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Oct 21, 2025 8:44 AM UTC
Question

Unable to use my InDesign subscription

I bought an InDesign subscription yesterday, but I'm unable to use it. The Creative Cloud Desktop shows InDesign as not owned, but when I click buy, I get an error message telling me that I already own InDesign. The plan shows up in my account (account.adobe.com), but not in Creative Cloud.

 

 

 

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 22, 2025 9:23 PM UTC

Yesterday (Oct 20) the whole Internet was broken due to the massive AWS outage. 

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participant
Oct 22, 2025 12:35 PM UTC

The issue seems to have resolved iself overnight. Thanks for the assistance!

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kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 22, 2025 12:57 PM UTC

thanks for the update (and good news).

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gupta shivangi
Legend
Oct 21, 2025 11:12 AM UTC

Hi @Brave_kindness9206 ,

We are sorry for the trouble. Could you try the steps listed in this article? https://helpx.adobe.com/in/manage-account/kb/stop-creative-cloud-trial-mode-after-purchase.html

Let us know if it helps.

 

^Shivangi

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kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 21, 2025 12:06 PM UTC

ONLY IF YOUR ACCOUNT SHOWS A SUBSCRIPTION WITH NO PAYMENT PROBLEMS AND THE PREVIOUS LINK FAILS, 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

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