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January 12, 2026
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Yearly subscription paid but no access

  • January 12, 2026
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I am posting on here as I feel I cannot get any help via online chat support here in the UK and I fear I might lose my mind...

Basically after years of paying a monthly subscription for Photoshop, I decided to pay annually and save a little bit money. This was on the 21st of October 2025 and the payment went through and I have the invoice from Adobe in my account and my bank statement.

However, I went to use Photoshop today (I am an illustrator and designer) for the fisrt time since renewing and it says i need to pay. The annual subscription is not on my plan page, I paid 3 months ago and there is no subscription in my account. I have tried to get it sorted via chat but they simply said i had to wait which is unacceptable.

I have lots of work i need to do for commissions, starting tomorrow and i need to be able to access PS for my work to do my job.

If i try and click the change payment button that comes with an error message too so i am wondering if it could be linked somehow? I have tried all the advice found on forums, uninstalling, cache deleting, different browsers and I only have one email address verfied and associated with my account.

My support code is: ADB-43426408-V8F0: Subscription activation if anyone has a clue please let me know. 

 

 

2 replies

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 12, 2026

1. Open CC Desktop App.
2. Click your Avatar (top right image) > Preferences > General tab > Settings. Select "Always keep Creative Cloud up to date."
3. Click on your Avatar again.
4. Sign-out of Creative Cloud.
5. Close all apps.
6. Restart your computer.
7. Open CC Desktop app.
8. Click your Avatar.
9. Sign-in with your paid ID and password.

 

Good luck!

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 12, 2026

start here, https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/kb/stop-creative-cloud-trial-mode-after-purchase.html

 

ONLY IF YOUR ACCOUNT SHOWS A SUBSCRIPTION WITH NO PAYMENT PROBLEMS, proceed to these steps -

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/resolve-trial-and-license-expired-errors.html

 

and if that fails, https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/adobe-license-issues-keychain-credential-mgr.html

 

additionally, below are solutions some users reported:

 

if those all fail, change your cc language. eg, try international english

if that fails, change the install location

Jeffrey_A_Wright
Legend
January 12, 2026

Hannac, thanks for posting. I see that you got in touch with our support team. Please use the steps listed at https://adobe.ly/49wps95 if you need to make any additional updates to your support case ADB-43426408-V8F0. ^JW