# n8n community activation key

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-community-activation-key/295834>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 16, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-community-activation-key/295834 "2026-05-16T05:20:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ganhecomigoba](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/ganhecomigoba/32/174073_2.png) [@ganhecomigoba](https://community.n8n.io/u/ganhecomigoba)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-community-activation-key/295834/1 "2026-05-16T05:20:16Z")

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Hello everyone,

I recently installed and configured a self-hosted instance of n8n and requested the n8n Community Activation Key, but I still haven’t received the activation email.

I already checked:

- Spam/junk folder

- Email address used during the request

- SMTP/server delivery logs

However, the activation key email never arrived.

Has anyone experienced this before or knows how to resolve it?

Thank you in advance for any help.

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**Author:** ![kjooleng](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/kjooleng/32/184045_2.png) [@kjooleng](https://community.n8n.io/u/kjooleng)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-community-activation-key/295834/2 "2026-05-16T06:26:44Z")

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Can you request for another key?

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**Author:** ![Deepankar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/deepankar/32/174793_2.png) [@Deepankar](https://community.n8n.io/u/Deepankar)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-community-activation-key/295834/3 "2026-05-16T17:52:52Z")

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Hey @ganhecomigoba Welcome to the n8n community!

Can you try changing your email and request again to activate your n8n, This is an issue which has happened before with users and i think it’s going to be fixed soon.

Or there one more thing that you could try as to run this curl maunally via command line and register this way.

Here is code for your help :

```auto
curl 'https://enterprise.n8n.io/community-registered ’
-X POST
-H ‘content-type: application/json’
–data-raw ‘{
“email”: “your@email.com”,
“instanceId”: “your-instance-id”,
“instanceUrl”: “http://your-instance-url”,
“licenseType”: “community-registered”
}’

```

I cURL above may or may not work but it is worth a try but i think it probably should, and if you still have problems you can reach out to [license@n8n.io](mailto:license@n8n.io).

You can reference this post as this worked for this user : [License key request always returns 403 error](https://community.n8n.io/t/community-license-key-request-always-returns-403-error-self-hosted-docker/286082/4)

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/n8n-community-activation-key/295834/4 "2026-08-14T17:52:55Z")

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