Where can I find the Activation Key and File Installation Key (FIK) for my license?

I want to distribute or retrieve the Activation Key for my license so that licensed end users can link to my license and activate MATLAB. I would also like to distribute or retrieve the File Installation Key to install MATLAB without using the internet. Where can I find these keys? 

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Administrators 

License administrators can obtain the Activation Key and File Installation Keys using Advanced Options in the License Center. To retrieve your Activation Key and File Installation Key, follow the steps below: 

1. Sign in to the License Center: https://www.mathworks.com/licensecenter. 
2. Select the license you want to use. 
3. Go to the Install and Activate tab. 
4. Click “Activate to retrieve license file.” 
5. Click Advanced Options. 
6. The Activation Key and the File Installation Key will appear on this screen. You can generate a File Installation Key for a different release using the drop down.  

End Users 

The File Installation Key is produced when you activate your license to a machine. See the following article for more information: How do I activate MATLAB without an internet connection? 

To retrieve a File Installation Key for a license that is already activated: 

1. Log into the License Center here: https://www.mathworks.com/licensecenter 
2. Click on the desired license. 
3. Select the "Install and Activate" tab. 
4. Click the blue arrow under "Get License File." 
5. If you do not see the activated machine and blue arrow, press "Update License File" to open the correct menu. 
6. Select a release. 
7. Specify that the software is not yet installed. 
8. The File Installation Key will appear on this screen. 

End users who are not allowed to perform keyless activations must contact their license administrators to obtain a File Installation Key. End users must also contact license administrators to obtain the Activation Key regardless of their permissions. In the MathWorks License Center, click the "Contact Administrators" tab to get contact information for your license administrators. 

[amit baroi]

how to know who is my administrator.

[Scott]

Hi Amit,

If you are not sure who your license administrator is, you should speak with your IT staff or the individual or team who manages software licensing at your organization.

Additionally, MathWorks Support may be able to assist you with determining who your license administrator is, depending on what information about your license is available to you.

See this page for more information on contacting MathWorks support:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

Regards,

-Scott

MathWorks Installation & Licensing Support

[Dhiraj Patil]

Hi,

There's nothing called "Advanced Options" button anywhere in the licencing center page.

I am also facing the similar issue could you please share the solution for this.

[Walter Roberson]

On the licensecenter page, choose a license. Then click on the Activations and Installations page. The Advanced Options is on the lower right hand side of that, provided that you are an authorized administrator for the account

[Michal Szczepanik]

In case it comes helpful to someone, in my case (license administrator) the "Advanced options" button in license center was blocked by uBlock origin firefox extension. Disabling the extension made the button reappear.

[Husan Ahrorov]

How can i find License Number* or Activation Key on matlab

[Walter Roberson]

If you are not using a Student or Trial release, then your license number should be one of the first things displayed by ver

[Nada Ali]

There is no Advanced option here?????

[Walter Roberson]

Mathworks does not believe that your account is associated with the technical contact or purchasing contact for a Standard or Educational license (not sure about Home licenses)

[Tashrif Tashrif]

For End Users, there is no:

3. Select the "Install and Activate" tab

in my license center.

[Walter Roberson]

@Tashrif Tashrif

In such a case, it is not obvious to me that the end-user has the authorization from their organization to install the software.

[Tashrif Tashrif]

@Walter Roberson, thank you anyway. Can you take a look at this question of mine?

[Abdelmonem]

I don't have an activation key

Answer 2

[akde]

Hello I have followed first 3 steps which are

Log into the License Center here: https://www.mathworks.com/licensecenter

Select the desired license (if you are doing this for a trial, select "Trials, Prereleases, and Betas" from the drop down menu)

Select the "Activation and Installation" tab

But in the fourth step there is no "Advanced Options" button. So how can I learn my activation key

[Walter Roberson]

Contact Mathworks for free installation assistance.

[Dhiraj Patil]

I am also facing the same issue. No "Advanced Options" button. Could you please with me that how did you find the Activation Key. If it's possible please reply as soon as you go through this msg as I have got a deadline to meet this Friday.

[Scott]

Please contact MathWorks support if you are having trouble activating MATLAB:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

[Zakira Rahat]

I am having the same problem. Kindly I need activation key for r2014a

[Walter Roberson]

Please contact Mathworks for free installation support.

Note: Mathworks in USA will be on holiday on Monday July 4th. However, there are some support centers in other countries.

[Gerald Mel Sabino]

thank you for the information. it really helps!

[Nada Ali]

Same here I can't find "Advanced options" in 2019a, my computer is Macbook 2017

plz HELPPPPPPPPP

[Darkhan Otegen]

only license administrators can see it

Answer 3

[DJENKAL Karim]

There is no "Activation and Installation" tab ! When i select the trial licence, i have "Trial details" and "End users and licence contat" tabs, but no "Activation and Installation". HELP !

[Darsana Thulasi]

Please contact MathWorks Support: https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

[vaidehi venkatesan]

there is no licences tab when i tried for trial version. it is asking activation key

[Kevin Cahill]

Useless

[Kevin Cahill]

I meant that most MATLAB Answers, documentation, and examples are useless. Matlab should work on their documentation and examples. I didn't mean to single out any particular part of this webpage.

[Walter Roberson]

Kevin Cahill:

Please post a standard that you believe that the volunteers who answer the questions in MATLAB Answers should have to conform to. Please also give an analysis of how much time it would take for the volunteers to produce their volunteer solutions compared to the existing situation. The analysis should take into account that it is not uncommon for the volunteers to be posting through mobile phones.

[Adam Danz]

I reference Matlab's documentation and its embedded examples nearly every day and find them very useful. I'm genuinely curious what documentation for other programs others perceive as better.

About Matlab Answers, ~2/3 of all questions get an answer and ~1/2 of those answers are accepted. With more than a hundred questions a day and more than 288,000 answers in the forum, that's a lot of useful content and it doesn't even count the number of existing answers people find every day when searching the site [1, 2].

Answer 4

[Tomislav Perovic]

Hi, I dowloaded matlab from play store for my mobile and i don't have activation code or licence number but i need them to use this program.What is the solution for this?

[Walter Roberson]

What you downloaded from the play store is not MATLAB itself: it is only an interface that would allow you to use MATLAB remotely. You would still need to have purchased a MATLAB license.

[Samuel Echeta]

How do we then access the original MATLAB app please

[Walter Roberson]

MATLAB itself is not an app for iOS or Android . It is only available for desktop Windows, OS-X/MacOS, or Linux systems , x64 architecture .

What is available for iOS and android is an interface that connects to a remote matlab session run on your own desktop system , or run at Mathworks . You need to have purchased a matlab license to use these .

Answer 5

[hua wu]

Are there free activation key?

[Walter Roberson]

No. There has never been a free version of MATLAB.

There have been contests in which a copy of MATLAB was the prize.

Answer 6

[santosh g]

how to download software please anybody reply urgent

[Walter Roberson]

When you purchase MATLAB you will be emailed the download link. If you have an existing license associated with your account then you can download from https://www.mathworks.com/downloads/web_downloads/select_release?mode=gwylf

Answer 7

[fauzi bala]

Where can I find the Activation Key or File Installation Key (FIK) for my license?

[Walter Roberson]

Please follow the instructions above, https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102845-where-can-i-find-the-activation-key-and-file-installation-key-fik-for-my-license

Answer 8

[Adi Macedo]

Where can I find the Activation Key or File Installation Key (FIK) for my license?

[Walter Roberson]

Please follow the instructions above, https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102845-where-can-i-find-the-activation-key-and-file-installation-key-fik-for-my-license

Answer 9

[Avi Sharma]

I have no license number , activation key and file installer key. can any one help me please.

[Walter Roberson]

What happened when you followed the above instructions?

If the above instructions do not work for you, you should contact Mathworks for free installation support.

[Adam Danz]

Melisa Solis Arcos's flag moved here as a comment

CUAL ES LA CLAVE DE ACTIVACION SI SOY ESTUDIANTE

[Adam Danz]

@ Melisa Solis Arcos, contact your university's or your department's software coordinator to receive your activation key or check

https://www.mathworks.com/licensecenter/

Answer 10

[Bilal Qureshi]

Same problem Activation key!

[Walter Roberson]

What happened when you followed the instructions in the Support answer?

[Xin WEI]

I didn't find the "advanced button",either.

[Cody Lamke]

Hello,

If you are still experiencing this issue, please contact MathWorks support:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

-Cody Lamke

Answer 11

[Muni Venkatesh]

Where can I find the Activation Key or File Installation Key (FIK) for my license

[Walter Roberson]

What happened when you followed the above instructions?

If the above instructions do not work for you, you should contact Mathworks for free installation support.

Answer 12

[AJISHA BHAKARAN]

i already created a matlab account,till now i didnt got licenses

[欣悦]

Me too.Although trying it again and again ,it is no effect.

Answer 13

[Natalia Yeromina]

Where can I find the Activation Key or Key Installation File?

[Walter Roberson]

What happened when you followed the above instructions?

If the above instructions do not work for you, you should contact Mathworks for free installation support.

Answer 14

[Amna El-tawil]

I can't get the activation key; Please I need help

[Walter Roberson]

What happened when you followed the above instructions?

If the above instructions do not work for you, you should contact Mathworks for free installation support.

[Amna El-tawil]

I make an account and in the license centre page there is nothing and I contact with Mathworks they said to me take the activation key from your university. I went to the computer centre at my university they said to me what activation key? we don't have an activation key; so now what should I do for getting the activation key and start using the Matlab online?? I NEED HELP...

[Walter Roberson]

You might need to purchase a student license.

Note: the volunteers who answer questions here do not have access to the license database.

[Amna El-tawil]

I can't take it from the Administrator of the Mathworks?? There is no alternative solution??

[Walter Roberson]

If your university has a campus license that can be used by students, then the university is responsible for activating students and Mathworks will not get involved (because it is up to university policy as to which students are permitted to use the license). In such a case, Mathworks could tell you who the contact person is for the license.

Not all Academic licenses can be installed by students; there are, for example, licenses that are for use in a computer lab only.

For some universities, just registering on Mathworks with your academic email address is enough to get you access to MATLAB Online; https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-online.html

I myself have no access at all to the license database.

[Amna El-tawil]

Thank you very much for a help.

[Amna El-tawil]

I want to know who is the contact person for the license? My university told me again they don't have a license number.

[Walter Roberson]

I do not have any access to the license database, but I have sent a note to someone who does.

[Andreas Goser]

I am that someone - happy to help :-D

Amna, if I pull all information together:

1. You do not have a MATLAB installation, otherwise you could enter the command "license" and would have the license number.

2. You are interested in using MATLAB Online. But you may or may not know that this is not a free service, it is connected to having one of a couple different license types.

3. The domain of the email address you use here ("MathWorks Account"), points to a university that indeed has no license that allows the use of MATLAB Online.

[Amna El-tawil]

Now, you can give me a license number? I will use it nearly for 2 months for my course that I have this semester

[Walter Roberson]

You will need to purchase a MATLAB student license in order to use MATLAB Online.

Answer 15

[Ida Nissen]

I could also not find the activation key and finally called the support center. Apparently the trial licenses only work for the latest version of matlab, which I do not use. Therefore I could not select the license number. That might be the reason why others also cannot find the activation key.

Answer 16

[Reshma M Nair]

hai all,

I am using the trial academia version of matlab. While I downloaded the file I got a license id. When I tried for file installation they asked for an activation key for my license. I followed the steps mentioned aboe in tis group but it never lead me to a solution. Can anyone help me to sort out this issue. Expecting a quick reply. Thanking in advance.

[Andreas Goser]

If you browse through this thread, you will see the repeated recommendation to contact MathWorks installation support. Did you try that it is still it is not successful?

[Amna El-tawil]

If you cannot get activation key, you can use matlab online.

Answer 17

[pablo raez]

me llamo Pablo

[e-mail]

-----

Intento instalar matlhlab en mi PC, pero necesito una : "activation key"

como obtenerla?

Gracias.

[Colin Fraser]

Hi,

If you are still experiencing this issue, please contact MathWorks support:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

-Colin Fraser

[Weiguo Li]

my license is 4xxxxxxxx from China University of Petroleum

[Walter Roberson]

The volunteers here do not have any access to the account database. We are not able to assist you in finding your license or installation key. You must contact Mathworks support.

Answer 18

[sachin devinda]

yes

Answer 19

[Aya Abuzaid]

Hi , i want to ask if I can use the Matlab online , because i do not want to install it on my laptop, :)

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-online.html#license-types

To access MATLAB Online, you must be current with one of the following license types:

• MATLAB and Simulink Student Suite
• MATLAB Student
• Campus-Wide License
• MATLAB Primary and Secondary School Suite
• Academic Individual
• Standard Individual
• MATLAB Home

Answer 20

[ANTHONY ULOEKWE]

After installing Matlab I downloaded to my system and installing I wasn't able to find any INSTALLATION KEY . How can I get installation key??

[Cody Lamke]

Hello,

The File Installation Key is only required for installations.

If you are still experiencing this issue after referring to the instructions on this article, please contact MathWorks support:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

-Cody Lamke

Answer 21

[Thama Mudau]

Where can I find my installation key?

Answer 22

[Antonio Tamaku]

where can i find my activation key?

Answer 23

[ari ali]

License No. or Activation Key i need

[Walter Roberson]

If you purchased the product from Mathworks, contact Support for installation assistance.

If you are using a university license, or a commercial license with a license server (your workplace is providing the software) then the IT administration will have to provide you with the activation information.

Answer 24

[Isaac Femi]

matlab product keys

[Walter Roberson]

If you purchased the product from Mathworks, contact Support for installation assistance.

If you are using a university license, or a commercial license with a license server (your workplace is providing the software) then the IT administration will have to provide you with the activation information.

[Constancio Pinto]

Dear...

How I could get activation key for matlab & simulink activation R2019b?

[Cody Lamke]

Hello,

If you are still not able to locate the Activation Key after following the accepted answer above, please contact MathWorks support:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

-Cody Lamke

Answer 25

[Fariha Nawaz]

i will trying the matlab online license key but not a answers

Answer 26

[VIVEK JAISWAL]

Need File installation key

[Walter Roberson]

None of the volunteers who answer questions here have access to the license database, so you will need to contact Mathworks support (if you have an individual license), or your organizations IT support people (if your license is provided by your organization.)

[Kaku supriya]

mat lab is very useful then compare with scilab

therfore everyone need to downolad it

Answer 27

[Tahani Alshaiban]

whats file installation key for license?

[Walter Roberson]

A File Installation Key is a long authentication string that can be used to activate a MATLAB license, even if you do not have internet access.

Answer 28

[ahmed soliman]

activation key

[Image Analyst]

Again: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102845-where-can-i-find-the-activation-key-and-file-installation-key-fik-for-my-license#comment_409134

If you still can't figure out how to install MATLAB, then simply CALL them for fast, free, and instantaneous help - way faster than waiting for something here.

Answer 29

[monish monish]

I want activation key for windows 10 mathworks product installer R2021a

[Walter Roberson]

If you purchased the product from Mathworks, contact Support for installation assistance.

If you are using a university license, or a commercial license with a license server (your workplace is providing the software) then the IT administration will have to provide you with the activation information.

Note: there are no free MATLAB licenses, except to staff or some contest winners.

Answer 30

[Zeraibi Oussama]

how to use activation key

[Walter Roberson]

Start the installer. Sign in to your MATLAB account. Agree the the terms and conditions. Click Next.

The page after that will ask about selecting license. If you have an active license for the version of MATLAB, you can click on it. Otherwise, click on the small circle for "Enter Activation Key", and then in the edit box, type in (or paste in) the activation key. Then click Next to continue with the installation.

Answer 31

[Dr Aruna M]

error activation key

[Walter Roberson]

Mathworks Support does not read user postings here. And the volunteers who do read the postings, do not have access to the license database.

You need to contact Mathworks support for free installation assistance. No-one here has the access to help you.

Answer 32

[hedia mansouri]

please is there any one who help me?

how can i find the activation key?

[Rik]

@hedia mansouri did you bother to read the posted answer? Was anything unclear?

[hedia mansouri]

Î understoodn't What do you mean ?

[Rik]

At the top of this page there is an answer that was posted by the Mathworks support team. Did you read it?

[Walter Roberson]

License administrators can obtain the Activation Key and File Installation Keys through through the "Advanced Options" button in the license center. To retrieve your Activation Key and File Installation Key, follow the steps below:

    Log into the License Center here: https://www.mathworks.com/licensecenter
    Select the desired license
    Select the "Install and Activate" tab
    Click on the "Advanced Options" button
    The Activation Key along with the File Installation Key will appear on this screen. You can generate a File Installation Key for a different release using the drop down.

[Walter Roberson]

If you do not already own a matlab licence then you must purchase a license.

Answer 33

[Amidu Oluokun Abiola]

I need a liences number or an activation key for my MATLAB

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102845-where-can-i-find-the-activation-key-and-file-installation-key-fik-for-my-license#comment_1871230

Answer 34

[Igor Naumov]

Dear colleagues, I downloaded Matlab 14a, I don't know where to get the activation key. Kindly tell me, please?

[Igor Naumov]

Nobody

[Walter Roberson]

@Igor Naumov

I cannot tell whether you are using a "Standard" (commercial) license, or an Education license; it does not appear likely that you are using a Student or Home license.

If you are the contact person for your license, then visit https://www.mathworks.com/mwaccount/?s_tid=gn_myac and click on your license number to see more details about the license. The third tab on that page is "Install and Activate"; if you click that then the resulting page has a button to "Activate a Computer"

Most of the time it is not necessary to go through that manual activation process on the MATLAB site, as the installer normally activates the license for you, but you might need to use manual activation for systems that do not have an internet connection.

If you have a valid license for any release after the one you are installing, then you can potentially use that license (provided you do not exceed the number of simultaneous systems that the license can be used with.)

In most cases, if you have a valid license to use and an internet connection, the installer is sufficient; if you were using R2011a or earlier (or around there) then you might need some assistance from Mathworks in getting a proper key. It is not typically a problem to activate an old software release against a valid license. (However... if you are activating against a license that software maintainance has expired for, there might potentially be a problem.)

If you are not the contact person for your license, then either the Technical Contact or Purchasing Contact would need to run the Activation (again, under the situation that you do not have an internet connection.)

Student licenses do not have access to that license page... but student licenses are also not able to download old releases.

Answer 35

[Fatima Dominguez]

I need a liences number or an activation key for my MATLAB

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102845-where-can-i-find-the-activation-key-and-file-installation-key-fik-for-my-license#comment_1871230

Answer 36

[DEEPAK KUMAR]

I need a liences number or an activation key for my MATLAB

MATLAB licensing expired

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/93260-why-do-i-receive-license-manager-error-10

Answer 37

[Mitsuo Misaka]

I was entering with the Number 4xxxxxxxxxx to download the MATLAB R2022 a, but I couldn't. The ERROR 510 was showed. Please, I need a help from anyone. Could anyone help me?

[Walter Roberson]

the 4 series numbers are license numbers, not activation keys. Activation keys are 25 characters, mixed letters and digits. Error 510 is about activation keys.

Normally if you have a 4 series number you would associate your MATLAB Central account with the license number, and then when you used the installer you would have it log on, and you would select the license number from the list, and then the installer would take care of getting the activation key

Answer 38

[nazi]

where do I find the key activation of matlab R2022b

[Walter Roberson]

If you purchased MATLAB Student License, then your Activation Key would have been emailed to you. If it was not, then contact [e-mail] or call Mathworks for free installation support.

If you purchased any other kind of MATLAB license then those would use license numbers rather than activation keys.

If you are using an license supplied by an organization, including licenses supplied by universities, then they are responsible for providing you with the necessary keys.

None of the volunteers here have access to the license database, so we cannot even check to see if a key is license is registered for your account.

Answer 39

[Rajani Ponku]

i am student....can please activation key

[Walter Roberson]

@Rajani Ponku

If you are a student at a recognized post-secondary institution, then you will be sent your activation key when you purchase a MATLAB Student license.

Mathworks only gives away free Mathworks licenses to some contest winners.

Answer 40

[nesredin]

how can we get an activation key for mathlab?

[Walter Roberson]

If you purchased MATLAB Student License, then your Activation Key would have been emailed to you. If it was not, then contact [e-mail] or call Mathworks for free installation support.

If you purchased any other kind of MATLAB license then those would use license numbers rather than activation keys.

If you are using an license supplied by an organization, including licenses supplied by universities, then they are responsible for providing you with the necessary keys.

None of the volunteers here have access to the license database, so we cannot even check to see if a key is license is registered for your account.

Answer 41