Activate Subscription on Malwarebytes for Windows v4

Your Malwarebytes for Windows version 4 subscription allows you to activate Premium features such as Real-Time Protection and Scheduled Scans. If you purchased a subscription for multiple devices, find instructions on how to install and activate on different devices here: Install & activate Malwarebytes personal products.

There are two ways to activate your subscription.

Activate using My Account

This method requires you to have an active Malwarebytes account login. If you haven't set up your My Account login, see Create and manage your Malwarebytes Account.

1. Open the Malwarebytes application.
2. In the top right corner of the Dashboard, click Activate Subscription.
3. In the Email field, enter the email address used to sign in to My Account.
4. In the Password field, enter the password used to sign in to My Account.
5. Click Sign in. When your subscription activates, click Done.
   Once activated, Premium displays in the top-left corner of the program Dashboard.

Watch this video to learn how to activate your subscription using My Account:

Activate using a license key

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

1. Open the Malwarebytes application.
2. In the top right corner of the Dashboard, click Activate Subscription.
3. Click Enter license key.
4. Under License key, enter your key.
   Note: The Activate license button becomes clickable when a valid license key is entered into the corresponding field.
5. Click Activate.

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 the Malwarebytes application.
2. Click Activate Subscription from the top of the application window.
3. In the Email field, enter the email address used to sign in to My Account.
   • If you forgot your My Account email or password, click the Forgot password link.
   • If you have not yet registered your license key with My Account click the Sign up link and create a new account.
4. In the Password field, enter the password used to sign in to My Account.
5. Click Activate.
6. Once activated, an Activation successful notification is displayed in the product.

To verify the activation was successful, Premium displays in the top-left corner of the application.

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