Office 2016 key change

Change Office 2016 from Command Prompt

Step 1: First step is to open elevated Command Prompt. To do so, you can simply type CMD in the Start screen or Start menu search box and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter key.

Alternatively, you can navigate to Command Prompt entry in the Start menu or Start screen, right-click on Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator option.

If you’re running 32-bit version of Office 2016 on 64-bit Windows, please use the following command:

cscript “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS” /inpkey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

In the above command, replace XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX with the new key that you would like to use.

Once the key is successfully updated, you’ll see “Product key installation successful” message. That’s it!