Microsoft Office 2011 Mac Remove License

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For one-time purchases of Office for Mac 2011 you can install Office on only one computer. However, you may transfer Office for Mac 2011 to another computer that belongs to you if you experience a hardware failure or you buy a new computer. For more information, see the Microsoft License Terms for your product. How to: Completely Remove Office 2011 From Mac If the issue is with your Computer or a Laptop you should try using Reimage Plus which can scan the repositories and replace corrupt and missing files. This works in most cases, where the issue is originated due to a system corruption. 2017-9-15  Step 2: Remove the Microsoft Office 2011 folder. On the Go menu, click Applications. Drag the Microsoft Office 2011 folder to the Trash. Step 3: Remove Office preferences. Warning Removing preferences will delete any customizations that were made. These customizations include changes to toolbars, custom dictionaries, and keyboard shortcuts that. Sep 26, 2013 Removing License Files for Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac: In the Finder, click Go, and then click Computer. Open your hard drive. For example, Macintosh HD. Open the Library folder. Open Preferences folder. Select the file com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist and move it to Trash.

Learning has never been so easy!

Having been on Microsoft Office 365 for a few months now, we started to notice that when users who had activated software on a PC were removed from Office 365, the software would go into 'grace period' and would continually notify the new user of the PC that there was a problem. The trouble was I could not figure out how to reassign the software license to the new user. Finally I have found steps that will accomplish this without having to repair/reinstall office.

5 Steps total

Step 1: Open Command Prompt on PC

Open a Command Prompt window, and then take one of the following actions:

• If you installed the 64-bit version of Office 2016, move to the following folder: C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice16
• If you installed the 32-bit version of Office 2016, move to the following folder: C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16

Step 2: Display the Current License(s)

Type the following command to display the license status. Note the last five characters of any and all license keys that display in the output:

cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus

Step 3: Remove the License(s)

Now run the following command as many times as needed to remove all of the license keys you noted from the previous step.

cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:

Remove Office 2010

Step 4: Restart the Computer

Once the remove commands are successfull, close the command prompt and restart the PC.

Step 5: Reactivate MS Office 2016 with New Account

Launch one of the MS Office 2016 applications (I like to use Word). The application should prompt you to reactivate the by providing your sign-on ID. Enter in the new user's credentials and the software will now be licensed under their ID.

This should also work on 2013 if you modify the path to end with 'Office15'

Published: Sep 04, 2013 · Last Updated: Jul 27, 2018

34 Comments

  • Sonora
    lueo Jan 4, 2014 at 07:01am

    Trying to find a way to remove expired license of O365 for 2 days, even Microsoft didn't provide a comprehensive way to remove it.

    Your method works great for me. Thanks for sharing!

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    Amr9983 Jan 17, 2014 at 04:47pm

    Step 5 didnt work with me so i would do this instead
    cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:value
    Install a product key (replaces existing key) with user-provided product key. Value parameter applies.

  • Jalapeno
    mtndewwatkins Jan 22, 2014 at 09:27pm

    Thanks a bunch this is super important for any version of Office when use acronis our keys get mixed up on a reformat, but this saved me the hassle of uninstalling and re installing office.

  • Jalapeno
    Tdawg1982 May 9, 2014 at 06:10pm

    Anyone have an idea on a way to script this out and run across a network?

  • Serrano
    Under Dog May 22, 2014 at 07:10pm

    So is this how home users are regulated when they are terminated or move to another company? Will their software enter a grace period and then stop working? That would be great.

  • Habanero
    Lauren7060 May 22, 2014 at 07:13pm

    Yes, there is a grace period. I am forgetting how long, but I want to say 90 days?! Once the grace period is up they have the choice of using it in limited mode or entering their own activation key.

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    renxxxx May 31, 2014 at 02:14am

    I'm new to this , I opened command promp, next to what originally pops up C:Usersxxxx> I did not skp a space I continued to put in as seen here C:Usersxxxx>C:Program FilesMicrosoftOfficeOffice15 Then I hit enter, I tried the 64bit 1st then the 32bit I get both with error saying, is not recongnized as an internal or external command. operable program or batch file, I even tried after the C:Usersxxxx> separating the MicrosoftOfficeOffice15 to Microsoft OfficeOffice15 still does not work. any help please.
    If you can help with this please shoot me an email at just2wicked2008 @ gmail.com I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

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    wayneng Aug 6, 2014 at 12:07am

    I accidentally registered/associated an Office 2013 product key to my Microsoft account. The software has not been installed on my computer.

    So I should skip Steps 1 to 4 ?
    But the software is not installed, so I can't really follow Step 5 ?

  • Sonora
    James Montz Aug 8, 2014 at 07:51pm

    Saved me a lot of work and time. Thank you for contributing.

  • Habanero
    Lauren7060 Aug 11, 2014 at 12:36pm

    wayneng - you should be able to remove the association on your account through the Office365 portal (https://login.microsoftonline.com). Under software it shows the systems it is installed on and then you can 'remove' any of the systems from there. This does not uninstall the software (which is fine in your case) it just deactivates that license.

  • Pimiento
    Jason Mack Oct 14, 2014 at 02:44pm

    Thank you! This worked great because my HUP Office Pro showed an activated license and trial license under the Account tab. I used your instructions to remove the trial license.

  • Pimiento
    kellygreen2 Oct 21, 2014 at 09:39am

    Well, thanks very much. But what I use is the SmartKey Product Key Recovery and it works for me. You can google search 'smartkey product key recovery' to find more details about it.

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    sweettie Nov 24, 2014 at 04:45am

    Very easy to download microsoft 2013 and it works 100%,just only search @@@windows 8.1 key sale@@@ on bing.

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    johndoe26 Jan 5, 2015 at 07:40pm

    The following script will find the product key for O365 (ProPlus in this case) and unlicensed the product. Its in powershell so you can invoke-command it against a remote workstation as you need to by doing the following from a PS prompt:

    invoke-command -computername -credential (get-credential) -filepath

    *** the credential portion will ask you for credentials make sure the ones you use have admin rights on the workstation ***

    Here is the script:

    # store the license info into an array
    $license = cscript ‘C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15OSPP.VBS’ /dstatus

    #license name from /dstatus
    $o365 = “OfficeO365ProPlusR_Subscription1 edition”

    #loop till the end of the array searching for the $o365 string
    for ($i=0; $i -lt $license.Length; $i++){

    if ($license[$i] -match $o365){

    $i += 6 #jumping six lines to get to the product key line in the array, check output of dstatus and adjust as needed for the product you are removing
    $keyline = $license[$i] # extra step but i would rather deal with the variable as a string than an array, could be removed i guess, efficiency is not my concern
    $prodkey = $keyline.substring($keyline.length – 5, 5) # getting the last 5 characters of the line (prodkey)

    }
    }

    #removing the key from the workstation
    cscript ‘C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice15OSPP.VBS’ /unpkey:$prodkey

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    jjstephens Jul 1, 2015 at 09:41am

    Good Day please help i have no idea how to do the script stuff and i cant really do it so i need to fix his outlook please make it easy for me

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Note

Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.

Summary

This article describes on how to change the Software License Registration Information such as the name, company name, or the software owner.

Before you proceed with the steps below, please have your installation media and product key in hand. If you have downloaded version of the product, find email with the link to re-download the executable.

More information

Important

The location of certain files are different if you have Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed. To check if it is installed, open Word, and then click About Word from the Word menu. If the version number is 14.2.0 or above, you have Service Pack 2 and you should follow the Service Pack 2 steps when provided in this article.

To change your license information, follow these steps for your version of Office (2011, 2008, or 2004) below:

Office 2011

  1. Quit all Microsoft applications.

  2. On the Go menu, click Home.

  3. Open Library.

    Note

    The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.

  4. Open Preferences.

  5. Click to select com.microsoft.office.plist and drag it to Trash(Don't empty the Trash before the new information is entered).

  6. Open the Microsoft folder.

    Note

    If you have Service Pack 2 installed, open Application Support > Microsoft instead of Preferences > Microsoft.

  7. Open Office 2011.

  8. Click to select Office Registration Cache and OLE Registration Database and drag it to Trash(Don't empty the Trash before the new information is entered).

  9. Restart the Mac.

  10. Launch Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook and click Continue on the first window.

  11. Select Yes or No to the 2 questions on the next window and click Continue. See screenshot below:

    12. Enter the correct user information on the next window. See screenshot below.

If the steps above did not resolve the issue, follow these steps:

  1. Quit all Microsoft applications.

  2. On the Go menu, click Home.

  3. Open Library.

    Note

    The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.

  4. Open Preferences.

  5. Move com.microsoft.office.plist to the Trash(Don't empty the Trash before the new information is entered).

  6. Open the Microsoft folder.

    Note

    If you have Service Pack 2 installed, open Application Support > Microsoft instead of Preferences > Microsoft.

  7. Open Office 2011.

  8. Move Office Registration Cache and OLE Registration Database to the Trash(Don't empty the Trash before the new information is entered).

  9. On the Go menu, click Home.

  10. Open Documents.

  11. Click to select Microsoft User Data press Return (enter) on your keyboard then rename the folder to Microsoft User Data Good

  12. Restart the Mac.

  13. Launch Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook and enter the correct name and Company.

    If you are using Outlook or Entourage, follow the steps below to rename the, 'Microsoft User Data Good' folder back to 'Microsoft User Data'.

  14. Quit all Microsoft Programs.

  15. On the Go menu, click Home.

  16. Open Documents.

  17. Click to select Microsoft User Data and drag it to Trash (don't empty the Trash until the data is restored in Outlook or Entourage).

  18. Click to select Microsoft User DataGood press Return (enter) on your keyboard then rename the folder to Microsoft User Data

  19. Restart the Mac.

  20. Open Outlook or Entourage to make sure the data is there. If so, then the Trash can be emptied as long as you do not have files you wish to keep in the Trash.

Office 2008

Before you start, make sure that you have Office 2008 product key in hand. Note: If you do not have Product key do not proceed with these steps:

  1. Disconnect from Network.

  2. On the Go menu, click Computer.

  3. Open your Hard Drive (Example, Macintosh HD).

  4. Open the Applications folder

  5. Open the Microsoft Office 2008 folder.

  6. Open the Office folder.

  7. Click and then drag the OfficePID.plist file (Don't empty the Trash before the new information is entered) to the Trash.

  8. On the Go menu, click Home.

  9. Open Library.

    Note

    The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.

  10. Open the Preferences folder.

    Note

    If you have Service Pack 2 installed, open Application Support instead of Preferences.

  11. Open the Microsoft Folder.

  12. Open the Office 2008 folder.

  13. Trash the Microsoft Office 2008 Settings.plist file (Don't empty the Trash before the new information is entered).

  14. Launch Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook and click Continue on the first Window. On the next window, enter the correct information in the Name field, the Company field is optional and enter the Product Key, and click Continue, find a screenshot of this window below. Click Continue on the Product Identification window and click Finish on the next

Office 2004

Before you start, make sure that you have Office 2004 product key in hand.

Note

Uninstall Office 2016

If you do not have Product key do not proceed with these steps.

Uninstall Microsoft Office 365

  1. Disconnect from Network.

    • If it is a wireless connection; turn off AirPort at the top of the screen next to the clock.

    • If it's a wired connection, physically unplug the Ethernet cable, and quit all Office applications (Including MSN Messenger).

  2. On the Go menu, click Home.

  3. Open Library.

    Note

    The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you click the Go menu.

  4. Open the Microsoft folder and move the file named Microsoft Office Settings (11) to the Trash (Don't empty the Trash before the new information is entered).

  5. On the Go menu, click Applications.

  6. Open the Microsoft Office 2004 folder, open Additional Tools, and then open Remove Office.

    If your current document is set up with the margins that you want, you can use this document to set your new default margins. Margins on microsoft word mac free. If you frequently use a paper size that differs from the default size (for example, US Legal), you can set new defaults that Word uses when you create a new document. You can also change the default paper size used for new documents.When you create a new document, Word applies the default paper size and margins that are stored in a template (normal.dotm). Word 2016 for Mac Word for Mac 2011In Word for Mac, you can choose a predefined paper size from a list and change the paper size for all pages in your document, for a specific page, or for a specific section.

  7. Double-click the Remove Office tool, press and hold down the Option key, click Remove Licensing Information Only, and then click Remove and release the Option key.

    Note

    The Continue command label changes to Remove Licensing Information Only when you press the Option key.

  8. When finished, close out the 'Welcome to Remove Office' screen by clicking on the red dot, you will get a 'Nothing was Removed' message, just click Quit.

  9. Launch Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Entourage and click Next on the first window.10. Click Accept and enter your personal information on the Setup Assistant window. Only the first name is required and click Next. See screenshot below. Enter your Product Key on the next screen and click Finish and OK.