How to Find Your Microsoft Visual Studio Product or License Key

Lost your Microsoft Visual Studio license key? No worries!

This guide will help you quickly recover your Microsoft Visual Studio software activation/serial key using multiple methods.

Find Visual Studio License Key in Order Email

Often you can find most of your softwares license key in the order email.

Follow the steps below to search for Visual Studio key in your email,

• • Step 1. Login to your email inbox (used for ordering software)
  • Step 2. Search for emails having “Visual Studio license” or “Visual Studio activation”
  • Step 3. Now check in each found email to see if it has license key of your Visual Studio software

Find Microsoft Visual Studio License Key in Registry

Another way is to look for license keys in Windows Registry. Like most softwares, Visual Studio also stores activation key and other registration details in Registry.

Below is the Registry location where you can find Visual Studio software activation key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[version]\Registration\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[version]\Registration\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[version]\Registration\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[version]\Registration\[GUID]\

[VS 2012] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Licenses\77550D6B-6352-4E77-9DA3-537419DF564B\[random_num]\
[VS 2013] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Licenses\E79B3F9C-6543-4897-BBA5-5BFB0A02BB5C\[random_num]\
[VS 2015] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Licenses\4D8CFBCB-2F6A-4AD2-BABF-10E28F6F2C8F\[random_num]\
[VS 2017] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Licenses\5C505A59-E312-4B89-9508-E162F8150517\[random_num]\
[VS 2019] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Licenses\41717607-F34E-432C-A138-A3CFD7E25CDA\[random_num]\

Here are simple steps to locate your Visual Studio serial key in Registry,

• Step 1. Open Registry Editor (start menu -> search -> type regedit)
• Step 2. After it opens, on the left side navigate to above Registry key location.
• Step 3. Next, on the right side pane, you will find item named ‘PIDKEY’ or “” (default). Now double click on it to copy the activation key.

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