In this guide, I will show you how to activate Office 2021 for free without needing any third-party applications like KMSpico or KMSAuto net. This means you do not have to worry about the security of your system or any potential viruses from those programs. Both methods I will explain are completely safe, and activating Office 2021 is straightforward. I will walk you through each step with images for perfect understanding. The first method involves activating Office 2021 using cmd, while the second method uses an office 2021 activator txt file. But before we dive into the activation process, let me give you a quick overview of upgrading to Office 2021.
Should I Upgrade to Office 2021?
Are you thinking about upgrading to Office 2021, then this depends on what you need. If your current Office version does everything you want and you are satisfied with it, upgrading might not be necessary. However, if you are interested in the latest features and improvements, it could be worth considering.
There are some really amazing features that will make you really love the upgrade to Office 2021. For example, the latest version of Office has better collaboration tools which makes it easier to work with others. The latest version is much enhanced because it includes fixes for bugs or security issues found in older versions.
Think about how you use Office. If you mainly use it for personal tasks like writing documents or creating spreadsheets, the new features might not be essential. But if you often collaborate with others or handle large projects, the upgrades could be beneficial.
Take a look at what’s new in Office 2021 and consider whether those additions would enhance your work. If they would, then upgrading might be a good choice for you.
What’s new in Office 2021
If you are thinking about upgrading to the latest Office 2021 then let me tell you some really cool upgrades of MS Office 2021. This is the latest version of Microsoft Windows 2021 and is the most efficient version of Office. This Office version is way cooler and has some really cool new features. One of the coolest features of this version is the Dark Mode, now your eyes bear less stress especially when working in the dark.
Another cool thing about this software is the real-time co-authoring. With this now you can work on the same document with others at the same time. Also, It is quite fast, you will see their changes instantly. This real-time co-authoring feature makes teamwork much faster.
Other than the new edition the previously existing features are upgraded as well. In Office 2021, spell check and grammar suggestions are much smarter therefore making your documents look even better. Also, some of the tasks are now easier and quicker to do.
For people who use Office to make presentations, it is a piece of good news that Office 2021 lets you add much sharper pictures and much smoother animations. This will help them make their presentations look even more impressive!
Activate Office 2021 for FREE using KMS Client Key
Now, let me tell you how you can activate Office 2021 for free without using any activation program. .I will teach you two methods one is the Office 2021 cmd activation and the other uses a batch file (office 2021 activator txt). The complete tutorial is explained here at MS Guides (msguides.com.in) along with pictures of each step. This process is identical to the previous process that I have told you about How to Activate Activate Windows 11 For Free (Windows 11 Activation txt + CMD).
1. Run CMD Commands Manually
Now, let me tell you how you can activate Office 2021 for free by running some activation commands in the cmd.
Run CMD as Administer
Search the command prompt in the start search bar and run with administrator rights.
Access Office Directory
Now, run the commands available below to get into the office directory in cmd.
cd /d %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Office16
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office16
If you install your Office in the ProgramFiles folder, the location of the Office directory depends on your operating system’s architecture. If you are not sure about this, you can run both of the commands mentioned above. One of them will fail to execute, and you will see an error message on the screen. This will help you determine the correct directory location for your Office installation.
Install Office 2021 Volume License
Now, it is time to install the volume license o f Office 2021, this step is mandatory as you can not install the KMS client product key of Office without a volume license.
for /f %x in ('dir /b ..\root\Licenses16\ProPlus2021VL_KMS*.xrm-ms') do cscript ospp.vbs /inslic:"..\root\Licenses16\%x"
Use KMS Key to Activate Office
It is time to Activate Office 2021 using the KMS Key, before performing this step make sure that your system is connected to the internet, and 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:107.175.77.7
cscript ospp.vbs /act
Solve Error 0xC004F074
If you encounter the error code 0xC004F074, it indicates that your internet connection might be unstable or the server could be busy. To resolve this issue, ensure that your device is connected to the internet and try running the command “act” again. Keep on repeating this command until you successfully activate the office.
Command Prompt View
Here, is the text that you will see in the command prompt:
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--------------------------
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ppd.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
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---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--------------------------
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ul-oob.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
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---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--------------------------
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Installing Office license: ..\root\licenses16\proplus2021vl_kms_client_ae-ul.xrm-ms
Office license installed successfully.
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---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--------------------------
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Successfully applied setting.
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---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--------------------------
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<Product key installation successful>
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---Exiting-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:107.175.77.7
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
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Successfully applied setting.
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---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.
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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.
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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>
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16>Confirm your Office 2021 Activation
To check the actiavtion status of Microsoft Office 2021, open the program and go to “Account“. There you can see that your Office 2021 is now activated.
2: Using MS Guides Pre-written Batch Script
This method will Activate Office 2021 using the a pre-written batch script also refered to as ‘office 2021 activator txt file’. However, there is a saying that this method of activation is now invalid because of the latest Microsoft Update. Still, you can check it out as it is not confirmed news. You can read more about it here.
To activate Office 2021 using MS Office 2021 activator txt file you can follow the steps available below:
Copy the Script
First of all copy the script available below. To make thing easier for you we have also added some a copy script button. When this button is clicked, it will copy the script to your clipboard.
@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=107.175.77.7
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 >nulCreate a Text Document and Paste the Code
Right click on your desktop and the context menu will appear from there hover on ‘New‘ and then click on ‘Text Document‘.
Paste and Save the File
Open it and paste the Code in it.. After pasting the code save the file, to do so click on the ‘File‘ option in the top left corner. And from there click on ‘Save as…‘. Select the location where you want to save it and name it anything with a ‘.cmd’ extension. For example you can name it ‘1click.cmd’
Run the File
After saving the file, run it as the administrator of the system.
The batch script will start and it will activate Office 2021.
Check for Activation
To confirm the activation of Microsoft Office 2021, open it and go to ‘Account’ settings.
Conclusion
In this article, I have told you two methods to activate Office 2021 for free, and these methods offer free MS Office 2021 activation. The good thing about these activation methods is that they do not require you to use any third party activators. So, after reading the complete article you can now activate your Microsoft Office 2021 for free. The command prompt method (Office 2021 Activator cmd) is way easier and you can use it even now. Other than this the Office 2021 Activator txt file is also available which help is a highly popular method of activation. Use whatever you want and activate your Office 2021.