After you install Microsoft Office 2013, you must activate it so you can continue using it. If you do not activate it, after the trial period ends you will no longer be able to use the Word, Excel, and PPT 2013 applications. Therefore, in this article, we discuss how to activate Office 2013 permanently for free.
If you haven’t activated the Microsoft Office 2013 you are using, then one example of a case that often occurs is that you won’t be able to use it for typing. Apart from that, you will also not be able to edit documents that have been previously saved.
Not only that, notifications to immediately activate the Microsoft Office 2013 you are using will continue to appear and be annoying. The notification can be Enter Your Product Key, Unlicensed Product, or Product Activation Failed. If you want to get rid of these annoying notifications and be able to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint comfortably again, you can activate Microsoft Office 2013.
Can you activate Office 2013 without a product key?
To carry out the Microsoft Office 2013 activation process permanently, of course, you need a product key. Unfortunately, you won’t get the product key for free and the price is also quite expensive. As a result, some Office 2013 users prefer not to buy it.
But, don’t worry because even if you don’t have the original product key, you can still activate Office 2013. The method used is to activate offline using the activator tool.
Currently, there are many activator tools that you can use to activate Office 2013. So, please choose which tool and method you want to use to activate Office 2013 that has been installed. You can use this method on all types of Microsoft Office 2013, whether Professional, Professional Plus or other editions.
How to Activate Microsoft Office 2013 Offline
How to activate Microsoft Office 2013 offline without using a product key can be done very easily. As said previously, the tool that will be used is the activator tool.
If you want to activate Office 2013 using the activator tool, there are 3 ways which will be discussed in this article. So, please choose which method you want to use among the following methods:
Method 1: Activate Office 2013 Using KMS Auto Lite
- First of all, turn off Windows Security/Defender or any other antivirus for a while.
- Then, please download the activator first, namely KMS Auto Lite.
3. After that, extract the KMS Auto Lite file that you downloaded.
4. Then, open the extracted folder and there will be two files, namely KMSAuto x64 and KMS Auto.
5. Run one of these files according to the bit of the Windows laptop you are using.
6. If you are using Windows 32-bit, please run the KMSAuto file as admin by right-clicking and then clicking Run as administrator.
7. Or, if you are using Windows 64-bit, please run the KMSAuto x64 file by right-clicking and then clicking Run as administrator.
8. In the User Account Control window, please click Yes to continue.
9. Next, in the KMSAuto Lite window, please click the Tools tab.
10. Then, tick the Convert Office 2010/2013/2016 RETAIL => VL checkbox.
11. After that, please return to the main page by clicking the Main Window tab.
12. Then, on the main page, please click Install GVLK.
13. Then, in the display that appears, please tick the Forcibly checkbox.
14. Next, to install the Office 2013 product key, please click the Office key.
15. If the product key installation is successful, the statement KEY INSTALLED SUCCESSFUL will appear in the blue section.
16. Next, please click Activate Office to activate your Office 2013.
17. After that the activation process will take place, so please wait until the process is complete.
18. If it is complete and successful, the statement ACTIVATION SUCCESSFUL will appear.
19. Because activation is complete, you can close the KMS Auto Lite application window.
20. Finally, don’t forget to reactivate Windows Defender or the antivirus that was turned off earlier.
After you have carried out the steps above, you have successfully activated Microsoft Office 2013 offline using KMS Auto Lite.
Method 2: Activate Office 2013 Using KMS Pico
- First, you have to temporarily turn off Windows Security or other antivirus.
- After that, please download the KMS Pico activator application.
3. Then, please extract the KMS Pico file that has been downloaded.
4. After extracting, please open the extracted folder.
5. After that, please run the KMSpico file as admin by right-clicking and then clicking Run as administrator.
6. In the User Account Control window that appears, please click Yes.
7. Next, the Office 2013 activation process with KMS Pico will take place automatically, just wait until it’s finished.
8. If the activation process is complete and successful, you will hear a sound notification that says ” complete “.
9. Next, you can close the KMS Pico application window because activation is complete.
10. Finally, you have to reactivate Windows Security or another antivirus that was turned off earlier.
After you have carried out the steps above, now you have successfully activated Office 2013 using KMS Pico. This method can be said to be the easiest compared to other methods because you don’t need to do too many steps.
Method 3: Activate Office 2013 Using KMS Office 2019
- First of all, please disable Windows Defender or other antivirus temporarily.
- Then, please download the KMS Office 2019 activator file first.
3. After you download, please extract the KMS Office 2019 file.
4. If you have finished extracting, then please open the KMS Office 2019 extracted folder.
5. After that, please run the OInstall file as admin by right-clicking and then clicking Run as administrator.
6. Then, in the User Account Control window, please click Yes.
7. Next, in the KMS Office 2019 window, please click the Utilities tab.
8. Then, in the Utilities section, please check the Office reactivation task checkbox.
9. After that, click Office RETAIL => VL to convert Office 2013 to Volume License.
10. Please wait until the process is complete and the Completed statement appears.
11. After that, please click Activate Office to start the Office 2013 activation process.
12. If a Windows Security Alert appears, please click Allow Access to allow the activation script to run.
13. After that, the Office 2013 activation process will take place, so please wait until it is finished.
14. If it is complete and successful, the statement Product activation successful will appear.
15. Because it is finished, you can close the KMS Office 2019 application window.
16. Finally, you have to reactivate Windows Defender or another antivirus that was previously disabled.
After you activate using one of the methods above, you can use Office 2013 comfortably and without problems. So, please open the Word 2013, Excel 2013, or PPT 2013 application to ensure that these applications have been activated.
Solution if activation fails and an error appears
When you activate and have done all the steps correctly, it is not uncommon for errors to occur which cause the activation to fail. One error that often appears in KMS applications is Windows Script Host access is disabled.
The cause of this error is the Smadav application which blocks the Windows Script Host so that activation cannot run as it should. So, if your laptop has the Smadav application, then this application is the cause.
The solution, you must allow Windows Script Host on the Smadav application so that activation can be successful. If you have activated Windows Script Host on Smadav, then please reactivate it using the same method as before. Because Windows Script Host is no longer blocked, activation should be successful.
Closing
These are the 3 ways you can activate Microsoft Office 2013 permanently for free offline. These methods are very suitable for those of you who want to use Office 2013 but don’t have the original product key.
You can use these methods to activate Office 2013 on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11. As additional information, you can also use the methods mentioned above to activate Office 2016 and also activate Office 2019.
