Redeem a product key or activate OfficeUpdated 4 hours ago

Applies to: Office 2016, Office 2019, Office 2021, Office 2024 Home for PC, Office 2024 Home & Business for PC.

Before you start: If you have an older version of Microsoft Office on your computer, you need to remove it first. Open the Control Panel, click "Uninstall a program", find Microsoft Office, and click "Uninstall".

1. Go to setup.office.com and click "Get started".

2. Sign in with your Microsoft account. If you don't have one, click "Create an account" to make a free one.

3. Enter your product key (the 25-character code you received by email) and click "Next".

4. Click "Redeem".

5. Now go to account.microsoft.com/services and click "Install" next to your product to download it to your computer.

6. A window will pop up, click "Install" to start downloading Office.

7. Once "OfficeSetup" finishes downloading, click "Open file". If a security warning appears, click "Run".

8. Wait for Office to finish installing, this may take a few minutes.

9. Once you see "You're all set!", click "Close".

10. Open the Start menu, type "Word" or any Office app name, and click to open it.

11. Click "Sign in or create account" and sign in with the same Microsoft account you used to redeem your product key.

Office is now activated and ready to use.