How to Find Office 2016/2019 Product Key (Windows 11 Available)
Where to Find Product Key for Office 2016/2019
See if any of these examples have ever happened to you:
"Can anyone help me find a lost product key code. I want to transfer Office 2016 from an older computer to a new one."
"So I purchase my computers directly from Dell and I always purchase a license for MS Office......Does any one know of a good programs out there that can find the product keys for Office that has been pre-installed by manufacturers......"
When you reinstall Office or install Office programs on a new device, Microsoft would ask for a 25-character product key to activate the software. If you want to find the activation code from installed Office, aiming to get a third-party product key extractor and other manual options, this guide is written for you.
Two parts you can read:
| Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
|---|---|
| Fix 1. How to Find Office 2016 Product Key |
Option 1. Run Qiling Key Finder > Click "Product Key"...Full steps |
| Fix 1. How to Find Office 2019 Product Key |
Option 1. Use Qiling Key Finder...Full steps |
How to Find Office 2016 Product Key
Locating Office 2016 product key is not only by CMD, email but also by a flexible key finder that can quickly check key numbers in one step.
1 - Get Office 2016 Product Key with Qiling Key Finder
2 - View Office 2016 Product Key from Microsoft Store
3 - Launch CMD to Find Office Product Key
1 - Get Office 2016 Product Key with Qiling Key Finder
Qiling Key Finder is among the best product key finders for Windows users. Once you got an Office transfer from one computer to another, reinstalled it from a website, or purchased a machine with pre-installed Office 2016/2019, you can run Qiling Key Finder. Its "Product Key" function plays important role in extracting Office, Windows, Adobe product keys.
- Notice:
- Due to Windows restrictions, some licenses cannot be extracted. You need to run trial to check whether the licenses can be listed.
More salient features:
- Find Windows, Office, Adobe, SQL server, Autodesk product key.
- Support to find the browser saved web username and password: Chrome, Edge, IE, Firefox.
- Read all wifi passwords connected to the current computer, if you forget the password, you can use key finder to identify it.
Download Qiling Key Finder and check the simple tutorial:
Step 1. Click "Windows" tab under the Registry Key.
Step 2. Check Windows product key on the right side. Click "Copy" to paste. Or select other two options:
"Save" - Save to local as a PDF file.
"Print" - Click to print key file.
2 - View Office 2016 Product Key from Microsoft Store
If you bought Office 2016 from an online store, the key number can be located from the Email receipt. If you can not find an email that was sent a long time ago.
Step 1. Sign in to your Office account and click Digital content.
Step 2. Then you can check the My Office Account page, click Office 2016 tab.
3 - Launch CMD to Find Office Product Key
CMD works well if your Office 2016 25-character key is stored on a computer.
Step 1. Type CMD on the search box and right-click it to choose Run as administrator.
Step 2. Type the following command:
- 32-bit Windows and 32-bit Office: cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus
- 64-bit Windows and 64-bit Office: cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus
- 64-bit Windows and 32-bit Office: cscript "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus
How to Check Windows 32 or 64:
Click Start button > Select Settings > System > About > Check Device Specification > System type
How to Know Office 32 or 64:
Run Office > Click Account > Click About Word > View if it is 32 or 64.
Some tutorials recommend checking Office 2016 product key in Registry. But if you did that step by step, you would see product key files in binary format. Unfortunately, you can not read it directly. So you'd better try other methods. Speaking of VBS methods, as we test, we can not find its full code to correctly get a 25-character key. So we do not suggest it.
How to Find Office 2019 Product Key
In part 2, you can see how to find the key number for Office 2019.
1 - Using Qiling Key Finder to Get Office 2019 Product Key
2 - Locate Office 2019 Product Key via Microsoft Account
1 - Using Qiling Key Finder to Get Office 2019 Product Key
This Office product key finder also works well for Office 2019 version so you can go back to part one and download Qiling Key Finder. When it running, click Product Key on the left panel, and you can select the Scan button to see Office 2019 key.
2 - Locate Office 2019 Product Key via Microsoft Account
Step 1. Sign in to your Microsoft Account.
Step 2. Go to Services & subscriptions, locate your Office 2019 and click the View product key next to the Product key tab.
Final Words
In this article, we have collected multiple ways to find Office 2016/2019 product key. You may see a huge part related to Qiling Key Finder. That is one of the easiest ways to lookup Office key. Other ways work well only if you type the right code.
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