Restart your Mac and open any Microsoft Office app to reactivate.

Note: You will need local admin privileges to make changes to your Keychain Access.

In Keychain Access, delete the following files:.

In Spotlight Search (the magnifying glass) on your Mac, search for and open Keychain Access.

If you've activated Office for Mac 2016 but are still seeing a message that says 'You need to activate Office for Mac within X days,' please try these steps to resolve your issue: Microsoft is aware of and currently working on this issue. 'You need to activate Office for Mac within X days' after activating already. If you have signed in Office but the activation issue persists, please check the following information: In your Hotmail account to activate Office on Mac: On the top menu, click I would like to know how you activate the Office Home & Student 2019 on Mac, via Product key or your Hotmail account? Please make sure you have redeemed your product key and associated your Hotmail account with this Office product key. If I activate now it then works for the day, but next day itches up with one day less. It gives me the option to activate now or later. The error message that comes up every day when I open office word is 'You have 13/14/15 days to activate office. Visit the dedicated forum to share, explore and talk to experts about Microsoft Office 2019.

If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, here to learn more. Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they helped. If you are using it on one new computer, please make sure you have uninstalled the previous Office installation on old computer and removed the license or keychain Do you mean you are using one-time purchased Office Home & Student 2019? Ībout the activation issue, is there any error description on Mac? Please check if the following article is helpful to you: Īdditionally, the Office Home & Student 2019 is only available to install on one PC or Mac. Please check the following article and tell me which product name you are using about Office for home 2019.

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