# Assign, move or take back a licence

_Billing · 4 min read · Updated 2026-10-21 · https://lanachat.ai/guides/assign-and-move-licences/_

A licence in your stock does nothing until you give it to a Telegram account. From then on, its days count down on that account (30 days for a new licence). You can move a running licence to another account, or take it back to your stock, at any time and for free: the days left always travel with it.

Everything happens in **Billing**, **Licences** tab, in the **Telegram accounts** table.

![The Telegram accounts table: days left, auto-renew and actions for each account](https://lanachat.ai/guides/img/assign-and-move-licences/accounts.png)
## Read the table

- **Creator** and **Account**: the creator and the Telegram account (its @ or its name).
- **Days left**: a bar and "N/30". It changes look in the last 3 days.
- **Auto-renew**: a switch per account. See [Licence expiry and auto-renew](https://lanachat.ai/guides/licence-expiry-and-auto-renew/).
- **Actions**: **Assign**, **Reassign**, **Unassign** or **Renew**, depending on the state.

Narrow the list with the **Creator** picker and the state switch: **All**, **Active**, **Expiring soon**, **Expired**, **No licence**. Choose 10, 25 or 50 rows per page at the bottom.

## Give a licence to an account

1. Click **No licence** to see the accounts that have none.
2. Press **Assign** on the account. A licence leaves your stock: the stock licence with the fewest days left is used first: its remaining days, or 30 days if it is new. Auto-renew is on by default; turn it off with the switch in the **Auto-renew** column.

![Accounts without a licence, with Assign](https://lanachat.ai/guides/img/assign-and-move-licences/no-licence.png)
> Note: Assign needs a licence in stock. With an empty stock, [buy licences](https://lanachat.ai/guides/buy-licences/) first.

## Move a licence to another account

Useful when an account is banned, retired, or when a creator stops and another starts.

1. Press **Reassign** on the account that has the licence.
2. In **Move to**, pick the new account. Only accounts without a running licence are listed.
3. Press **Reassign**.

![Reassign: the licence keeps its days left, for free](https://lanachat.ai/guides/img/assign-and-move-licences/reassign.png)
The licence keeps its days left: a licence with 4 days left gives the new account 4 days. Reassigning is free.

## Take a licence back to your stock

1. Press **Unassign** on the account.
2. Read the confirmation: "The AI stops replying on @account. The licence goes back to your stock with its N days left."
3. Press **Unassign** (or **Keep** to cancel).

![Unassign: Lana stops on that account, the licence returns to your stock](https://lanachat.ai/guides/img/assign-and-move-licences/unassign.png)
> Warning: Unassigning stops Lana on that account right away. Fans who write to it no longer get replies from her.

Every move is written in **Stock history** at the bottom of the tab: "Assigned to @account", "Moved from @a to @b", "Back from @account", with the stock after each line.

## Questions

### Does moving a licence reset it to 30 days?

No. It keeps exactly the days it had. A licence taken from the stock brings its own days: the stock licence with the fewest days left is used first: its remaining days, or 30 days if it is new.

### Is there a limit to how often I can move a licence?

No limit is shown in the Console, and moving is free.

## Related

- [Buy licences](https://lanachat.ai/guides/buy-licences/)
- [Licence expiry and auto-renew](https://lanachat.ai/guides/licence-expiry-and-auto-renew/)
- [Telegram Accounts: accounts, pool load and stories](https://lanachat.ai/guides/telegram-accounts/)