Reactivate Licensing in Microsoft Office - Mac

Reactivate Licensing in Microsoft Office - Mac

Sometimes the Microsoft Office license needs to be re-activated on macOS.  When this occurs you will receive a message that states that your account does not allow for editing on the Mac.

To resolve this issue, please follow these steps:

  1. Connect to the Internet.
  2. Now, sign out of your account and close all office applications.Signing out of OfficeSigning out of Office
  3. Open your Library folder and then open Group Containers and move these files to Trash if they are present.  If you are unable to see the Library folder, please follow this short guide
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    UBF8T346G9.Office
    
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    Deleting Office Keychains Deleting Office Keychains
  4. Sign in again and reopen your office applications, they should work again for editing.



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