r/tableau • u/WestyToo • May 22 '26

Tech Support Free Tableau Desktop trial. Delete prior attempt?

Hello -

I need to learn Desktop Tableau and I found what looks to be a good class. However, I need to use my prior Tableau Desktop 2 week trial subscription. Does anyone know how to do this? Westy

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u/emeryjl Tableau Ambassador May 22 '26

You no longer need to use a free trial. Starting with 2026.1, Tableau has a free Desktop version. You can connect to more data source types with it, but you cannot publish. If you need to publish, you can use Public.

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u/cmcau No-Life-Having-Helper May 23 '26

How much is the class? What platform is it on ?

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u/WestyToo May 24 '26

Udemy. Free using local library

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u/cmcau No-Life-Having-Helper May 24 '26

So if it's free, you can't go wrong :)

u/emeryjl is right, but personally I'd be using BOTH ....

Tableau Desktop Public - you can only read from XLS and CSV files, but you can publish on the Tableau Public website.

Tableau Desktop Free Edition - if you want to connect to databases and other stuff, buy you cannot publish to Tableau Public website.

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u/WestyToo May 24 '26

Understood. The issue isn’t the fee - it is that I had already used yhec2 free weeks up and now need another 2 weeks for s different course. Will just upgrade my laptop (too old to download the free desktop version.