Activate your new card

Let's get your new Capital One credit card ready to use.

Activate your new card

Let's get your new Capital One credit card ready to use.

Follow these quick and easy steps to activate your credit card.

Make sure to download the Capital One Mobile app and enroll in online banking to continue.

Step 1:

Sign in to your account online or with the Capital One Mobile app. Text "GET" to 80101 to download the app.


Already have a Capital One credit card? Link your new credit card account to your existing one.

Step 2:

Select “Activate New Card” and follow the steps shown. On the mobile app, you may be asked to tap your card to the phone for a quick and easy activation.

Need another way to activate your card?

On the app, go to ‘Profile’ and click on ‘Account & Feature Settings’ and then go to ‘Activate a Credit Card’.

On your computer, go to ‘I Want to…” and click on ‘Activate Card’ under Account Settings.

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