Office 2016 Mac Change License

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1. Existing Office 2016 for Mac customers will be seamlessly upgraded to 64-bit versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote as part of the August product release (version 15.25). This affects customers of all license types: Retail, Office 365 Consumer, Office 365 Commercial, and Volume License installations.
2. May 18, 2019 Method 1: Change Office 2019 / 2016 Product Key from Office Application. Open your Word or Excel application included in your Office 2019 / 2016 suite. Click on the File tab at the top-left. Select the Account tab. On the right side, click on the Change License button under the Office logo.

Click on the File tab at the top-left. Select the Account tab. On the right side, click on the Change License button under the Office logo. If you're using Office 2016, click on the Change Product Key link instead.

Today, I have installed Office 2016 setup to use Outlook 2016 and put in the product key when I open the outlook. After entering the product key, it sends to the product Activation page, the product activation message says that it is valid key but it is already used. So, now I have been forced to change the new product key.

Find and Reset Office 2016 License Key using VBScript

1. Open a command prompt (Start-> Run: cmd).
2. Run the following commands:

3. Note it the 5 digit partial product key (You may find multiple keys).

4. Then run the following command after replacing the with the 5 digit key that you got previous step.

This will uninstall an installed product key with partial product key you noted earlier. Uninstall all of the keys.

5. Now you should be able to set the license key as usual way. Or you can use following command after replacing the with your new license key:

Then you need run the below command to activate license.

Note:

Depending on the combination of Office version you might have to change the path to Program Files(x86)

For (x64 Office 2016) : C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16
For (x86 Office 2016): C:Program Files(x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16

For (x64 Office 2013) : C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice13
For (x86 Office 2013): C:Program Files(x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice13

Office 2016 Mac Version

Simply signing into Office as another User does not change the 'Belongs to' entry in Office 2016. If the person it belongs to doesn't match the signed in person Office 2016 will start showing a licensing error.

It would be nice if there was a change owner button, or something similar, but there isn't. Luckily, it's not too hard to fix. Sims motherlode mac.

4 Steps total

Step 1: Open a command prompt

Use your favorite method to get a command prompt open. Winkey+R then CMD, Start then Command Prompt, etc.

NOTE - you need to run this as administrator Wireless webcam for mac.

Step 2: Run the ospp.vbs command

Run the following command to get the last 5 digits of the product key:

Office 2016 Mac System Requirement

cscript.exe '%ProgramFiles(x86)%Microsoft OfficeOffice16ospp.vbs' /dstatus

Step 3: Run ospp.vbs again, different options

Run the same command again, but change the options. This time you will be unpublishing the key you found in step 2. Replace XXXXX with the key from step 2.

cscript.exe '%ProgramFiles(x86)%Microsoft OfficeOffice16ospp.vbs' /unpkey:XXXXX

Step 4: Exit command prompt, run an Office app

Once you've exited the command prompt open any Office program (Word, Excel, etc.) and you will be prompted to sign in. Whatever account you sign in with will become the 'Belongs to' account.

It only takes a few seconds to do this, but I don't know why MS made it so you have to leave the apps and go CLI for it. Mac tools homecoming 2017.

Office 2016 Mac Change License Key Generator

References

• PS script wrapper to automate these steps

Office 2016 Mac Change License Verification

6 Comments

Office 2016 Mac Change License Plate

• Datil
  Josh_Cunning Oct 13, 2017 at 07:54pm

  I have this issue a lot and you might also need to check a few other places for like the Credential Manager

  Also you might need to clear this registry entries:
  HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0 or 16.0CommonIdentityIdentities
  HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftProtected Storage System Provider
  HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0 or 16.0CommonIdentity
  HKEYU(The Users SID)SoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0 or 16.0CommonIdentity

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  DragonsRule Oct 13, 2017 at 07:55pm

  I've never had to do any of that, but thanks for the info.

• Pimiento
  tommurphy5 Oct 13, 2017 at 09:11pm

  yeah you can do this, good for non-shared activation of Office 365 2016. its worth looking into the Office Deployment Toolkit from MS, you can setup Shared-User activation for systems that have multi users.

• Chipotle
  uberchemist Feb 1, 2019 at 08:53pm

  Running the commands alone did not affect the 'Belongs to:' entry for me, though I am running Office 365, not 2016. But the comment from Josh about clearing the registry entries DID work. Thanks guys!

• Anaheim
  DiscordantQ Jun 20, 2019 at 01:36pm

  is there a fix for Mac for this? or will this work just as well in Terminal?

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  DragonsRule Jun 20, 2019 at 01:42pm

  Sorry, I have no Apple devices so have no idea.