Follow the below steps to remove KMS activation from Windows Office 2016. MS Office is the daily use software for any office. It is a complete package with a lot of facilities to make your company’s activities easier. Three types of licenses are in common 1. Home 2. Business 3. Corporate
Step 1: Go to Command Prompt(As Administrator) on Your PC as administrator
Open a Command Prompt window as Administrator, and then take one of the following actions:
• Your PC with the 64-bit version of Office 2016, Goto the following folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16
• Your PC with the 32-bit version of Office 2016, move to the following folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16
Step 2: Find the Current office 2016 License(s)
Use the following command to display the license status.
Check the last five characters of any and all license keys that show in the output:
Command: cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus
You can see the Result including with Last 5 Characters of the installed product Key: WFG99 (Example)
Step 3: Remove the existing Office 2016License(s) from your PC
Now type and run the following command to remove the license key you copied from the above step.
Command: cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:<Last five characters of license key>
Step 4: Restart the Computer
Once you finished the above steps are successful, close all applications and restart the PC.
Step 5: Re-enter the MS Office 2016/2019/ 365/ New License
Then open one of the MS Office applications (I like to use Word).
The application should ask you to activate the Office by providing your sign-on ID/product key.
Fill in the new user’s credentials and the MS Office software will now be licensed under the new ID.
Hope the above steps to remove KMS activation from Windows Office 2016 help you to solve the MS Office license issue.
Conclusion
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