How to uninstall Office Professional Plus 2021 version and Save License for future Use

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How to uninstall Office Professional Plus 2021 version and Save License for future Use

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I have Office Professional Plus 2021 installed on my laptop.

I just bought Microsoft 365 Business Standard. So I want to install that version of Office. With regards to that I have few questions.

I want to save my Office Professional Plus 2021 License for future use. It is a license MSDN (visual studio subscription) license. How do I uninstall this license? (So it counts as unused and I can use it later).
Where do I see the license usage for msdn licenses. Even though I download it from my.visualtudio

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Stefan Blom 357.4K MVP Volunteer Moderator

After you redeemed the product key, the Office product should be associated with an account, and you can use that account for future installs. If Office is currently installed on a machine, make sure that you uninstall it so that you can use the product with other computers in the future. That is certainly working for me.

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Answer 1

Hi Deepal,

Thanks for posting back and appreciate your kind words.

Visio Studio is beyond our support boundary and it is supported by other Microsoft support channel, so even if I want to simply sign in account and see if uninstall from PC will save the activation for future use to give you the direct answer, I can't get any related license to provide you the correct answer and prevent any misunderstanding information that may possibly cause troubles for you. Moderators under this category can offer technical support with Microsoft 365 Business/Enterprise subscription since we have granted with the related test resources and based on the support experience.

However, since this is a public community, there have community members and MVPs to share their suggestions on same scenarios they have been experiening.

Currently there has not much related official article to introduce each Microsoft support community and channel to make users locate the most efficient way about the concerns but I will submit your valuable feedback. Let me know if there have anything I can do for you.

Hope you a nice day and stay well : )

Best Regards,

Mia [Edited on 09/20/2024 3:27PM]

Answer 2

Thank You Mia for you detailed answer. I did get help.
But I do have question for you based on your answer. I thought this was a community forum. Being that anyone in the community can offer help. That is why posted for anyone to answer.

You said "The reason I ask you to post a new thread is that in Microsoft Answers forum here, we have limited resources and very little test environment about Visio Studio subscription,"

Are you implying that this is run by Microsoft or its designated contractors who actually answer technical questions? Or are you simply acting as moderators without offering technical help.

I am simply asking this so I am better informed. It's pretty hard to figure out all these channels of help and what they each do?

Thanks
Deepal

Answer 3

Dear respected,

Good day! Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

Generally, to save Office 2021 license for future use, it requires remove license from current PC with official uninstallation tool, however, since your license is from MSDN (visual studio subscription) and to avoid any incorrect information from community moderators here mainly focus on Microsoft 365 Business subscription, we request you post a new thread in the related community Microsoft Q&A | Microsoft Learn or Microsoft Tech Community Hub for expert assistance and to get the correct resolution. These two communities are specific channel related with Visio Studio subscriptions.

For reference: Visual Studio Subscriptions - Support - Visual Studio (microsoft.com)

The reason I ask you to post a new thread is that in Microsoft Answers forum here, we have limited resources and very little test environment about Visio Studio subscription, and we hope you will get the most qualified pool of respondents from the related developed communities, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge to offer you the correct answer or best practices based on your demand.

I appreciate your time and effort on checking these above and thank you for your time and cooperation.

I hope that you are keeping safe and well.

Sincerely,

Mia | Microsoft Community Moderator