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Activate an app

Last updated on Sep 17, 2025

Learn how to sign in to your Adobe apps to activate them and then use them on a new computer.

Ensure your computer is connected to the internet, and follow these steps to activate your Creative Cloud apps:

Open the app that you want to activate.

When prompted, sign in to your Adobe account to activate the app. If the prompt doesn’t appear, select Help > Sign In.

The sign-in prompt in the Creative Cloud apps shows the field to type in your email address and options to continue or cancel, get help signing in, create a new account, and sign in using a social account.
You can use your email address or social account for signing in.

Note

If you see Sign Out in the menu option, it means you're already signed in.

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