Last Updated on 1st February 2023
HWID (hardware) bans on Apex Legends are the hardest to bypass since, apart from your IP address being banned, there are also one or multiple hardware parts with unique identifiers(IDs) blocked by Apex Legends. Game companies are looking for better and more effective ways to ban cheaters in-game that’s why a lot of them, including Apex Legends, have started HWID banning players based on their hardware parts permanently in the last few years.
While as I said above, the Apex Legends hardware id ban mainly applies to cheaters in-game and people who break the rules. But there are some cases when users will get hardware banned without an obvious reason.
Whatever your case may be, in this article, you will find all the information you need to spoof and change your hardware IDs to bypass an HWID ban in Apex Legends. You will get un hardware banned in Apex Legends. This process will take some time, so you have to be patient and careful with the instructions below.
This method will not unban your Apex Legends account, but it will allow you to play again on your PC permanently.
To get unbanned from the hardware ban on Apex Legends with 100% success, you should do every step of this guide in the same order as shown below and not skip a single one. If you miss anything, you’ll most likely fail to get unbanned on Apex Legends, and you will have to redo everything.
SLOTHYTECH DOESN’T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
The content you will find in this post is for educational and research purposes only.
You are not encouraged to use these methods or techniques.
I’ve collected into a folder all the files and tools you will need to change your HWIDs, and IP / MAC addresses, and bypass the HWID ban on Apex Legends. The same exact method can be used to bypass hardware ban in any game.
HWID Bypass Files
YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS GUIDE WITHOUT DOWNLOADING MY FILES IF YOU WANTED TO.
I made this folder + scripts, to make it possible for everyone to follow the guide. Because not everyone knows how to use commands on CMD, edit the registry, etc.
All files & scripts are clean and virus free, you can check by yourself on Virus Total or with any antivirus software.
SO PLEASE DON’T MESSAGE ME ASKING IF THEY ARE SAFE TO DOWNLOAD
YOU CAN FIND ALL THE OFFICIAL SOURCES IN EACH STEP OF THE ARTICLE AND DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING BY YOURSELF AND DO EVERYTHING MANUALLY IF YOU WISH TO.
The files were updated in February 2023 to keep up with the latest Apex Legends Updates.
OR
Receive the files on your E-mail
(You will also receive emails when there is a new patch/update)
Download the files, extract them, and move the HWID Bypass folder to your C: drive.
Step 1 – Uninstall Apex Legends and clear all traces.
The first and most important thing you’ll have to do when you are hardware banned on Apex Legends is to completely uninstall Apex Legends and make sure to clear every single file related to them. We want to ensure that no files are left on the PC that could link you back to the hardware id ban.
Navigate to the Control Panel and choose the option Programs.
Next, click on Programs & Features option.
Locate Apex Legends, right-click on it, and choose Uninstall.
Now let’s start clearing up all trace files left on your PC. Please double-click each shortcut on the first folder of the files, look for folders/files related to Apex Legends, and delete them.
These are the locations you will find in the shortcuts:
- C:\Program Files (x86)
- C:\Program Files
- C:\%userprofile%\Documents\
- C:\%localappdata%
- C:\%programdata%
- C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local
- + more every time they get updated.
Once you delete everything related to Apex Legends from all these locations, the next thing you will have to do is to delete some leftovers in the registry.
Press Windows Key + R, and type Regedit.
A window should pop up. You will have to do now to copy each of the locations below, paste them into the registry search bar, and then look for any folders related to Apex Legends and delete them.
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\
- HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\
- + more locations on the files.
At each location, you will see a lot of folders on the left side.
Right-click on any folder related to Apex Legends and choose Delete.
Step 2 – Edit HWID Registry keys
Now copy this path -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography and paste it into the search bar on the top side.
Go to the GUID Generator website, click the button to generate a new GUID, and copy it.
On the right side of the registry window, you should see the “MachineGuid” key. Double-click on it, replace the GUID with the generated one and click OK.
Again, copy this path -> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\IDConfigDB\Hardware Profiles\0001 and paste it into the search bar on the top side.
Go to the GUID Generator website, click the button to generate a new GUID, and copy it.
On the right side of the registry window, you should see the “HwProfileGuid” key. Double-click on it, replace the id with the generated one and click OK.
Now let’s move on to the next step!
Step 3 – Mask & Setup your IP Address
I recommend using NordVPN because they have dedicated IP addresses which means that you will be the only person connecting to Apex Legends from them.
Why is the dedicated IP important?
Because you will have a fresh IP address only for yourself that no one else can connect from.
The shared servers from all VPN services are public to everyone with a subscription, which means that the chances that someone already got a public IP banned from Apex Legends are very high.
How to correctly set up the VPN to protect you from getting your actual IP address seen by Apex Legends:
Step 4 – Change your Disk’s Serial Number/ID.
VolumeID by Microsoft is used to change the disk’s serial number/ID.
Hard drives are one of the most common hardware parts that get blacklisted on an Apex Legends hardware ban. Luckily, changing your hard drives’ serial number is effortless to do, and it won’t cause any issues on your hard drives or files if you follow the steps below.
Below you can find how to change the serial numbers of all of your hard drives.
Navigate to the folder with the previously downloaded files and go to “Step 2 Folder“. You should see a file named “Change Disk IDs“. Right-click on it, and choose “Run as administrator“.
It will open a command prompt with all your drives, and you will be asked which drive ID you want to change. Type just the letter of the Drive and hit enter.
If you want to change the Drive ID manually or revert the changes, follow the steps below:
Run the “Change Disk IDs.cmd” file as administrator and close it directly. We are doing this only to move the required files on the C drive.
Run CMD as administrator and type the following commands:
- cd c:/
- Now for every disk that you have, type -> vol (Disk letter): for example, if you have two disks, let’s say, C & D. You will have to type the following commands:
- vol c:
- vol d:
- Copy the Volume Serial Number of your disks in a separate text file and save it.
- volumeid c: (type the Volume Serial Number you saved before, and change the last two digits to whatever you want) Example: If the previous Volume Serial Number was AB98-1233 , type the command -> volumeid c: AB98-1211
- Do the same for the rest of the disks(if you have any)
- You should get a message the volume id is updated.
Okay, that’s it, you’ve successfully changed the hard drives’ serial numbers IDs, and you are one step closer to getting permanently unbanned from Apex Legends.
Step 5 – Change the HWIDs of everything.
In this step, you will learn how to change your hardware ID(HWID) on every hardware part of your PC that Apex Legends bans.
AMIWIN64 is used in this step.
If you didn’t download the files, these are the commands you need to use when you run AMIWIN64:
Run each command to see the current ID of each hardware part, and then type the command with the same number of characters as the default ID. (Make sure they are different.)
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /CS
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /BS
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /PSN
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /SS
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /SU
If you downloaded the files, do the following:
We will change every hardware ID that Apex Legends flags on an HWID ban.
Navigate to “STEP 5 – Change HWIDs of everything” folder, right-click on the “Change ALL HWIDs.cmd” file and choose “Run as administrator“.
Then you will be asked to press any key to continue changing your hardware parts IDs and the command prompt will show you upfront your new hardware IDs for every hardware part that was banned from Apex Legends.
Once you press any button to continue, your Command Prompt should look like the one below.
You’ve successfully changed all your system hardware IDs, and you are ready to move on to the next step to permanently fix the ban on Apex Legends.
Step 6 – Change your MAC address.
The next thing that immediately gets banned by Apex Legends after the IP address on any HWID ban is the MAC address, so you have to make sure you have a different one.
Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to change your MAC address on any Windows machine.
Navigate to Settings.
Click on Network & Internet.
Click on “Change adapter options“.
Right-click on your primary internet adapter and click on “Properties“.
Choose Client for Microsoft Networks, and click Configure.
Navigate to the Advanced tab and choose Network Address.
Now go to Browserling, generate a new mac address, copy it, and paste it into the Network address box.
Click OK, and you will be disconnected for a few seconds/minutes from the internet. No worries, it will get back up.
Now do the same thing for the NordVPN adapter. Right-Click on the NordVPN adapter and choose Properties.
Choose “Client for Microsoft Networks” and click “Configure“. Navigate to the Advanced tab, choose MAC Address, and paste a newly generated MAC address from the generator.
Once you’ve changed your ethernet/wifi adapter and the NordVPN’s adapter, MAC Address, proceed to the next step.
If the above method didn’t work for you or some options were missing
Download Technitium MAC Address Changer and follow the instructions below.
There is a program to change your MAC address in the previously downloaded files. Select your Network Connections, click on the “Random MAC Address” button, and click “Change Now!“.
Step 7 – Create or buy a new game account.
Now that you got everything ready, it’s time to create a new Apex Legends account or buy a cheap one from one of these websites: MMOGA, MMOGAH.
Navigate to the Apex Legends Official Website and create a new account with new details.
TIPS:
- Use the most commonly used email providers ( Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Protonmail, etc.) Avoid temporary emails.
- The same goes for the phone number. Don’t use the free numbers you’ll find on websites. Instead, use a phone number you never used before, and get a cheap number from Tossable Digits or Hushed.
- Don’t use Russian Numbers until further notice.
Step 8 – Change Monitor HWID.(Optional)
In some rare cases, your monitor serial might also be a part of the HWID ban. I would say that it’s worth changing it since the process is straightforward and quick. To change your Monitors ID Serial, follow the steps below:
Navigate to the folder -> STEP 8 – Change Monitor HWID, right-click on CRU.exe, and choose “Run as Administrator“.
On the top side of the Custom Resolution Utility app, choose your Monitor/s and click on the “Edit” button.
Change the value of the ID Serial and click OK.
Step 9 – Hide Mouse, Keyboard, and Controller serial numbers.(Optional)
Getting your mouse, keyboard, controller, and other peripherals banned or flagged is rare, and it mostly happens in manual HWID bans. Since it will only take one to two minutes to hide all your peripheral serial numbers, I recommend doing it to be safe.
Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to spoof and change your mouse, keyboard, controller, and any computer peripheral ID/Serial Number:
Navigate to the “STEP 9 – Hide Mouse, Keyboard, and Controller serial numbers.” folder or download USBDeview, right-click on USBDeview.exe , and choose “Run as administrator“.
Locate your Mouse, right-click on it, and select “Open In RegEdit“.
Right-click on the marked folder on Registry Editor and choose “Permissions“. A window will pop up, and you should find the “Read” column and tick the “Deny” option. Once you do that, click Apply and OK.
Repeat the same steps for your keyboard and controller(if you have one).
Step 10 – Download and Install the game.
Now it’s time to go ahead and download Apex Legends and install it on your computer.
Please navigate to the official website of Apex Legends, download it, install it, and log in with your new account.
Comments
well , buying a fresh pc is the easier way
I wouldn’t say that it is that hard.
Up to you!
Made the new account but forgot to log in to that before downloading it.
Am I in danger?
I did not play.
Would buying a new Motherboard work too? I was planning on getting a new one anyways
Thank you! last week i got banned for no reason. i’ll try this and leave a comment. i was planning to buy new one but before i’ll try this.
Any update ? diud it work?
Do you always need to keep your vpn running when you play it?
Yes
do you always have to use VPN even when playing apex? or just to download and log in for the first time?
Ensure you are connected to VPN before you log in and while playing.
You can close it once you are done playing.
hi im not getting the email with the files even after trying so many times
Hello,
Check all folders on your EMAIL ( PROMOTION, SPAM, etc. )
does this still works
yes it still works
on step 5 i dont have a “network adress” option
Do I need to use VPN even if I change my connection and the place where I am at?
hello , this method is still working or not?
holy duck i cant believe this work.. good job my guy on the guide! i am super grateful
Yes same thing i literally couldnt believe this worked. I mean after research and only finding paid methods/ebooks/spoofers etc. i was like only way is to get a new pc. then i found this post and i said i am going to give it one last chance.
Best decision ever xD
thank you slothy!!
When running HWID Spoof in command prompt and attempting to put in AMIDEWINx64.EXE /CS XXXXXX i get the error “Platform checking……
e3 – Error: System doesn’t support.
Any way around this?
CHECK NEW FILES!
What do you mean by check new files. I get tghe same error
did u fix it
MAN WTF!!!
WHERE CAN I SEND YOU A GIFT OR SOMETHING?
YOU MADE MY DAY I CANT BELIEVE THIS !!!!!!!
can you send me your discord so I can ask you some questions?
its works for windows 11?
its works for win11?
Today, I mean 2022.5.14, does it still work?
I made sure that I followed the steps of the guide through every step and played with a masked IP address, I’m going to reinstall APEX now, and I’ll report back no matter what the outcome is.
did it work for you?
It worked and i am playing since then without issues, only downside is that i have 5-10 more ping because of nordvpn but not a big problem!
THANK YOU SLOTHY !!!!!!!
2022.5.21 It works for me. But do I needs to do all steps again every time before I play or just the “VPN step”
Only enable the VPN and play!
actually works
The system cannot find the path specified. I get this message on cmd during steps 2 and 3. any advice?
Move the “HWID Bypass” folder into your C Drive.
There is also a video…
works for warzone ?
I can comment that this 100% works if you follow all the steps. I have done this and been unbanned for 2 weeks now and still no problems! Legit wish i could give this man a tip fo his knowledge.
Before even coming to see if we could comment here, i was thinking like most people in here.. where is the tip page at ?!?!?! A life saver, thanks for the knowledge!
This worked for me, but do you need to redo everything if you shutdown your pc or if you have to update? or is everything permanent?
The system cannot find the path specified. I get this message on cmd during steps 2 and 3 even after moving hwid bypass on c : drive
do you have to play on the new windows account you had to make?
Hi,
Is anyone know this still works?
Thank you soo much for sharing this info! You are a life saver!
Yes. Assuming you have an ami mobo
Im guinely pissed I didn’t use this option as a first result (hence its free) but I’ve probably spent around $70 trying to get unbanned in apex and this website/manual spoof tutorial was all i needed but yes Nord VPN is a needed step as along with creating a new windows account those were my 2 issues but now I’ve been playing over a day perfectly fine.
It perfectly worked. However, sometimes Apex still shows a message “client: hardware mismatch” sometimes. I’m worried if it’s gonna last.
i am getting this ” ‘volumeid.exe’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file. “when i tried to run the script for changing the disk ID. How do i solve this?
ps. I have tried putting the pathway in the Environment Variables (from youtube guide) and it still doesnt work. Please help
Fix: Moved the folder to C drive as shown in the video here. Make sure there is no HWID Bypass folder inside the HWID Bypass folder.
put all file in your disk C:
Hey there.
In the post it says to use NordVPN. Can I instead of using VPN, request my ISP to lease me a new IP instead?
Before even coming to see if we could comment here, i was thinking like most people in here.. where is the tip page at ?!?!?! A life saver, thanks for the knowledge!
Oh my god! I’m 4 games into playing apex using vpn after following all steps. So far so good.
I can firmly say that it has worked!! Follow all procedures and use nord vpn. EVERYONE YOU DO NOT NEED TO GET A NEW PC!