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                            January 4, 2024

       Natalie Derse
       Chief Financial Officer
       Gen Digital Inc.
       60 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Suite 1000
       Tempe, AZ 85281

                                                        Re: Gen Digital Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2023
                                                            Form 10-Q for the
Quarterly Period Ended September 29, 2023
                                                            Form 8-K furnished
November 7, 2023
                                                            File No. 000-17781

       Dear Natalie Derse:

              We have limited our review of your filings to the financial
statements and related
       disclosures and have the following comments.

              Please respond to this letter within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe a
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2023

       Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
       Results of Operations, page 30

   1.                                                   You attribute the
increase in revenue to a $406 million increase in sales of your consumer
                                                        security products and a
$117 million increase in sales of your identity and protection
                                                        products, which was
offset by $113 million of foreign exchange headwinds. Please revise
                                                        here to provide a
quantified discussion of the impact of the Avast acquisition on your net
                                                        revenues. In this
regard, avoid using vague terms such as "primarily," as you have done on
                                                        page 28, in favor
specific quantification to more clearly describe the organic versus
                                                        inorganic revenue
growth. Similarly, revise to include a discussion of Avast's impact on
                                                        your performance
metrics such as direct customer count, ARPU and annual retention rate.
                                                        For example, the
decrease in your annual retention rate from 84% in fiscal 2022 to 76% in
                                                        fiscal 2023 appears to
be impacted by the Avast acquisition. Refer to Item 303(b) of
                                                        Regulation S-K.
 Natalie Derse
Gen Digital Inc.
January 4, 2024
Page 2
Performance Metrics, page 30

2.       We note that annual retention rate is defined as the number of direct
customers who have
         more than one-year tenure as of the end of the most recently completed
fiscal period
         divided by the total number of direct customers as of the end of the
period one year ago.
         Please revise to clarify whether you compare the customer base as of a
year ago to the
         same customers in the current period. If not, explain further how this
measure represents
         retention of existing customers.
Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies
Revenue recognition, page 47

3.       We note your disclosure that revenue from e-commerce partners is
recognized on a gross
         basis before the deduction of partner incentive and fees. Please
revise to disclose the
         nature of these arrangements, clarify whether you have direct billing
arrangements with
         the end consumer, and describe the basis for your accounting treatment
conclusion, if
         material. In your response, tell us the amount of e-commerce revenue
for
         each period presented, including subsequent interim periods, and
clarify whether e-
         commerce revenue is included in direct or partner revenue as disclosed
in MD&A. Refer
         to ASC 606-10-50-12.
Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 29, 2023

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Performance Metrics, page 30

4.       Please provide us with your customer retention rates for each quarter
of the last two fiscal
         years and the current interim periods. Also, tell us your
consideration to include this
         information in your Form 10-Q filings. In this regard, we note you
present quarterly
         retention information in your investor presentations along with a
discussion of changes in
         such metric since the Avast acquisition.
Form 8-K furnished November 7, 2023

Exibit 99.01 Press Release, page 1

5.     We note that you highlight the non-GAAP year-over-year information in a
different style
       (i.e. bullet points) than you do the GAAP information, which appears to
place undue
       prominence on your non-GAAP measures. In addition, you discuss non-GAAP
operating
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       income in your highlights without discussing GAAP operating income with
equal or
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       greater          Digital
                prominence.     Inc. revise. Refer to Question 102.10(a) of the
Non-GAAP
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       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

       Please contact Joyce Sweeney at 202-551-3449 or Kathleen Collins at
202-551-3499 with
any questions.



                                                          Sincerely,

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