Avast Cleanup Premium for Windows is a paid product that requires a subscription to use. After installing Avast Cleanup Premium, you may need to manually activate your subscription.
Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac is a paid product that requires a subscription to use. After installing Avast Cleanup Premium, you may need to manually activate your subscription by entering a valid activation code.
Avast Cleanup Premium for Android is a paid product that requires a subscription to use. After installing Avast Cleanup, you can activate your subscription and unlock the paid features by entering a valid activation code.
Your chosen activation method:
Enter activation code
To activate Avast Cleanup Premium using an activation code:
- Locate your activation code. This is included in your order confirmation email. For detailed instructions, refer to the following article:
- Double-click the Avast Cleanup Premium icon on your Windows desktop to open the application.
- Go to
☰Menu ▸ My subscriptions.
- Click Enter activation code.
- Type or paste your activation code (including hyphens) into the text box, then click Enter.
- Check your subscription details. If you have more than one valid subscription, click the down arrow and select the subscription you want to use.
Click Continue to complete activation.
Your Avast Cleanup Premium subscription is now active. If activation is unsuccessful, refer to the Still need help? section in this article.
To confirm which subscription you purchased, check your order confirmation email or your Avast Account that is linked to the email address you used to purchase Avast Cleanup Premium.
- Locate your activation code. This is included in your order confirmation email. For detailed instructions, refer to the following article:
- Double-click the Avast Cleanup icon in your Applications folder to open the application.
- Click Insert activation code on the main application screen,
...or click Avast Cleanup ▸ Insert activation code in the Apple menu bar. 
- Type or paste your activation code (including hyphens) into the text box, then click Activate.
Your Avast Cleanup Premium subscription is now active. If activation is unsuccessful, refer to the Still need help? section in this article.
If you have not yet enabled Full Disk Access, refer to the following article for instructions to complete initial setup of Avast Cleanup Premium:
To confirm which subscription you purchased, check your order confirmation email or your Avast Account that is linked to the email address you used to purchase Avast Cleanup Premium.
- Locate your activation code. This is included in your order confirmation email. For detailed instructions, refer to the following article:
- Tap the Avast Cleanup icon on the Home screen of your device. The app opens.
- Tap Upgrade.
- Tap
⋮More options (three dots) ▸ Enter activation code.
- Type or paste your activation code (including hyphens) into the text box, then tap Confirm.
Your Avast Cleanup Premium subscription is now active. If activation is unsuccessful, refer to the Still need help? section in this article.
To confirm which subscription you purchased, check your order confirmation email or your Avast Account that is linked to the email address you used to purchase Avast Cleanup Premium.
Sign in to Avast Account
To activate Avast Cleanup Premium using your Avast Account:
- Ensure that you know which email address you used to purchase Avast Cleanup Premium. This is the email address where you received the order confirmation email after purchase.
- Double-click the Avast Cleanup Premium icon on your Windows desktop to open the application.
- Go to
☰Menu ▸ My subscriptions. - Click Sign in to Avast Account.
- Enter the credentials for your Avast Account that is linked to the email address you used to purchase Avast Cleanup Premium, then click Sign in.
If you do not have an Avast Account, select the Create account tab to create a new Avast Account with the same email address that you used to purchase Avast Cleanup Premium.
- Check your subscription details. If you have more than one valid subscription, click the down arrow and select the subscription you want to use.
Click Continue to complete activation.
Your Avast Cleanup Premium subscription is now active. If activation is unsuccessful, refer to the Still need help? section in this article.
To confirm which subscription you purchased, check your order confirmation email or your Avast Account that is linked to the email address you used to purchase Avast Cleanup Premium.
Restore via Google Play
If you purchased your Avast Cleanup Premium subscription from Google Play Store, you can re-activate your subscription using your Google Account. This is useful if you are reinstalling Avast Cleanup Premium after replacing or resetting your Android device. For detailed instructions, refer to the following article:
Still need help?
We recommend reviewing the information below, which explains how to resolve some of the most common activation issues.
Further recommendations
To learn more about Avast Cleanup Premium, refer to the following article:
To learn how to use Avast Cleanup Premium, refer to the relevant article below:
- Avast Cleanup Premium for Windows - Getting Started
- Avast Cleanup Premium for Mac - Getting Started
- Avast Cleanup for Android - Getting Started
To learn how to transfer your subscription to a different device, refer to the following article:
- Avast Cleanup Premium 21.x for Windows
- Avast Cleanup Premium 4.x for Mac
- Avast Cleanup Premium 5.x for Android
- Microsoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1, 32 / 64-bit
- Apple macOS 11.x (Big Sur)
- Apple macOS 10.15.x (Catalina)
- Apple macOS 10.14.x (Mojave)
- Apple macOS 10.13.x (High Sierra)
- Apple macOS 10.12.x (Sierra)
- Apple Mac OS X 10.11.x (El Capitan)
- Apple Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite)
- Google Android 6.0 (Marshmallow, API 23) or later
