

Method 3: Backup and Restore Office 2016 / 2019 Activation It will scan the registry for available activation keys for Windows, Office and other softwares installed on your computer. If Microsoft Office 2016 or 2019 came preinstalled on your computer or your product key sticker is totally unreadable, then try to decrypt and extract the product key from Windows registry using the third-party software like KeyFinder Plus.Īfter launching the KeyFinder Plus program, click on Start Recovery and then choose “ From current system” from the drop-down menu. Method 2: Find Office 2016 / 2019 Product Key from Windows Registry You can write down the product key and keep it somewhere safe. The Office product key associated with your Microsoft account will appear there. Just sign in to Services & subscriptions with your Microsoft account, locate the Office one-time purchase and then click on the “ View product key” link. Microsoft Store) without physical disc, your product key is stored in your Microsoft online account or arrived in your email receipt. Method 1: Find Office 2016 / 2019 Product Key from Microsoft Account My hatred for MS knows no bounds.Lost your Office 2016 product key? How can I backup or transfer Office activation to another computer? If you need to reinstall Windows or Office but you’ve lost 25-character product key, here are all possible ways to find Office 2016 / 2019 product key, or backup your Office activation so you can restore it later. I've been dealing with various MS shenanigan-BS since the 80's. You try and stay legal/legit and this is what you get. These idiots at Microsoft just don't think things After that, it's subscription only, like so many other products. Office 2019, or maybe 2022, will be the end of perpetual licenses. I sure the hell won't be buying any more 2019 H&B licenses online. This last one is a goner since I only now activated - and discovered that it's impossible to retrieve. I have twenty-three Office 2019 Home and Business (perpetual) keys registered to a single MS account and cannot see *any* of them now.įortunately, knowing that MS may do some anti-consumer shit like this, I recorded the first 22 PKs in an Excel spreadsheet as I activated them. Heh, just as I suspected when I tried to view a recently activated 2019 PK using the online account - MS removed the view feature.
