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Activate your subscription in Malwarebytes for Windows

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To activate your Malwarebytes subscription, you must have a license key purchased from the Malwarebytes website. To locate your license key, see Find my Premium license key. This article shows you how to activate Malwarebytes Premium.

Activate your license key

If your license key has this format XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX, follow these steps:

  1. Open Malwarebytes for Windows.
  2. In the top right part of the window, click Activate license.
  3. Under License key, enter your key. 
  4. Click Activate.

Activate your license key with a license ID

This is a previous format used for license identification. If your license key has this format XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX and has a license ID with the format XXXXX or XXXXX-XXXXX, follow these steps:

  1. Open Malwarebytes for Windows.
  2. In the top right part of the window, click Activate license.
  3. Below the License Key entry, select My license came with a License ID.
  4. Enter your License ID and License Key.
  5. Click Activate.

When Malwarebytes Premium on Windows is activated, Premium displays in the top-left corner of the program Dashboard. Following the activation, Malwarebytes Premium on Windows turns on all Real-Time Protection layers.

 

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