Tips en Tricks

Find your Office product key after installation

Find the Office product key associated with your PC

First, find the last five digits of the product key associated with your computer.

  1. Go to the PC that has Office installed.

  2. Open a Command Prompt. Here’s what the Command Prompt looks like in Windows 10.

    Command Prompt window from Windows 10

    Windows 10 and Windows 8.1

    • Right-click the Start button Windows Start button in Windows 8 and Windows 10 (lower-left corner), and choose Command Prompt.

      Command Prompt command after right-click Start button

    Windows 7

    • Click the Start button Windows 7 Start button (lower-left corner), and choose Command Prompt.

  3. Enter the appropriate command:

    If you use the wrong command, you’ll get an Input Error: Can not find script file… message.


    Tip     You can copy the command and paste it into the Command Prompt window.

    Office 2016

    • For 32 bit Windows:

      cscript “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS” /dstatus

    • For 64 bit Windows:

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

    Office 2013

    • For 32 bit Windows:

      cscript “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS” /dstatus

    • For 64 bit Windows:

      cscript “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS” /dstatus

  4. The command prompt box will show you the last five digits of the product key associated with the Office installation on that PC.

    Command Prompt showing last five digits of product key

  5. Make a note of the PC the Office product is installed on, and five digit number. You will need this for reference.

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