After you install Microsoft Office 2021 on the Windows laptop you are using, you can use it in trial mode for several days. After that, you have to make it the full version by activating Office 2021 which contains Word, Excel, PPT, and others.
Suppose the trial period has ended and you have not yet activated it. In that case, your Office application will be Unlicensed Product or Product Activation Failed so it cannot be used to type or edit document files. So, that the Word, Excel, and PPT applications can return to normal, you have to activate them.
To activate, you usually need a product key or serial number. Then, what if you don’t have the Microsoft Office 2021 product key? No need to worry because you can still activate Office 2021 without a product key. There are various ways you can do this, but the most practical is to activate using CMD or a batch file. So, you don’t need to bother downloading cracked software such as the KMS Office application.
Free Microsoft Office 2021 Activation Without Software
As said previously, you can activate Office 2021 even if you don’t have a product key. You can activate it very easily because you don’t need crack software, but just use CMD or a batch file.
If you use one of the following activation methods, then you don’t need to bother downloading the KMS Office application. However, please note that the following methods are online activation methods, so your laptop or PC must be connected to the internet.
Method 1: Activate Office 2021 with CMD
- Make sure the laptop is connected to the internet because activation using this method must be online.
- Next, open CMD as admin by clicking Start then searching for “cmd” and clicking Run as administrator.
3. Next, in the User Account Control window, please click Yes to continue.
4. Then, type or Copy the following command and Paste it in CMD, then press Enter.
curl -L keyms.id/ao2021 -o ao2021.cmd & ao2021.cmd
5. After that, the Office 2021 activation process will take place automatically, just wait until it finishes.
6. If it is complete and successful, the statement Product activation successful will appear.
7. Finally, please just close the CMD window because Office activation is complete.
After you have carried out the steps above and the activation process is successful, now your Office 2021 application is active and can be used normally again.
Method 2: Activate Office 2021 Using Batch File
- Connect your laptop to the internet network because this activation must be online.
- After that, please click the link below to get the activation code.
View Office 2021 Activation Code
3. Then, right-click on the open page that displays the code, then click Save as.
4. In the Save As window, select the location where you want to save the batch file, for example on the Desktop.
5. Then, please change the Save as type section to All Files.
6. Also change the File name section and replace .txt with .bat at the end of the file name.
7. If it has been changed, click Save to save the Office 2021 activator batch file.
8. After that, open File Explorer and look for where you saved the batch file.
9. If you have found it, right-click on the batch file then click Run as administrator.
10. If the Windows protected PC window appears, just click More info.
11. Then, click the Run Anyway button to keep running the batch file.
12. In the User Account Control window that appears, click Yes to continue.
13. After that, CMD will open and activation will take place automatically, just wait until it finishes.
14. If the activation is complete and successful, the statement Product activation successful will appear.
15. Finally, because it is finished, please close the CMD window.
After you have carried out the activation process and it is successful, now the Word, Excel, and PPT 2021 applications are no longer Unlicensed Product or Product Activation Failed anymore so they can be used normally.
Solution if activation fails and an error occurs
When you activate using CMD or a batch file, it is not always successful even though all the steps have been carried out correctly and thoroughly. Sometimes other factors prevent activation from being successful.
The error description that sometimes appears when activating Office 2021 using CMD or a batch file fails is Windows Script Host access is disabled. This error usually occurs because the Smadav application blocks the Windows Script Host feature, even though it is really needed during activation.
So, if your laptop has the Smadav application, then this application is the cause. The solution, you must allow Windows Script in the Smadav application. For more details, please just follow the guide in the tutorial on how to resolve Windows Script Host access to be disabled.
If you have allowed Windows Script Host, then please repeat the activation process that was previously carried out. Because the Windows Script feature is no longer blocked, activation should be able to run smoothly and finally be successful.
Check whether Microsoft Office 2021 is active or not
After carrying out the activation process using one of the methods above, please check the Office 2021 activation status to ensure that your Office 2021 is truly active. To check the activation status, please open one of the Office products, for example, Microsoft Word 2021.
Then, in the open Word 2021 window, please click the File menu and then click Account on the left. After that, you will see the Product Activated statement, and below it will be written your version of Office, for example, Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021.
This way, Microsoft Office 2021 installed on your Windows laptop or PC has been completely activated. So, you can use the Word 2021, Excel 2021, and PowerPoint 2021 applications continuously.
Check the Active Period of Office 2021, Permanent or Not
After Microsoft Office 2021 is activated, you can also check the active period of the Office you are using, permanent or not. If it turns out that it is not permanently activated, then at least you can know how long Office 2021 will be active. This way, you can reactivate it to extend its active period.
Office 2021, which is activated using the original product key, will be activated permanently. However, if you activate using CMD or a batch file as in the methods above, the active period is only 180 days or 6 months.
To find out more clearly how long the active period of Office 2021 that you have activated will be, please just follow the tutorial in the guide on how to check the active period of Office.
However, you don’t need to worry, because even though it’s not permanent, you can still use Office 2021 forever. The condition is that you have to reactivate it using one of the methods above every 6 months.
After you reactivate it, the active period will increase by another 6 months. So, if the activation process is repeated every 6 months, then you will be able to continue using Office 2021 forever.
Remove the Get Genuine Office Notification
If Office 2021 on your Windows laptop has been successfully activated, then now you can use it normally again. When you open the Word, Excel, or PPT application, the Get Genuine Office notification may appear. Apart from that, usually a window will appear that says Why risk it? Get genuine Office or There’s a problem with your Office license.
The appearance of this notification will not interfere with the function of the Office application on your laptop because all features can still be used normally. However, if you feel that the continuous appearance of the Get Genuine Office notification can disturb your comfort, then please just remove it.
Getting rid of the Get Genuine Office notification that always appears in the Microsoft Office 2021 application is quite easy, just follow the guide in the tutorial on how to get rid of the Get Genuine Office notification.
Closing
That’s the tutorial on how to activate Office 2021 for free without a product key and software so there’s no need to download cracked applications like KMS Office. So, if suddenly you cannot use Word, Excel, or PPT 2021 for typing or cannot be edited because it has not been activated, then please activate it using the method above.
You can use the methods for activating Office 2021 above on all versions of Windows, both Windows 10 and Windows 11. So, whatever Windows you use, you can still activate and return to using Office 2021 using the methods above.
