Register IntelliJ IDEA

Last modified: 24 July 2024

You can evaluate IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate for up to 30 days free of charge.

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  • IntelliJ IDEA will automatically log you into your JetBrains Account if you're using ToolBox to install JetBrains products and already logged in there.

  • If you use two-factor authentication for your JetBrains Account, you can specify the generated app password instead of the primary JetBrains Account password.

Start a free trial

  • In the Licenses dialog that opens when you start IntelliJ IDEA, click the Start Free 30-Day Trial button.

    The Licenses dialog with the options to select whether to start a trial or activate your IDE

    You will be redirected to the JetBrains website where you will see a confirmation that your trial has started.

Upon the expiration of the trial version, you need to buy and register a license to continue using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate. A new trial period will be available for the next released version of IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate.

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IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is free and can be used without any license. You cannot upgrade to IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate: download and install it separately as described in Install IntelliJ IDEA.

Activate IntelliJ IDEA license

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For more information on our licensing model, refer to the Licensing and Purchasing FAQ.

  1. Select Help | Register from the main menu or click Options Menu | Manage License on the Welcome screen to open the Licenses dialog.

    IntelliJ IDEA: Licenses dialog

  2. Select how you want to register IntelliJ IDEA or a plugin that requires a license:

    Log in to your JetBrains Account and get licenses that you purchased.

    If you don't have a JetBrains Account yet, use the Register button.

    Activate IntelliJ IDEA license with a JB Account

    IntelliJ IDEA automatically shows the list of your licenses and their details like expiration date and identifier. Click Activate to start using your license.

    Activate IntelliJ IDEA license with a JetBrains Account

    If your license is not shown on the list, click Refresh license list.

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    IntelliJ IDEA detects the system proxy URL during initial startup and uses it for connecting to the JetBrains Account, Floating License Server, and License Vault. To override the URL of the system proxy, add the -Djba.http.proxy JVM option. Specify the proxy URL as the host address and optional port number: proxy-host[:proxy-port]. For example: -Djba.http.proxy=http://my-proxy.com:4321.

    If you want to disable proxy detection entirely and always connect directly, set the property to -Djba.http.proxy=direct.

Change the active user

  1. Select Help | Register from the main menu or click Options Menu | Manage License on the Welcome screen to open the Licenses dialog.

  2. Click your name in the bottom left corner of the dialog and select Log Out.

    Log out

    After logging out, you can register using another JetBrains Account or a different activation method.

Early Access Program

Pre-release builds of IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate that are part of the Early Access Program are shipped with a 30-days license. Log in with your JetBrains Account to start using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate EAP.

You can use either your JetBrains Account directly or your Google, GitHub, GitLab, or BitBucket account for authorization. You can also create a new JetBrains Account if you don't have one yet.

Login options

  1. Click Log in with JetBrains Account. You will be automatically redirected to the JetBrains Account website.

    Login dialog

  2. On the website, log in using your JetBrains Account credentials.

  3. Once you've successfully logged in, you can start using IntelliJ IDEA EAP by clicking Get Started.

    If you want to participate in EAP-related activities and provide your feedback, make sure to select the Send me EAP-related feedback requests and surveys option.

    Successful login

Access to JetBrains Account: Troubleshooting

If you encounter problems when attempting to log in to your JetBrains Account, this may be due to one of the following reasons:

Log in with an authorization token

An authorization token is a way to log in to your JetBrains Account if your system doesn't allow for redirection from the IDE directly, for example, due to your company's security policy. IntelliJ IDEA recognizes when redirection to the JetBrains Account website is impossible. It enables you to copy a link to generate an authorization token manually.

  1. Click Copy link and open the copied link in your browser.

    Copy the link to get an authorization token

  2. Log in to your JetBrains Account to generate an authorization token. After that, copy the token, paste it to the IDE authorization token field and click Check token. Once you've successfully logged in, you can start using IntelliJ IDEA.