{"id":"licensing-payments.do-inner-circle-members-need-a-licence-key","url":"/faq/licensing-payments/do-inner-circle-members-need-a-licence-key","category":{"id":"licensing-payments","title":"Licensing & payments"},"subcategory":{"id":"inner-circle","title":"Inner Circle (founder) offer"},"question":"Do Inner Circle members need to enter a licence key?","alt_questions":["inner circle activation","founder licence key","no code inner circle","how do founders activate"],"short_answer":"Not during the free period — the button in your approval email activates Storage Studio with no key to copy or manage.","answer_markdown":"Not during the free period. Activating from the button in your approval email handles everything, so there's no key to copy, enter or keep track of.\n\nIf you ever need to activate by hand — for example on a Mac other than the one reading your email — contact support@storagestudio.us.","answer_html":"<p>Not during the free period. Activating from the button in your approval email handles everything, so there&#39;s no key to copy, enter or keep track of.</p>\n<p>If you ever need to activate by hand — for example on a Mac other than the one reading your email — contact support@storagestudio.us.</p>","answer_text":"Not during the free period. Activating from the button in your approval email handles everything, so there's no key to copy, enter or keep track of.\n\nIf you ever need to activate by hand — for example on a Mac other than the one reading your email — contact support@storagestudio.us.","tags":["inner circle","activation"],"related":[{"id":"licensing-payments.what-is-the-inner-circle","question":"What is the Storage Studio Inner Circle?","url":"/faq/licensing-payments/what-is-the-inner-circle"},{"id":"licensing-payments.how-does-one-tap-activation-work","question":"How does the \"Activate Storage Studio\" button in my email work?","url":"/faq/licensing-payments/how-does-one-tap-activation-work"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"Do Inner Circle members need to enter a licence key? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Not during the free period — the button in your approval email activates Storage Studio with no key to copy or manage.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Licensing & payments","path":"/faq/licensing-payments/"},{"name":"Do Inner Circle members need to enter a licence key?","path":"/faq/licensing-payments/do-inner-circle-members-need-a-licence-key"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/do-inner-circle-members-need-a-licence-key","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Do Inner Circle members need to enter a licence key?","alternateName":["inner circle activation","founder licence key","no code inner circle","how do founders activate"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Not during the free period. Activating from the button in your approval email handles everything, so there's no key to copy, enter or keep track of.\n\nIf you ever need to activate by hand — for example on a Mac other than the one reading your email — contact support@storagestudio.us.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/do-inner-circle-members-need-a-licence-key"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; iCloud Photos</a> <span>168</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/data-transfers/\">Data Transfers</a> <span>119</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/backups/\">Backups &amp; restore points</a> <span>126</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/delta-drive/\">Delta Drive, Delta Trust &amp; My Drive</a> <span>125</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/bridge-devices/\">Bridge &amp; your devices</a> <span>111</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/duplicates/\">Duplicate files</a> <span>74</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/junk-yard/\">Junk Yard</a> <span>113</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> <span>105</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/settings/\">Settings &amp; keep-time</a> <span>88</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/performance-battery/\">Performance &amp; battery</a> <span>62</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/privacy-safety/\">Privacy &amp; safety</a> <span>85</span></li><li class=\"fl-open\"><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\" aria-current=\"true\">Licensing &amp; payments</a> <span>131</span><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#free-trial\">The free trial</a> <span>16</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#trial-extension\">Extending your trial and free offers</a> <span>10</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#plans\">Plans and pricing</a> <span>8</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#buying\">Buying, coupons and onboarding codes</a> <span>15</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#activation\">Activating your licence</a> <span>16</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#licence-key\">Your licence key</a> <span>5</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#macs\">Your licence and your Macs</a> <span>7</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#subscription\">Managing your subscription</a> <span>26</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#refunds\">Refunds, charges and disputes</a> <span>7</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#licence-status\">Licence status and offline use</a> <span>14</span></li><li class=\"fl-on\"><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#inner-circle\">Inner Circle (founder) offer</a> <span>4</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#versions\">Updates and Mac compatibility</a> <span>3</span></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a> <span>180</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/comparisons/\">Comparisons &amp; alternatives</a> <span>75</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/mac-storage-basics/\">Mac storage basics</a> <span>315</span></li></ul></details></aside><div class=\"fl-main\"><nav class=\"fl-crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/\">FAQ</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\">Licensing &amp; payments</a></li><li aria-current=\"page\">Do Inner Circle members need to enter a licence key?</li></ol></nav>\n<form class=\"fl-search\" action=\"/faq/search\" method=\"get\" role=\"search\" data-fl-search>\n<label class=\"fl-visually-hidden\" for=\"fl-q\">Search the FAQ</label>\n<input id=\"fl-q\" type=\"search\" name=\"q\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search 2,816 questions…\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<button type=\"submit\">Search</button>\n<div class=\"fl-suggest\" role=\"listbox\" hidden></div>\n</form>\n<article class=\"fl-entry\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow fl-eyebrow\"><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\">Licensing &amp; payments</a> · <a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/#inner-circle\">Inner Circle (founder) offer</a></p>\n<h1>Do Inner Circle members need to enter a licence key?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> Not during the free period — the button in your approval email activates Storage Studio with no key to copy or manage.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>Not during the free period. Activating from the button in your approval email handles everything, so there&#39;s no key to copy, enter or keep track of.</p>\n<p>If you ever need to activate by hand — for example on a Mac other than the one reading your email — contact support@storagestudio.us.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/what-is-the-inner-circle\">What is the Storage Studio Inner Circle?</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/how-does-one-tap-activation-work\">How does the &quot;Activate Storage Studio&quot; button in my email work?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/do-inner-circle-members-need-a-licence-key.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/do-inner-circle-members-need-a-licence-key.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}