Manage AnyDesk clients

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License: Standard, Advanced, or Ultimate-Cloud 

This article explains how to add AnyDesk clients to your license, modify client settings in real time, and remove clients when no longer needed.

Once installed, a client can be managed directly from my.anydesk II, with changes applied instantly, no reinstallation required. Real-time configuration requires Central Management to be activated.


Add a client to your license

There are two ways of how you can license your AnyDesk client:

  • Activate the license key in the client

  • Create a custom client linked to the license and install it on your device

To add a client to your license:

  1. Sign in to my.anydesk II, open the Clients tab, and click Add Client.

  2. In the pop-up window, copy the License Key value.
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  3. Open your AnyDesk client and in the upper-right corner of the client, click  settings button > Change License Key....
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  4. In the Change License Key section, paste the copied license key and click Activate license key.

After that, the AnyDesk client will be linked to your license and you will be able to see it in the Clients tab.


Edit client’s settings

With Central Management activated, you can adjust settings on individual clients without reinstallation, such as

  • adjust client type (Incoming only, Outgoing only, or Bidirectional)

  • update security settings

  • manage access to certain features in the client

  • edit session permission profiles

All changes will be automatically applied to the specific client instantly.

Create client configuration

To apply client configuration:

  1. Sign in to my.anydesk II and in the Activate Central Management section, click Provide Private Key.  

    💡 To learn how to get your Private Key, see What is a Private Key?

  2. Paste the key and click Continue.

  3. Go to Clients and select the client you want to edit.

  4. On the opened page, click Options > Create configuration.

  5. On the opened page, make changes to the following sections:  

    • Client Type - adjust client type (Incoming only, Outgoing only, or Bidirectional).

    • Security - update security settings.

    • Advanced - override default AnyDesk settings by using key-value pairs.

    • Features - manage access to certain features in the client.

    • Session permission profiles - edit session permission profiles.

  6. Click Save Config.

Any modifications made to the client will be automatically applied to it.

To check if the changes were successfully applied, in the About section, the Dynamic Configuration field will change from Unconfigured to Configured.

You can also review the list of changes made to the client by navigating to Options > Configuration History.

Delete client configuration

You can also revert settings back to the default client version.

To delete client configurations:

  1. Go to Clients and select the client you want to edit.

  2. On the opened page, click Options > Delete configuration.

  3. In the confirmation window, click Delete configuration.

All custom edits are removed, and client returns to default settings.


Remove client from your license

You can remove a client from your license by following instructions in this article. Once removed, the AnyDesk client (and the device) will be unlinked from the license and assigned to the free version of AnyDesk.