# How to accept license of IDA in text mode?

**URL:** <https://community.hex-rays.com/t/how-to-accept-license-of-ida-in-text-mode/850>\
**Category:** IDA General\
**Created:** [October 29, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/how-to-accept-license-of-ida-in-text-mode/850 "2026-10-29T09:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigBug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigBug](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/BigBug)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/how-to-accept-license-of-ida-in-text-mode/850/1 "2026-10-29T09:26:27Z")

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When starting IDA 9.5 text version (idat) I get the message

> FATAL ERROR: License not yet accepted, cannot run in batch mode

But the help text of idat does not contain any info how to accept the license.