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Remove Office 2016 Product Key
  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!
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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.

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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

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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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