

[System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($file, $bytes)

@tonidamai

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Thank you @sovedus , great!!

@githubAnirban

githubAnirban commented May 25, 2026

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Using https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_build_4200_mac.zip

OS : MAC M5

I am trying this approch: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wasulabenjamin/2980f274ebde9bf56b54aa7cc550cf02/raw/cf258535a584bb1236e8a5b92621247940cf26da/How%2520to%2520activate%2520Sublime%2520Text%2520Build%25204200%2520x64.md

While trying to search "0F B6 51 05 83 F2 01", its says "There is no data matching your search criteria."

can someone please help!

@Crombain

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how to replace? Sorry for d*mb question, but I dont see this function

@marviha1

marviha1 commented Jun 3, 2026

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sudo cp /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text.bak
sudo sed -i 's/\x0F\xB6\x51\x05\x83\xF2\x01/\xC6\x41\x05\x01\xB2\x00\x90/' /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text

Thanks bro!

@thechoosen1980

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Great share but the native web hex editor didn't work as it used to. I couldn't insert the new value, then i proceeded to
install a different hexeditor and then only it replaced the entire string or value and boom full version.
Cheers

@Apofis

Apofis commented Jun 15, 2026

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Bro, nothing for Sublime Text Build 4205? I don't find a complete reference (in this version) with your trick.

@thechoosen1980

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ya just checked and there are no value if someone could come up with.

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