# Cannot remove trial watermarks

**URL:** <https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-remove-trial-watermarks/1976>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-remove-trial-watermarks/1976 "2022-08-23T15:25:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![msmakriy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@msmakriy](https://pdfjs.community/u/msmakriy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-remove-trial-watermarks/1976/1 "2022-08-23T15:25:14Z")

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**Which product are you using?**  
PDF.js Express Viewer

**PDF.js Express Version**  
‘8.7.0’

**Detailed description of issue**  
I created a free license key for PDF.js Express (View only) but I still get trial watermarks on my pdfs.

**Expected behaviour**  
No watermarks

**Does your issue happen with every document, or just one?**  
Every document

**Link to document**  
N/A

**Code snippet**  
N/A

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pdfjscommunity/original/1X/ffbcd25c7d423db8d5acd5db201c272f4db306dd.png) [@system](https://pdfjs.community/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-remove-trial-watermarks/1976/3 "2022-08-23T15:25:19Z")

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**Hello, I’m Ron, an automated tech support bot 🤖**

While you wait for one of our customer support representatives to get back to you, please check out some of these documentation pages:

Guides:
- [Adding your license key - PDF.js Express Plus License Keys](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/get-started/add-license-key#pdf.js-express-plus-license-keys-<span-class='plus'></span>)
- [PDF.js Express Viewer Overview - What is PDF.js Express Viewer?](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/get-started-viewer#what-is-pdf.js-express-viewer?)
- [Integrating PDF.js Express Viewer into an existing Blazor project - Prerequisites](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/get-started-viewer/blazor/exist-project#prerequisites)

APIs:
- [PDF.js Express Utilities](https://pdfjs.express/api/utils/index.html#__anchor)
- [ExpressUtils(optionsopt) - # async watermark(options) → {Promise.}](https://pdfjs.express/api/utils/ExpressUtils.html#watermark__anchor)
- [Core.Document - getDownloadLink( [options])](https://pdfjs.express/api/Core.Document.html#getDownloadLink__anchor)

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**Author:** ![msmakriy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@msmakriy](https://pdfjs.community/u/msmakriy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-remove-trial-watermarks/1976/4 "2022-08-23T16:16:37Z")

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Looks like it is only for localhost. Is there a way to remove it from localhost?

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**Author:** ![zserviss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9a28c/32.png) [@zserviss](https://pdfjs.community/u/zserviss)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-remove-trial-watermarks/1976/5 "2022-08-23T16:38:49Z")

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Hi Msmakriy,

Unfortunately you cannot remove the watermark on localhost.

Best Regards,  
Zach Serviss  
Web Development Support Engineer  
PDFTron Systems, Inc.

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