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How to uninstall microsoft office licence from Windows

How to uninstall microsoft office licence from Windows

How to uninstall microsoft office licence from Windows 10 or How to remove microsoft office product key from registry

How to update/reinstall Microsoft Office product key before the deadline? Is there any method to change the license key without reinstalling Office suite? Have you an old machine that you want to change or sell, but also want to keep you Office license to you new maching? In this tutorial we will explore that how to remove easily the existing product key with you MS Office 2021 2019 / 2016 / 2013 applications.

For Office Product 64 Bit x64

Open Command Prompt from the Run Box

Press Windows+R to open "Run" box. Type "cmd" and then click "OK" to open a regular Command Prompt. Type "cmd" and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open an administrator Command Prompt.

C:\Users\linuxITs> 
C:\Users\linuxITs> cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16 
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16> cscript OSPP.VBS /dstatus 
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16> cscript OSPP.VBS /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

---Processing--------------------------
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PRODUCT ID: 00668-59000-32921-AA679
SKU ID: 8d78de56-79fb-528d-b9c6-c6a076e3939d
LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021MSDNR_Retail edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, RETAIL channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601
LICENSE STATUS:  ---LICENSED---
Last 5 characters of installed product key: MD5B9
	
	
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---Exiting-----------------------------

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16> 

cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:{last five characters of product key}

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16> OSPP.VBS /unpkey:MD5B9 

For Office Product 32 Bit x86

Open Command Prompt from the Run Box

Press Windows+R to open "Run" box. Type "cmd" and then click "OK" to open a regular Command Prompt. Type "cmd" and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open an administrator Command Prompt.

C:\Users\linuxITs> 
C:\Users\linuxITs> cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16> 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16> cscript OSPP.VBS /dstatus 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16> cscript OSPP.VBS /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

---Processing--------------------------
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PRODUCT ID: 00668-59000-32921-AA679
SKU ID: 8d78de56-79fb-528d-b9c6-c6a076e3939d
LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021MSDNR_Retail edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, RETAIL channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601
LICENSE STATUS:  ---LICENSED---
Last 5 characters of installed product key: MD5B9
	
	
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---Exiting-----------------------------

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16> 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16> cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:{last five characters of product key}

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16> OSPP.VBS /unpkey:MD5B9 

Conclusion

In this tutorial, You can uninstall Microsoft Office product key before reinstall Microsoft Windows operating system.

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