If you purchased a license but are still seeing the free version, there are a few possible reasons:
- You used a different email address to purchase Screencastify than what you are currently signing in with.
- You assigned your license to a different email address than the one you are currently using.
- Screencastify has not yet linked with your Google account and the connection needs to be refreshed.
- Your device is not recognizing the paid version
You Used a Different Email Address
You can check to see which email address you are currently using with Screencastify by going to your Subscription page: https://app.screencastify.com/account/subscription.
You can also check by clicking on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) from the Record extension:
Please make sure that your email address matches the one that you used to purchase Screencastify. If you are signed in with a different account, please sign out and sign back in using your Google account that matches the one you used to purchase Screencastify.
Check Your License Assignment
If you're still seeing our free version after you have paid for Screencastify and verified the email address is correct, please check which email your license is assigned to:
- Visit your Users page: https://app.screencastify.com/account/users
- Ensure that the email listed under Manage Licenses is the correct one. If not, you can change it here and click "Save":
NOTE: The email address must be a Google account to be able to sign into Screencastify.
Once you have updated this email address, please sign out and back into the extension and check if it's been upgraded.
Re-establish a Connection with Google Drive
Step 1: Sign out and back in to the extension
- Open the extension's Main Menu
- Click "Sign Out"
- Click "Sign In with Google"
IMPORTANT: Make sure that the email you're signed in to the extension with is the same one that you purchased your license with.
You can also sign-in and out on the Screencastify Dashboard by clicking "Sign Out" and then clicking "Sign in with Google":
Clear cache and additional troubleshooting
Clear cache- Copy and paste chrome://settings/clearBrowserData into a Chrome tab and click Enter. Select All time from the time range drop-down, and click Clear data.
Hard refresh-
- To hard refresh Chrome on Windows/PC: Hold down Ctrl and press the reload button or F5
- To hard refresh Chrome on Mac: Hold down Shift and press the reload button, or hold down Command, Shift, and press the 'R' key
- To hard refresh Chrome on a Chromebook: Hold the Ctrl/Shift key and press the 'R' key or the reload icon from the navigation toolbar.
Restart Chrome-If that doesn't work trying restarting Chrome. Sometimes Chrome needs a fresh start to reload all of the extensions you are using. You can type chrome://restart into the browser bar and click Enter.
Restart computer-As a final measure please restart your computer, as this may remove whatever is blocking the license from syncing to your email address.
If you have tried all of the steps above and are you are still having trouble signing into and using your Screencastify account, please reach out to us and we'll be happy to help!