{"id":14351,"date":"2019-05-18T05:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T05:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=14351"},"modified":"2019-05-18T05:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T05:38:42","slug":"change-office-2019-2016-product-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-office-2019-2016-product-key\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Office 2019 \/ 2016 Product Key with Ease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your Office license has expired and need to replace it with a new product key? Need to change Office product key because it&#8217;s already activated by the maximum number of times? In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 easy ways to change Office 2019 \/ 2016 product key without re-installing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Change Office 2019 \/ 2016 Product Key from Office Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open your Word or Excel application included in your Office 2019 \/ 2016 suite. Click on the <strong>File<\/strong> tab at the top-left.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/word-file-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14355\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Account<\/strong> tab. On the right side, click on the <strong>Change License<\/strong> button under the Office logo. If you&#8217;re using Office 2016, click on the <strong>Change Product Key<\/strong> link instead.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/change-office-licensse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14356\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll be prompted to sign in to your Microsoft account which is linked with your new Office product key, or enter the product key instead.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/enter-office-product-key.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14357\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Change Office 2019 \/ 2016 Product Key with Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the Command Prompt as administrator. Navigate to Office installation folder by running this command:<br \/>\n<code>cd C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16<\/code><\/p>\n<p> \tIf Office 2019 \/ 2016 32-bit is installed on 64-bit Windows, type this command instead:<br \/>\n<code>cd C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office16<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Now, you can change your Office product key by running the command below:<br \/>\n<code>cscript ospp.vbs \/inpkey:new_product_key<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/change-office-product-key-with-cmd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"209\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14358\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finally, type the following command to immediately activate your copy of Office 2019 \/ 2016 installation:<br \/>\n<code>cscript ospp.vbs \/act<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/activate-office-2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14359\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The methods given above are the options to directly change the product key in your Office 2016 \/ 2019 application. Of course, you can also choose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/remove-license-product-key-for-office-2016-2013\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">remove &#038; deactivate your current Office license<\/a> first and then enter your new product key the next time you launch Office application.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Office license has expired and need to replace it with a new product key? Need to change Office product key because it&#8217;s already activated by the maximum number of times? In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 easy ways to change Office 2019 \/ 2016 product key without re-installing. 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