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

reset-trial-navicat.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Author: NakamuraOS <https://github.com/nakamuraos>
# Latest update: 03/19/2025
# Tested with Navicat 15.x, 16.x, and 17.x on Debian and 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..."
mkdir -p ~/.config/dconf/user-backup ~/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences-backup
cp ~/.config/dconf/user ~/.config/dconf/user-backup/user.$DATE
echo "The user dconf backup was created at $HOME/.config/dconf/user-backup/user.$DATE"
cp ~/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences.json ~/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences-backup/preferences.json.$DATE
echo "The Navicat preferences backup was created at $HOME/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences-backup/preferences.json.$DATE"

if ! command -v dconf &>/dev/null; then
    echo "=> dconf is not installed. Installing..."

    if command -v apt-get &>/dev/null; then
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y dconf-cli
    elif command -v dnf &>/dev/null; then
        sudo dnf install -y dconf
    elif command -v yum &>/dev/null; then
        sudo yum install -y dconf
    elif command -v pacman &>/dev/null; then
        sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm dconf
    else
        echo "Package manager not supported. Please install dconf manually."
        exit 1
    fi
fi

# 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 any way to "hide" the trial reminder?

help, doesnt work for me, ubuntu 22.04.. stil unregister,

yoshisdw@yoshisdw:$ ps aux | grep navicat
yoshisdw 16149 1.1 0.0 6184 4092 ? Ssl 09:01 0:02 /home/yoshisdw/Downloads/navicat17-premium-en-x86_64.AppImage
yoshisdw 16232 0.0 0.0 9224 2560 pts/0 S+ 09:04 0:00 grep --color=auto navicat
yoshisdw@yoshisdw:$

but its done

yoshisdw@yoshisdw:~/Downloads$ ./reset-trial-navicat.sh

┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ !!! WARNING !!! │
├──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ALL DATA can be destroyed. │
│ Always BACKUP before continuing. │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘

Report issues:

https://gist.github.com/nakamuraos/717eb99b5e145ed11cd754ad3714b302

Reset trial Navicat Premium:
Are you sure? (y/N) y

Starting reset...
=> Creating a backup...
The user dconf backup was created at /home/yoshisdw/.config/dconf/user-backup/user.20251115_090208
The Navicat preferences backup was created at /home/yoshisdw/.config/navicat/Premium/preferences-backup/preferences.json.20251115_090208
=> Resetting...
The user dconf data was reset
The Navicat preferences was reset
Done.
yoshisdw@yoshisdw:~/Downloads$

@yoshiosdw, did you close Navicat before running this script? Your log shows Navicat was still open when you executed it.

Not working on macOS (i run as sudo)

Not working on macOS (i run as sudo)

@xaronnn This script is for Linux only. For Windows and macOS, please check my blog.