Information stored on your device during activation

Last updated on Apr 14, 2025

Activation stores information about your license in an encoded form on your computer’s hard drive at these locations.

Application version	Storage location
For versions prior to Creative Cloud 2019	Adobe directory
Creative Cloud 2019 or later	As per your operating system, secure storage using credential entries, where the name starts with Adobe, at the following locations: macOS: Login keychain Windows: Credential Manager

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Information sent to Adobe during activation

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