Office: Transfer license and activate on a new PC

If you want to transfer your Office license to another PC, then you must first determine the key and save it. Then uninstall Office on your PC and you can download and activate it on the new computer.

This is how you transfer your Office license

If you would like to use one or more of the Office applications, then you must purchase a license. With this you can then activate and use the software in conjunction with your account. If you have a new PC, this license must be transferred in order to continue using the applications.

1. If you already know the product key you can proceed to the next step. To find out your product key, you can use a third-party software or read the product key. Alternatively, you can log in with your Microsoft account after downloading Office. Then the key will be transferred automatically.
2. After downloading and installing, you only need to follow the instructions to get to know your product key.
3. Save the key in er txt file and this in turn on a USB stick or write down the key by hand.
4. Deinstallieren Sie anschließend über „Start“ --> „Alle Apps“ --> „Windows-Systeme“ --> „Systemsteuerung“ --> „Programme deinstallieren“ Office von Ihrem PC.
5. Laden Sie auf Ihrem neuen PC die neuste Office-Version herunter und installieren Sie diese.
6. Folgen Sie den Anweisungen und geben Sie, sobald Sie gefragt werden, Ihren Produktschlüssel ein. Melden Sie sich dann mit Ihrem Office-Account an.
7. Anschließend können Sie die Office-Anwendungen wie gewohnt verwenden.