Get Office 2021 for FREE without a product key
As you know, in the past fourteen years, all Microsoft Office version numbers were named according to a simple arithmetic sequence that has a difference of 3 between each one since Office 2007. Notwithstanding the rule, a new version of Microsoft productivity suite was released on October 5th succeeding Office 2019 and its official name is Office 2021, not Office 2022. Surely you will be curious to know what is new in this version that makes them change the naming convention of their product. Is it worth upgrading your old productivity suite? Let’s make it clear right now.
What’s new in Office 2021
There are quite a few new features added to this 2021 version. You will have a new dark mode, realtime co-authoring, editing tools, functions, motion graphics, improved features, and so much more. Just check out the official article here for more details. Now I am still using Office 2019 because new things in version 2021 are not enough to convince me to upgrade to it. Perhaps I will consider it again in the future but not now.
Download and install Office 2021
First, make sure that the operating system version you are running is Windows 10 or later before you get started. There is no way to install Office 2021 on Windows 8 or earlier.
Just go here to get the official download link from Microsoft. The size of the IMG file is 4.2 GB. Double click on the file to mount it to a virtual drive on your PC once the download is complete. Then follow the instructions of the Setup Wizard to install Office 2021 on your Windows.
This might take a while, please wait.
After the installation completes, just open an Office app to verify some basic information. Just skip the product key option by clicking the X button at the top right corner.
As you can see in the screenshot below, I installed Office Professional Plus 2021 on my PC successfully and the trial license will expire in 7 days.
Activate Office 2021 for FREE using KMS client key
Method 1: Running CMD commands manually
Step 1.1: Open cmd program with administrator rights.
First, you need to open cmd in the admin mode, then run all commands below one by one.
Step 1.2: Get into the Office directory in cmd.
cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the Office directory depends on the architecture of your OS. If you are not sure of this issue, 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: Install Office 2021 volume license.
for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"This step is required. You can not install the KMS client product key of Office without a volume license.
Step 1.4: Activate your Office using the KMS key.
Make sure your device is connected to the internet, then run the following commands.
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6F7TH >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:209.209.9.214
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(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Windows\system32>cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_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\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---------------------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_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\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
---------------------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_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\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ul.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:6F7TH >nul
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
---------------------------------------
<Product key installation successful>
---------------------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:209.209.9.214
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: cd18ecc0-466a-45d4-8d2e-8c4fa48ae591
LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021R_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: PG343
ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
---------------------------------------
Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:
SKU ID: fbdb3e18-a8ef-4fb3-9183-dffd60bd0984
LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6F7TH
<Product activation successful>
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>
Congratulations! The activation was completed successfully.
Method 2: Using my pre-written batch script
This one is not recommended anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.
Step 2.1: Copy the script code below into a new text document.
@echo off
title Activate Microsoft Office 2021 (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 2021&echo - Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021&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\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%%x" >nul)&echo.&echo =====================================================================================&echo Activating your product...&cscript //nologo slmgr.vbs /ckms >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /setprt:1688 >nul&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /unpkey:6F7TH >nul&set i=1&cscript //nologo ospp.vbs /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH >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=209.209.9.214
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 this text file as a cmd file. (Eg. 1click.cmd).
Step 2.3: Run the cmd file in admin mode.
Step 2.4: Check the activation status again.
Done! Your product is activated successfully now.
More information:
Here is the KMS client key of Office 2021: FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH.
The Office 2021 KMS license is valid for 180 days only but it can be renewed automatically so you needn’t 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!
@echo off
setlocal EnableExtensions
title Activate Microsoft Office 2021 – MSGuides.**m
cls
rem Detectar OSPP.VBS en instalaciones actuales y antiguas (32 y 64 bits).
set “OSPP=”
set “LICENSES=”
call :locate “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office”
if not defined OSPP if defined ProgramFiles(x86) call :locate “%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office”
if not defined OSPP (
echo ERROR: No se ha encontrado OSPP.VBS en las rutas habituales de Office.
goto halt
)
if not exist “%LICENSES%\” (
echo ERROR: No se ha encontrado la carpeta de licencias:
echo “%LICENSES%”
goto halt
)
echo =====================================================================================
echo Microsoft Office Standard / Professional Plus 2021
echo Script detectado: “%OSPP%”
echo =====================================================================================
echo.
for %%x in (“%LICENSES%\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms”) do (
if exist “%%~fx” cscript //nologo “%OSPP%” /inslic:”%%~fx” >nul
)
echo Activating your product…
rem Conservado del original: /ckms elimina el servidor KMS configurado de Windows.
cscript //nologo “%SystemRoot%\System32\slmgr.vbs” /ckms >nul
cscript //nologo “%OSPP%” /setprt:1688 >nul
cscript //nologo “%OSPP%” /unpkey:6F7TH >nul
cscript //nologo “%OSPP%” /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH >nul
if errorlevel 1 goto notsupported
set “i=1”
:skms
if %i% GTR 10 goto busy
if %i% EQU 1 set “KMS=kms7.MSGuides.**m”
if %i% EQU 2 set “KMS=209.209.9.214”
if %i% GTR 2 goto ato
cscript //nologo “%OSPP%” /sethst:%KMS% >nul
:ato
echo =====================================================================================
cscript //nologo “%OSPP%” /act | find /i “successful”
if not errorlevel 1 goto success
echo The connection to my KMS server failed! Trying again…
set /a i+=1 >nul
goto skms
:success
echo.
echo Activation successful.
goto halt
:notsupported
echo Sorry, your version is not supported.
goto halt
:busy
echo Sorry, the server is busy or activation failed. Please try again.
goto halt
:locate
if exist “%~1\root\Office16\OSPP.VBS” (
set “OSPP=%~1\root\Office16\OSPP.VBS”
set “LICENSES=%~1\root\Licenses16”
exit /b
)
if exist “%~1\Office16\OSPP.VBS” (
set “OSPP=%~1\Office16\OSPP.VBS”
set “LICENSES=%~1\root\Licenses16”
)
exit /b
:halt
echo.
pause
endlocal
I got the following error:
LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021R_Grace edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, RETAIL(Grace) channel
Last 5 characters of installed product key: PG343
ERROR DESCRIPTION: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is not installed.
Thankfully Google AI came to the rescue:
cd /d “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16”
dir /b “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms”
#In my case three files were listed:
ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms
ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms
ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms
#Those 3 files turned into 3 commands:
cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ppd.xrm-ms”
cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul-oob.xrm-ms”
cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE-ul.xrm-ms”
#Unset the “GRACE” version key:
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:PG343
#Then followed the rest of the commands as normal:
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:209.209.9.214
cscript ospp.vbs /act
#Check the status again
cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus
#Should give you something like
LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
BETA EXPIRATION: 01/01/1601
LICENSE STATUS: —LICENSED—
REMAINING GRACE: 180 days (259200 minute(s) before expiring)
Last 5 characters of installed product key: 6F7TH
Activation Type Configuration: ALL
DNS auto-discovery: KMS name not available
KMS machine registry override defined: 209.209.9.214:1688
Activation Interval: 60 minutes
Renewal Interval: 129600 minutes
KMS host caching: Enabled
HI,
some update has moved the ospp.vbs and capitalized its letters.
So you need to change the path of this file to be able to run it:
old:
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
new:
cscript ..\root\Office16\OSPP.VBS /setprt:1688
otherwise the CMDs are still working
KR
Chris
Hello
Office version 2021
Kindly assist as unable to activate office
When using method 1 using CMD command I get error code – office not found
and when using method 2 (using script) – error message – product not support.
Hello
Kindly assist unable to activate office 2021
as when try to activate by script error code, office not found
and when try to activate by run cmd error code, office not found.
Hallo,
i downloaded the office pro plus 2021 from your link and I activated this with your Method 1: Running CMD commands manually (activation was successful) but I get in yellow the message “GET GENUINE OFFICE Your license isn’t genuine ………… .
In Excel > File > Account > Product information appears that the product is Activated.
Do you know what is the problem?
Thank you
Do we need to uninstall MSOffice and then re-install it if we are getting a notice to enter product key. I tried using the key in the script but it says VL MS Office is not installed.
Here is the complete, step-by-step README guide structured so you can easily reference or copy-paste everything needed to install and activate Office 2021 successfully.
—
# Office 2021 Installation & Activation Guide
## Prerequisites & Installation
1. **Download & Mount:** Download the official Office 2021 `.img` file and double-click it to mount it as a virtual drive on your PC.
2. **Run Setup:** Run the `Setup.exe` file inside the mounted drive and follow the wizard to complete the installation.
3. **Skip Product Key:** When installation finishes, open any Office app (like Word) and skip the product key/sign-in screen if prompted.
—
## Step-by-Step Activation Instructions
If you run into permission or path errors using standard Command Prompt, use **PowerShell as Administrator** to complete the activation seamlessly.
### Step 1: Open PowerShell as Administrator
* Press the **Windows Key**, type `powershell`, right-click on **Windows PowerShell**, and select **Run as administrator**.
### Step 2: Copy and Paste the Activation Block
Copy the entire code block below, paste it directly into your PowerShell window, and press **Enter**:
“`powershell
cd “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16″
for /f %x in (‘dir /b ..\..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms’) do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\..\root\Licenses16\%x”
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6F7TH >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.**m
cscript ospp.vbs /act
“`
—
## Verification
Once executed, you will see output confirming that the licenses were installed successfully, followed by:
“`text
“`
You can now close PowerShell and use your fully activated Microsoft Office suite!
=====================================================================================
#Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional software
=====================================================================================
#Supported products:
– Microsoft Office Standard 2021
– Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021
The system cannot find the path specified.
=====================================================================================
Activating your product…
=====================================================================================
Sorry, your version is not supported.
Hii i got this error and i tried cmd activation and it also shows this ” 0xC004F074 ” error code please help me with this asap i have lots of word to do
=====================================================================================
#Project: Activating Microsoft software products for FREE without additional software
=====================================================================================
#Supported products:
– Microsoft Office Standard 2021
– Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021
=====================================================================================
Activating your product…
=====================================================================================
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…
=====================================================================================
ERROR CODE: 0x80080005
Hi,
I’m getting this message :
Sorry, your version is not supported.
I’ve tried following the Method 2: Using my pre-written batch script
not work same error
same here
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If you can’t enable it, try switching to, for example, temporarily sharing your phone’s internet connection and try again. If that doesn’t work, try disabling the Windows firewall and running the commands as an administrator again—that should do the trick.
MS Powerpoint opens requiring a product key and says its not activated. I don’t have the same with Word or Excel. Any ideas how to activate powerpoint?
Never mind, all of Office deactivated. Step 1.3 is the problem with reactivating this license. Please assist.
It won’t take path 1.3 I’m gettting this: Input Error: Can not find script file “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\ospp.vbs”.
Does anyone has any suggestions?
Restar your PC after install or uninstall and Try again.
I am getting the “Sorry this server is busy, cant respond at this moment” error. I have tried the following IPs
23.226.136.46
209.209.9.214
Here’s what worked for me step-by-step (notice the changes in steps 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 on “`cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.**m“` instead of “`cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:209.209.9.214“`. When successful, you might get a warning telling you your version of office is counterfeit when you open one of the apps like excel, but just close and ignore it:
Step 1.1: Open cmd program with administrator rights.
Step 1.2: Get into the Office directory in cmd.
“`
cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
“`
Step 1.3: Install Office 2021 volume license.
“`
for /f %x in (‘dir /b ..\..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms’) do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\..\root\Licenses16\%x”
“`
Step 1.4: Activate your Office using the KMS key.
Make sure your device is connected to the internet, then run the following commands.
“`
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6F7TH >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.**m
cscript ospp.vbs /act
“`
Hi,
the path in step 1.3 is incorrect (the licensing file is found elsewhere)
I propose this as tested and working:
Step 1.1: Open cmd program with administrator rights.
Step 1.2: Get into the Office directory in cmd.
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
Step 1.3: Install Office 2021 volume license.
for /f %x in (‘dir /b ..\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms’) do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:”..\Licenses16\%x”
Step 1.4: Activate your Office using the KMS key.
Make sure your device is connected to the internet, then run the following commands.
cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:6F7TH >nul
cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7TH
cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:kms8.msguides.**m
cscript ospp.vbs /act
Hi, Im getting
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /setprt:1688
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 10.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
—Processing————————–
—————————————
ERROR CODE: 0x80070005
ERROR DESCRIPTION: Run the following: cscript ospp.vbs /ddescr:0x80070005
—————————————
—Exiting—————————–
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