How to find the product key for Office 2016/2019 (for Windows 11)

How to find the product key for Office 2016/2019?

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"Can anyone help me find a lost product key? I want to transfer Office 2016 from my old computer to a new one."

"So I buy computers directly from Dell and I always buy the MS Office license... anyone know of a good program to find the product key for Office that the manufacturer pre-installs?"

When you reinstall Office or install Office programs on a new device, Microsoft will ask for a 25-character product key to activate the software. If you're looking to find the activation code from an installed copy of Office for the purpose of using a third-party product key finder or other manual options, this guide is for you.

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How to find the product key for Office 2016

Locating the Office 2016 product key is possible not only via CMD and email, but also through a flexible key finder that quickly checks the key number in one go.

1 - Retrieving the Office 2016 Product Key using a Key Finder Tool

2 - View your Office 2016 product key in the Microsoft Store

3 - Launch CMD to find your Office product key

[1] Retrieve Office 2016 product key using a Key Finder tool

Key Finder is one of the best product key finders for Windows users. You can run it when you transfer Office from one computer to another, reinstall it from a website, or buy a device with pre-installed Office 2016/2019. Its “Product Key” feature plays an essential role in extracting Office, Windows, and Adobe product keys.

Even more striking:

- Searches for keys of Windows, Office, Adobe, SQL Server, Autodesk products. - Supports finding saved usernames and passwords in web browsers: Chrome, Edge, IE, Firefox. - Reads all WiFi passwords connected on the current computer, which comes in handy if you've forgotten them. The Key Finder can help identify them.

Download the Key Finder tool, and see the brief tutorial:

Step 1: Click the “Windows” key under the Registry Editor.

Step 2. Look for your Windows product key on the right. Click “Copy” to paste it, or choose one of the other two options:

"Saves" - Saves as a local PDF file.

“Print” – click to print key documents.

2 - View Office 2016 product key from Microsoft Store

If you bought Office 2016 from an online store, you can find the key in your email receipt. If you can't find the email, it might be in your spam folder or junk mail.

Step 1: Sign in to your Office account and click on “Digital Content.”

Step 2: Next, on the My Office Account page, click the Office 2016 tab.

3 - Finding Office Product Key using CMD

If your Office 2016 25-character product key is stored on the computer, the CMD method will work.

Step 1. Type CMD in the search box, right-click on it, and select “Run as administrator.”

Step 2. Enter 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 if Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit:

Click the "Start" button > Select "Settings" > "System" > "About" > check under "Device specifications" > "System type."

How to Tell If You Have 32-bit or 64-bit Office:

Run Office -> Click on Account -> Click on About Word -> See if it's 32-bit or 64-bit.

Some tutorials suggest looking for your Office 2016 product key in the registry. If you follow these steps, however, you'll see that the product key file is displayed in binary format, which you can't read directly. It's better to try something else. As for using a VBS script, in our tests we couldn't find complete code to correctly retrieve the full 25-character key. So, we don't recommend this method.

How to find the product key for Office 2019

In Part 2, you'll learn how to find your Office 2019 key.

1 - Using a Key Finder Tool to Retrieve Office 2019 Product Key

2 - Find your Office 2019 product key with a Microsoft account

1 - Retrieve the Office 2019 product key using a Key Finder tool

This Office Key Finder also works for Office 2019, so you can go back to the first section and download the Key Finder tool. When running it, click on Product Keys in the left pane, and then hit the Scan button to view your Office 2019 key.

2 - Finding your Office 2019 product key through a Microsoft account

Step 1: Sign in to your Microsoft account.

Step 2: Go to Services & subscriptions, find your Office 2019, and then click the View product key link next to Product key.

Last Words

In this article, we've gathered several methods to find your Office 2016/2019 product key. You'll see a lot of references to Key Finder tools, which is one of the easiest ways to find your Office key. Other methods work only if you enter the correct code.

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