Remove Microsoft Office Keys via the command line

Sometimes it may be necessary to remove the old Office Key via cmd. To do this, we start the command prompt or cmd as administrator. Then we navigate to the Office installation location

cd C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16

In the next step we read the currently available data for activation:

cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus

You will see all information and the last 5 digits of the installed key.

To remove the key enter the following command (replace XXXXX with the last 5 digits of the key):

cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:XXXXX

The removal should now be confirmed.