How to RENEW your Fusion 360 Personal Use license | Get Fusion 360 for Free

Fusion 360 has a free Personal Use license which can be renewed every single year - as long as you still qualify. Kevin will walk you through the quick (yet confusing) steps it takes to renew your Fusion 360 license.

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0:00 - How do I renew my Fusion 360 for free?
0:16 - What happens when the free Fusion 360 license expires?
0:57 - Where to renew Fusion 360 Personal Use license
1:58 - Add year to Fusion 360 license for Hobbyists
2:41 - Check that Fusion 360 license updated correctly

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[jamiethomas]

Kevin, you are a good man and a saviour to those of us on the hobby side of the community who can't afford to keep renewing a paid license with Fusion. My greatest thanks for this tutorial, I just renwed my hobbyist license.

[HyyskanPolttaja]

Thanks Kevin! This must be the most helpful 3, 5 minute video ever. ( Though Autodesk will hate you for making it.. ;)

[helge]

This got me .
-I was ready to drop fusion for good.
But after contacting you and you showed me how to renew i got it working again.
I love these videos and owe my user knowlage to you. 10 out of 10 stars from me.
And i tell every body that if you want to learn fusion see your videos hope you dont
( The issue for me is i simply cant afford or justify buying the program, and i say this as an hobbyist and as a retired firefighter in his early 50s. that are creative and love to pickup new knowhow )

[spyrosspyrou]

I managed to renew my license before seeing this video and, yes, Autodesk certainly don't make it easy. I actually did end up downloading the software again but, when it went to install, it immediately told me that I already had the most up to date version already installed and I was able to use it straight away. Your way was definitely easier though and I wish I'd watched your video first. Keep up the good work Kevin. I'm definitely a fan.

[mario]

Ihr wisst gar nicht, wie glücklich Ihr mich damit gemacht habt. Ich bin so begeistert, auf welch einfache Weise man bei Fusion 360 konstruieren kann. Ich bin da völliger Leihe, aber ich konnte mit wenig Zeitaufwand schon viel konstruieren und es anschließend 3D Drucken. Es gibt ja auch so viele hilfreiche Video´s die einem alles zeigen und erklären. Vielen herzlichen Dank für die Info der freien Benutzung für den persönlichen Gebrauch!!!

[adamshields]

Kevin, you're always amazing. Once covid hit, I had to do work from home. My passion for 3D printing was put on complete halt as the rig I need to do work usurped my workspace at home. My home PC (which was new at the time) and all of my 3D printing equipment had to be disassembled so I could work from home... for 2 weeks. Well, more than 2 years later, I still do not have my rig available but I did want to start modelling a few things for some of the hobbies I picked up in this time. Once again, you were here with excellent videos and honestly, I will always wish you the best. This video is as helpful as all your others in that it is thorough, insightful, and frankly miles above the rest. Good luck to you in all you do.

[nanastos]

Super helpful... was seriously freaking out that i would have to start paying for the personal license. Thanks for the info! keep up the awesome content.

[andycavell]

Kevin I love you for this, not only have you done a great job in teaching me Fusion 360 which is the cornerstone of my favourite hobby. But this is awesome I was genuinely gutted whem my free use license expired and got no hint at all from Autodesk that it could be renewed much less so easily! Thank you!

[airwavested]

Thank you Kevin! Now it's no longer a case of Confusion 360 renewal!

[vistathingy]

Thanks for trailblazing and clarifying the byzantine license renewal obstacle course. I waited about 2 minutes (rather than 30) before re-logging into Fusion 360. For a split second I think I saw the orange "expired" button, but a screen flicker later, it disappeared and I'm able to access and modify my files.

[musoangelo]

Hey Kevin, thanks for this. I viewed this vid when you first posted. Today I logged on, first time in a while and my year was up. I followed your instructions, to the letter and it worked perfectly. That's why I'm a pateron supporter. I've spent too much of my life on hold with tech support in other area's and to have someone walk you through so your up and running in a half hour, (before you come across it for the first time) well that more than worth the cost for me. Thanks again.

[brianspoelman]

My expiry date for Fusion360 is in 3 days. Watching this now so I know what to do! Thank you so much!

[madddog]

_Thanks Kevin!_
You are the only one (and last) of several places I checked that stated it is renewable

[Sarwiz]

I just did this 5 days ago, very confusing, but you HAVE TO WAIT at least 30 min, better to wait an hour, then it works fine. Hoping to be able to sell some designs in the future so i can go for the paid version at some point. Thanks for the video Kev, another great one.

[nico-wddx]

Had to find this again to renew my license, good to see it still works! Thank you!

[barirwin]

Thanks so much for this. i hadn't opened fusion for a while and freaked when I saw the 500 buck subscription. your method worked perfectly.

[GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Thanks pal! I waited 3 minutes before signing in and all good :)

[crossthreadaeroindustries]

You win the Internet for the day with this video. Wow, what is up with Autodesk??? It is almost like they don't want non-paying users! Imagine... Your method worked despite a considerable amount of doubt I must now confess to.

[jamiethomas]

For another year I thank you for this helpful how to renew the license. Much appreciated Kevin.

[davinderk]

Thank you. I can't believe this worked. I thought I was going to lose my work.