Activate your Hangar license

Activation takes about a minute and you only do it once per computer. Everything below also applies if your trial has already run out: the same window appears, and the same key unlocks it.

01Step 1: Open the license window

Look at the bottom of the sidebar, under your workspaces. During the trial you see a card that reads Free trial with the days you have left and an Activate link.

Click the card. The Activate Hangar window opens.

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1. 1Free trial card with days left
2. 2Activate

02Step 2: Enter your license key

Paste your key into the License key field. Hangar keys look like HNGR-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, and the field shows that pattern until you type.

Click Activate. The button reads Activating… for a moment while Hangar checks the key.

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1. 1Trial status
2. 2License key field
3. 3Activate
4. 4Buy a license

No key yet? Buy a license opens the pricing page in your browser. If you bought Hangar earlier and cannot find your key, Find your licenses at the bottom of the window opens Settings → License, where you confirm your purchase email with a code. You can also look your key up at hangar.tools/licenses.

03Step 3: Check that it worked

When the key is accepted the window title changes to Your license. It shows your plan, for example Crew plan, with Active on this device underneath.

Close the window. The sidebar card is gone, and every tool and chain in this workspace and every other workspace on the computer now runs without limits.

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1. 1Plan and status
2. 2Check now
3. 3Manage your devices in Settings

Where do I find my license key?

Your key is issued when you buy Hangar from the pricing page. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, so one key is all you ever receive for a plan.

Lost it, or need it for a second computer? Settings can show it or email it to you once you confirm your purchase email; the steps are in finding a lost license key.

What does the free trial include?

The trial is the whole app for 3 days, counted from the first launch. Every tool and every chain runs exactly as it does after activation, and your files never leave the computer. There is no account to create and no card to enter.

Three days is short on purpose. Hangar is a batch tool, so most people know within an afternoon whether it fits: drop a batch of photos on Compress images, run a heavy catalog through Compress PDF, build one chain. If you are mid-evaluation and the clock is in the way, write to support.

What happens when the trial ends?

When the 3 days are used up the sidebar card switches to Trial ended, and tool and chain runs no longer start. Nothing is deleted: your workspaces, chains, run history and every file you already exported stay exactly where they are.

Open the card, enter a key and click Activate, and runs start again immediately. The window reminds you of this with the line Your trial has ended. Enter a license key to keep working.

If a run refuses to start and you are not sure why, an ended trial is the first thing to rule out. The file failed guide lists the other causes.

How are devices counted?

A device is one Mac or Windows PC with Hangar activated on it. Plans differ only by how many devices they cover: Solo for 1, Crew for 3 and Fleet for 10. Workspaces, users and files on a computer are never counted, only the computer itself.

Enter the same key on each computer to activate it. If a new computer shows Waiting for the license owner, every seat is taken: approve it from the email Hangar sends, or see moving Hangar to a new computer.