Activate license key in My Account and home products

Document created by jgolomb Employee on Nov 30, 2018•Last modified by jgolomb Employee on Sep 25, 2019
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My Account allows you to deactivate license keys from your Windows, Mac, or Android devices. This is useful if your old device is lost, broken, or stolen and you wish to transfer your subscription to a new device in your possession. This article explains how you can reactivate your previously used license key on a new device via My Account and also through the Malwarebytes application.

 

You must Transfer or Deactivate Malwarebytes Premium license key  before performing the following steps.

 

Activate Malwarebytes Premium through My Account

  1. Log into your My Account from either a Windows, Mac, or Android device.

  2. Click the Subscriptions tab.
    Image of the Malwarebytes My Account Subscriptions page.

  3. Click Download to install the Malwarebytes app for your device.
    Image of the Download button found in the Malwarebytes My Account page.
    If Malwarebytes is already installed on your device, skip to step 4.

  4. Click Activate.
    Image of the Activate button found in the Malwarebytes My Account page.

  5. A pop-up window asks for your permission to open Malwarebytes. Click Allow.

  6. Malwarebytes opens directly to the Enter Your License page and automatically inputs your available license key in the text field. Click Activate License.

 

Malwarebytes Premium is now activated on your device. Your paid subscription continues as normal and your expiration date remains the same.

 

Activate Malwarebytes Premium in the application

After deactivating a license key, you can reactivate Malwarebytes premium using that same license key. To activate your Premium subscription through the Malwarebytes app, refer to:

 

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