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Uninstall Microsoft product trial license or KMS license completely

Posted by Always Smile in Computer Tips | Last updated on September 29, 2019

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As you know, the new Microsoft product installation usually includes a 30-days free trial license.
However, the problem here is that the trial license is not uninstalled automatically when it is
expired. And so this leads to the paradox that it keeps saying “Most features are disabled” or
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“Windows is not activated” even after activating it using a valid license. Besides, some of you
guys who have ever used KMS license to activate your Windows or your Office and now you just
want to remove it in order to use another product key. This is similar to the problem I just
mentioned. And to address these issues, please do the following steps.

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Steps to remove your Office license

Step 1: Open command prompt as administrator.

Step 2: Copy/run this command to determine what is the license key you want to remove.

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cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus

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If you see an error, try this command.

cscript "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /dstatus

Note: “Office16” is codename of Office 2016. If you are using Office 2010/2013, replace
“Office16” with “Office14” or “Office15”.

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Determine license you want to remove

Step 3: Copy and run these commands to remove the license. Note: replace “VMFTK” with the
last 5 characters of your product key.

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cscript "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /unpkey:VMFTK

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If you see an error, try this command.

cscript "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" /unpkey:VMFTK

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Done!

Steps to remove your Windows license

Step 1: Open command prompt with admin rights.

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Step 2: Execute this command.

cscript slmgr.vbs /upk&cscript slmgr.vbs /cpky

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Windows product key is removed successfully

Done! The license you want to remove is uninstalled successfully.

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If you would have any questions or concerns, please leave your comments. I would be glad to
explain in more details. Thank you so much for all your feedback and support!

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52 thoughts on “Uninstall Microsoft product trial license or KMS license completely”

sar
September 30, 2019 at 6:51 AM

thank you very much Guang .

great troubleshooting
just had to call microsoft for the last step
one last step to complete is to click update on the application account page
now it no longer shows unlicensed.

thank you again Guang

Pat Drudy
September 20, 2019 at 8:00 AM

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VERY helpful. Thank you sooooooo much for this. It was driving me crazy.

Nila
September 18, 2019 at 5:46 AM

Thank you SO MUCH.

Mohan
September 9, 2019 at 4:57 AM

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Hey, Thanks…it worked for me!!!

Vinai
August 24, 2019 at 7:02 PM

Mine got Acer Swift 3 with Office 365 TRIAL installed, and to activate it by having credit card while
I ain’t got a credit card.. So I buy office 2019 license key and follow this instructions to remove
trial license, and it worked. Thanks!

Andreas
August 18, 2019 at 2:41 PM

Very good suggestion. It worked perfectly. Thank you very much!

Paul
July 22, 2019 at 1:42 AM

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