{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Article","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021","headline":"Get Office 2021 for FREE without a product key","name":"Get Office 2021 for FREE without a product key","description":"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. 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Big thanks for your super nice description. Perfect! GJ!","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Atakan \u00d6zdemir","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment9","dateCreated":"2024-04-07 20:07:18","description":"Omg it worked successfully for me. Thank you very much!!! I have 1 question, do I turn off office updates  or just leave it as is? Thanks again.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Grace","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/msguides.com\/office-2021#Comment10","dateCreated":"2024-04-06 17:33:52","description":"same","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Messso","url":""}}],"about":["Microsoft Software Products"],"wordCount":1710,"keywords":["activating office 2021","free office 2021 product key","microsoft office"],"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});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\u2019s make it clear right now.            Contents                                    What\u2019s new in Office 2021                            Download and install Office 2021                            Activate Office 2021 for FREE using KMS client key                            Method 1: Running CMD commands manually                            Method 2: Using my pre-written batch script        What\u2019s new in Office 2021There 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 2021First, 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.Allow office 2021 installer makes changes to your deviceInstalling Microsoft Office 2021This might take a while, please wait.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});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.Skip Office 2021 product key optionAs 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.Accept the license agreement of Office 2021Activate Office 2021 for FREE using KMS client keyMethod 1: Running CMD commands manuallyRunning commands manually to activate Office 2021Step 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.Run cmd program with admin rightsStep 1.2: Get into the Office directory in cmd.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});cd \/d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\\Microsoft Office\\Office16cd \/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.Open location of Office 2021 installedStep 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.Install KMS volume licenses of Office 2021Step 1.4: Activate your Office using the KMS key.Make sure your device is connected to the internet, then run the following commands.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});cscript ospp.vbs \/setprt:1688cscript ospp.vbs \/unpkey:6F7TH >nulcscript ospp.vbs \/inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7THcscript ospp.vbs \/sethst:107.175.77.7cscript ospp.vbs \/actUse act command to activate Office 2021If 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 \u201cact\u201d 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\\Office16The system cannot find the path specified.C:\\Windows\\system32>cd \/d %ProgramFiles%\\Microsoft Office\\Office16C:\\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 5.812Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.---Processing-----------------------------------------------------------------Installing Office license: ..\\root\\licenses16\\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-msOffice 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 5.812Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.---Processing-----------------------------------------------------------------Installing Office license: ..\\root\\licenses16\\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-msOffice 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 5.812Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.---Processing-----------------------------------------------------------------Installing Office license: ..\\root\\licenses16\\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-msOffice license installed successfully.------------------------------------------Exiting-----------------------------C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs \/setprt:1688Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.---Processing-----------------------------------------------------------------Successfully applied setting.------------------------------------------Exiting-----------------------------C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs \/unpkey:6F7TH >nulC:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs \/inpkey:FXYTK-NJJ8C-GB6DW-3DYQT-6F7THMicrosoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.---Processing-----------------------------------------------------------------<Product key installation successful>------------------------------------------Exiting-----------------------------C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs \/sethst:107.175.77.7Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.---Processing-----------------------------------------------------------------Successfully applied setting.------------------------------------------Exiting-----------------------------C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs \/actMicrosoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.---Processing-----------------------------------------------------------------Installed product key detected - attempting to activate the following product:SKU ID: cd18ecc0-466a-45d4-8d2e-8c4fa48ae591LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021R_Grace editionLICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, RETAIL(Grace) channelLast 5 characters of installed product key: PG343ERROR CODE: 0xC004F017ERROR 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-dffd60bd0984LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021VL_KMS_Client_AE editionLICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channelLast 5 characters of installed product key: 6F7TH<Product activation successful>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Exiting-----------------------------C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16>Office 2021 activation successfulCongratulations! The activation was completed successfully.Method 2: Using my pre-written batch scriptHow to activate Office 2021 using my pre-written batch scriptThis one is not recommended anymore due to the new update of Microsoft.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Step 2.1: Copy the script code below into a new text document.@echo offtitle 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:skmsif %i% GTR 10 goto busyif %i% EQU 1 set KMS=kms7.MSGuides.comif %i% EQU 2 set KMS=107.175.77.7if %i% GTR 2 goto atocscript \/\/nologo ospp.vbs \/sethst:%KMS% >nul:atoecho =====================================================================================&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 msguides.com@gmail.com 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:notsupportedecho =====================================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, your version is not supported.&echo.&goto halt:busyecho =====================================================================================&echo.&echo Sorry, the server is busy and can't respond to your request. Please try again.&echo.:haltpause >nulCreate a new text documentStep 2.2: Save this text file as a cmd file. (Eg. 1click.cmd).Save text file as a cmd scriptName the activation scriptStep 2.3: Run the cmd file in admin mode.Run the activation script as adminAllow the activation script to make changes to your PCActivate Office 2021 using my pre written batch scriptStep 2.4: Check the activation status again.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Office 2021 activation successfulDone! 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\u2019t 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!     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    5\/5 - (633 votes)         (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});"}