Troubleshoot licensing error 205 for Creative Cloud apps

App may be facing a temporary glitch

Sign out and sign back in to the Adobe app.

Credential Manager still has older credentials

Creative Cloud desktop app is outdated

App may be facing a temporary glitch

Sign out and sign back in to the Adobe app.

Apple Keychain still has older credentials

Alternatively, you can run the following command in Terminal to delete your Keychain credentials:

security dump-keychain | grep -i "Adobe App Info \|Adobe App Prefetched Info" | grep -i svce | awk -F "=" '{print $2}' | cut -d '"' -f2 | while read -r line; do security delete-generic-password -s "$line" > /dev/null ; done

Device lacks necessary privileges for Keychain Access

Ensure that you have the appropriate privileges for Keychain Access. You should be able to create a Secure Note in the login keychain.

Keychain may have a temporary glitch

You need to lock and unlock Keychain.

Account policies are blocking Keychain Access

Ensure that there are no restricted or enforced policies on your account that might be blocking Keychain Access.

Keychain may still have older credentials

If you've changed your user (or keychain) password recently, try restarting the system. Learn how to update your keychain password on macOS.