Install and activate Office 2019 for FREE legally using Volume license
After a series of preview versions, Microsoft finally came out with an official version of Office 2019. It is the stable one, this means you can download and use it right now without worrying about fatal errors which you have gotten in beta versions before. However, I regret to inform that according to the disclosures, Microsoft Office 2019 only works on Windows 10 or later. So if you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or older versions, you will not be able to install it. Honestly I hate what Microsoft have done to force users to use Windows 10. In my opinion, Office 2016 is still a good choice for casual users at the moment.
How to download Office 2019 from Microsoft homepage
If you have an Office 365 subscription, your Office will be upgraded to the latest version automatically without doing anything. However, if you are using Office 2016 or earlier versions, to make sure that Office 2019 will work normally, please uninstall your old version of Office completely before starting a new installation. If you do not have Office 2019 already, just go here to get official download link from Microsoft homepage and select the version you want.
Installing Office 2019 without a product key
After the download process is complete, you will get an img file. Just open it then run the setup file to install Office 2019 on your PC.
This may take a while, please wait.
Upon successful installation, you can open any Office program to verify some basic information.
Just skip the “enter product key” window by clicking close button at the top right corner.
And as you can see, I am using Office Professional Plus 2019 and the trial license will expire in 7 days.
Activating Office 2019 using KMS license key
Method 1: Running commands one by one manually
Step 1.1: Open command prompt in administrator mode.
First, you need to open command prompt with admin rights, then follow the instruction below step by step. Just copy/paste the commands and do not forget to hit Enter in order to execute them.
Step 1.2: Open location of the Office installed on your PC.
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the path will be “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16” or “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16”. It depends on the architecture of the Windows OS you are using. If you are not sure of this issue, don’t worry, just run both of the commands above. One of them will be not executed and an error message will be printed on the screen.
Step 1.3: Convert your retail license to volume one.
for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"If your Office is got from Microsoft, this step is required. On the contrary, if you install Office from a Volume ISO file, this is optional so just skip it if you want.
Step 1.4: Activate your Office using KMS client key.
Make sure your PC is connected to the internet, then run the following command.
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:23.226.136.46
cscript ospp.vbs /act
If you see the error 0xC004F074, it means that your internet connection is unstable or the server is busy. Please make sure your device is online and try the command “act” again until you succeed.
Here is all the text you will get in the command prompt window.
C:\Windows\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-pl.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-pl.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ppd.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL_MAK_AE-ul-phn.xrm-ms"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2019vl_mak_ae-ul-phn.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:23.226.136.46
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Successfully applied setting.
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /act
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: 85dd8b5f-eaa4-4af3-a628-cce9e77c9a03
LICENSE NAME: Office 19, Office19ProPlus2019VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 19, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6MWKP
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>
Right now the Office is activated successfully.
Method 2: Using batch scripts
This one is not recommended anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.
Step 2.1: Copy the following code into a new text document.
@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Office 2019 (ALL versions) for FREE - MSGuides.com&cls&echo =====================================================================================&echo #Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional software&echo =====================================================================================&echo.&echo #Supported products:&echo - Microsoft Office Standard 2019&echo - Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019&echo.&echo.&(if exist "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(if exist "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs" cd /d "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16")&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&(for /f %%x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2019VL*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo Activating your Office...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:6MWKP >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP >nul||goto notsupported
:skms
if %i% GTR 10 goto busy
if %i% EQU 1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.com
if %i% EQU 2 set KMS=23.226.136.46
if %i% GTR 2 goto ato
cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /sethst:%KMS% >nul
:ato
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo.&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /act | find /i "successful" && (echo.&echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo #My official blog: MSGuides.com&echo.&echo #How it works: bit.ly/kms-server&echo.&echo #Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.&echo.&echo #Please consider supporting this project: donate.msguides.com&echo #Your support is helping me keep my servers running 24/7!&echo.&echo ============================================================================&choice /n /c YN /m "Would you like to visit my blog [Y,N]?" & if errorlevel 2 exit) || (echo The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one... & echo Please wait... & echo. & echo. & set /a i+=1 & goto skms)
explorer "http://MSGuides.com"&goto halt
:notsupported
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, your version is not supported.&echo.&goto halt
:busy
echo ============================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, the server is busy and can't respond to your request. Please try again.&echo.
:halt
pause >nul
Step 2.2: Save the text file as a batch file with .cmd extension. (Eg. office2019.cmd).
Step 2.3: Run this batch file with admin rights.
Step 2.4: Check activation status again.
Done! You Office has been activated successfully.
Note: If your PC can not connect to any KMS servers, please try running the batch file again.
More information:
- Here is KMS client key of Office 2019: NMMKJ-6RK4F-KMJVX-8D9MJ-6MWKP.
- The KMS license of Office 2019 is valid for 180 days only but it can be renewed automatically so you neednt worry so much about the period.
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!
hello
will update to Microsoft office affect this activation? should I disable update of the microsoft office?
Here method won’t affect update of Windows or MS Office. Activation nothing to do with Microsoft, only update come from Microsoft.
Thank you very much for the guidance in installing Office 2019 and activating it. It is working fine.
Shall be grateful, if you can clarify the following:
1. Should I need to activate it using the same cmd file after six months?
2. Should I sign in for continued using MS office 2019 ?
1, Activation will automatic renew back to 180 days every seventh day when you online.
2, After activated, you’re free to use MS Office 2019, not suppose to sign to use it.
Worked beautifully 3/11/19, THANK YOU! Just be sure to follow the exact instructions and be patient.
Hello, I did all the steps listed above and my Office says:
Activation Required
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019
The product is unlicensed. Connect to your corporate network or contact your system administrator for further assistance.
PLEASE HELP.
Batch method only work with admin right online
Sorry, don’t understand admin right online.
top search : How to open Command Prompt on Windows with admin rights
Follow the post method
run the batch file with admin ID , PC must connect internet.
thanks for the guide.
idol
it works
wow it works
thank you for your help
Hi, am using Office 365 installed with the new laptop on Windows 10. Do you have a code to activate Office 365 without upgrade to Office 2019? Thanks
Office 365 is the only version can automatic upgrade to future Office version and new feature.
This is the retail version Office 365 selling point.
Anyone pay monthly or yearly for Office 365, just because it can upgrade to future Office Version and keep on have new feature upgrade.
Windows 10, when you install office 365, will automatic upgrade to Office 2019. If you use Office 365 batch file to activate, it will become Office 365 base Office 2019, it still can upgrade to future Office Version and have new feature. If you use Office 2019 batch file to activate, it will become Office 2019, no longer have future Version Office upgrade and would not have new feature upgrade as well.
If you don’t want any upgrade to other future version of Office, no point to install Office 365, simply install Office 2019, and use Office 2019 batch file to activate.
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Office 365, after upgrade, will become office 365 base, office 2019, still can have future office Version upgrade and new feature upgrade.
can someone help? i have office 365 from microsoft store on my new laptop with 7 days trial subscription and today is the last day of the trial. i already uninstall it and trying to install the office 2019. but after installation done and i open office 2019 its said office 365 not office 2019. i have tried to reinstall but still getting the office 365. any suggestion? thx
windows 10 ，when you install office 365 will automatic update to Office 2019, it is Office 365 selling point. It is the only version of MS can have update of future Office version and new feature.
If you use Office 365 batch file to activate, It will shown up Office 2019, it is normal. It is Office 365 base Office 2109.
But If you use Office 2019 batch file to activate, It will change to Office 2019, and won’t upgrade to future Office version and won’t get new feature anymore.
i tried to use office 2019 batch and now its worked. i think because my trial has expired by now? i dont know. anyway thanks!
Can someone help? My PC automatically updated to the newest version of Windows 10 and now I can’t do the cmd bat file to activate Microsoft Office 2019. I tried all the methods this website has offered. (even the CMD commands). Is there any other way to do this? Thank you very much
Windows won’t automatic upgrade to windows 10.
I don’t catch what is your problem?
it worked perfectly! my laptop came with Office 365 installed and i wasn’t able to activate it. I followed steps above and it worked like a charm!!
Thanks a lot!
Could you help with office on Macbook ?
Here, all method for PC only.
Worked perfectly on march 2019
Hi, I have tried this method but it didn’t work. I have tried both with Admin rights and without.
I just got a new laptop and it came with office 365. Do I have to uninstall the one that came with the laptop?
office 365 update to Office 2019, use Office 365 batch file to activated, You still can keep on Update to future Office version.
If you use Office 2019 batch file to update, will change to Office 2019, no more future update to future Office version.
Hi Guang,
Is there a way to update Office 2019 activate with KMS. I’ve installed Office 1029 with your activation method and it cant update. Could you help to get Office 2019 updated?
Thank you,
Mauricio
1,There are no separate downloads for security or quality updates. Updates are already included as part of a new build of Office 2019 that’s posted on the Office CDN.
2,Updates are cumulative, so the latest version of Office 2019 available on the Office CDN includes all the security and quality updates from all the previous versions of Office 2019.
3,When you download and install Office 2019 from the Office CDN, it’s up to date already. You don’t have to download and apply any updates or service packs after you install Office 2019.
4,Since updates are cumulative and already included in the latest version of Office 2019 on the Office CDN, you don’t use Microsoft Updates or Windows Server Updates Services (WSUS) to update Office 2019. But you can use System Center Configuration Manager to help you deploy and manage updates to Office 2019, including controlling when and from where updates are applied.
You are a hero.
Thank you very much.. it works :))
O*G! thank you!! ♥
Hey, I’m trying to activate Office Home & Student 2019 in windows 10, by following your instructions above but it says Sorry! Your version is not supported tried it 3 times but still unsuccessful. Please enlighten me. Thank you for your help in advance.
Run the batch file online with admin right.
admin ID right must not being modify.
Sorry, in the batch file, you need to change name to Office Home & Student 2019 and
KMS key to Office Home & Student 2019
The batch only work on Office 2019 pro plus.
Thanks, For me its going to be expired in just 2 moths not 180 days.
What to do after 2 months?
Please reply.
Activation will automatic renew back to 180 days every seventh days when you online.
Activation must online.
many thanks
from Russia with Love!
Yes, works for me! Thanks
The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…
The connection to my KMS server failed!
Your own KMS SERVER?
the file is so big 😂
Office 2019 is only normal size.
After install, Control panel, choose uninstall office 2019, you can choose what you don’t want to uninstall.
For example, you don’t want Power Point, you can close not using it.
I first uninstalled previous version of MS Office 2016 using their uninstall tool before using the MS Office 2019 installer but it says 2016 in the account tab. How to install the 2019 version properly? Help please, thanks!
google Office fix tool to uninstall MS Office 2016, after that restart PC before install Office 2019
When I activated it using the file it became updated to Office 2019. Thanks for your reply! Thank you for sharing also 😊👍
Office 2016 cannot update to Office 2019. Only Office 365 can keep on update to newer Office Program. If you have Office 365 in the first place, and have update to Office 2016, no need to uninstall, just simply update to Office 2019.
It works. Install office 2019
its not work..its said that PC can not connect to any KMS servers..
Wowww … thanks really 🙂
============================================================================
Activating your Office…
============================================================================
The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…
Please wait…
============================================================================
The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…
Please wait…
============================================================================
The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying to connect to another one…
Please wait…
The batch file need to run online and with admin right. Take a bit time to complete activation because a lot of people use this method same time.
im getting same issue
If you get another Office version in your PC, It won’t work this way.
realy thank you
Hello,
Can you tell me if you need to reactivate after 180 days and where I can control that.
And if I want to uninstall how I can do that.
Thank you for your answers
Good continuation
Greetings
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1, Activation will automatic renew at the seventh day when you online.
2, On the top search post: Uninstall Microsoft product trial license or KMS license completely
its working great thanks for your work
Worked for me like miracle.
fyi : OS Win 10 Home + Office 2016
It didn’t work here, ive downloaded and installed the file, but when I open an office program (word) it still without (license) therefore, with all the functions disabled.
what do I have to do? should I delete the office file that came with the pc and try it again?
I really would appreciate some help,
Thanks, Jonas.
Follow this post: Activating Office 2019 using KMS license key
Step 1 to Step 4
Run the batch file online with admin right
This trick is work, but not support on office poject and visio 2019
Top search post: How to install and use Project / Visio (2016/2019) without product key