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Remove Office 2016 Product Key
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  1. Open a command prompt as Administrator
  2. In the command prompt, type the following:

  • Office 2016 (32-bit) on a 32-bit version of Windows

    cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

  • Office 2016 (32-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows

    cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

  • Office 2016 (64-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows

    cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus

  1. You should now get a screen with some license details such as the license name, type and the last 5 characters of the Product Key.

  2. You can use the last 5 characters of the Product Key to remove it using command:

  • Office 2016 (32-bit) on a 32-bit version of Windows

    cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /unpkey:<LAST 5 CHARACTERS>

  • Office 2016 (32-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows

    cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /unpkey:<LAST 5 CHARACTERS>

  • Office 2016 (64-bit) on a 64-bit version of Windows

    cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /unpkey:<LAST 5 CHARACTERS>

  1. Enjoy!
@joanaarantes
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Working! Problem Solved! Thank you!

@mudabbirali92
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those who are wandering here to find why my cmd showing "C:>" in advance. So you have to change the directory to installed directory of your ms office. just type cd "your path" then type cscript "OPSS.vbs" /dstatus. Make sure to append spaces as I have mentioned in demo..
Thanks in advance

@cpardanaz
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Great tip!. Thank you.

@vleitzgen
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Hi, worked great, but the old license is coming back again and again and again and I cannot get rid of it this way. Any other idea? Registry?

@sibbieboi
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Hey thank you very much for solving the problem. I specially made an account to thank you. Much Appreciated. Tension released. May god bless you and your family and everyone around you . Much Love. Thanks

@cgitosh
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cgitosh commented May 1, 2021 •
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You are the GOAT, I was about to go fiddle around in the registry

@timchambers
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Worked like a charm, thank you!

@lax2012
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lax2012 commented Feb 9, 2022

Fantastic! You deserve a beer! Tell me your paypal and I'll send it !

@hhbadarin
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Worked perfectly! Thank you so much.

@giordanocardillo
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Fantastic! You deserve a beer! Tell me your paypal and I'll send it !

Haha, don’t worry, happy to be useful

@Alexmkh855
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CMD response after step 2:

ERROR CODE: 0xC004F056
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated using the Key Management Service (KMS).

CMD response after step 3 with the last 5 characters:
Input Error: There is no file extension in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS\unpkey:xxxxx"

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