Register your license

After purchasing an AnyDesk license, you need to register your AnyDesk client to your license to access all features included in your plan. In this chapter, you will find instructions on how to register your license to your AnyDesk client and pre-apply the license in your custom clients.
	Activate your license Pre-apply license to Custom Client

If you want to remove a device from your license, see Remove devices from your license.

Register your license 

The license must be registered on all AnyDesk clients that create or receive connection requests. 

There are three ways of activating the license:

• Assign the license key to the AnyDesk client 
• Log in to your account in the AnyDesk client

• Registering via the “Register License Key” Button

Assigning the license key to the AnyDesk client

You can manually copy and paste your license key into the AnyDesk client to activate the license.

To assign the license key:

1. Sign in to your my.anydesk I or my.anydesk II account: 
   1. In my.anydesk I: On the License tab, find the License key field and copy the license key.
      
   2. In my.anydesk II: Go to the License tab, and in the About section, copy the license key.
      

   💡  We currently have two management portals: my.anydesk I and my.anydesk II. If you haven't yet, please migrate your account to my.anydesk II, which offers enhanced features. 

2. Open the AnyDesk client on your device. 
3. In the upper-right corner, click  > Change License Key....
4. In the Change License Key section, paste the license key from my.anydesk and click Activate license key. 
   

Logging in to your account in the AnyDesk client

Your license is linked to your AnyDesk account. Thus, you can log in to your account in the AnyDesk client and activate the license. 

To log in to your account: 

1. Open the AnyDesk client on your device. In the upper-right corner, click .
2. Provide your AnyDesk credentials and click Sign In.
   

Your license is automatically activated and you can use the AnyDesk client with all features available in your license.

Registering via the “Register License Key” Button

You can also register your license directly from the License tab in your my.anydesk II customer portal.

To do so:

1. Open my.anydesk II and log in to your account.
2. Navigate to the License tab.
3. Click the “Register License Key” button.
   
4. Confirm the registration when prompted.
   

5. A browser prompt will appear asking for permission to open AnyDesk. Click Open to proceed.
   

Once confirmed, the license key will be registered to your AnyDesk client.

Pre-apply license to a Custom Client