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Transfer Office 2024 license

Francesco De Palo 0 Reputation points
2026-06-12T10:52:39.8666667+00:00

I need to transfer 2 Office Home & Business 2024 to another account

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
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  1. Gunasekar N 69,540 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-06-12T12:35:38.62+00:00

    Hello, thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

    Please note that, under Microsoft Software licensing terms, Office licenses cannot be transferred from one account to another. They are permanently linked to the Microsoft account used during activation and cannot be moved or reassigned.

    When you sign in with your Microsoft account on the link above, do you see your office perpetual license listed? You can use that account to download and install the Office apps on your device.

    https://account.microsoft.com/services/

    To move the license, you can contact Microsoft Support via chat to see if they can help you transfer it.

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    2026-06-12T10:52:59.96+00:00

    Office Home & Business 2024 is a one-time purchase license that is tied to a single Microsoft account and a single device at a time. The context provided covers transfer rules for Office 2021/2019/2016 and Office 2024 generally, but does not describe any supported process to move an Office 2024 Home & Business license from one Microsoft account to another outside the specific EEA scenario.

    From the available information:

    • One-time purchase Office licenses (Home & Business, Home & Student, Professional) are associated with the Microsoft account used to redeem the product key and appear under that account’s Services & subscriptions.
    • These licenses can be transferred to another device that belongs to the same owner, subject to the transfer terms in the Software License Terms (typically by reinstalling and activating on the new device and removing from the old one).
    • For Office 2021/2019/2016, the documentation explicitly states that transferring ownership to a third party is governed by the Software License Terms and, for EEA users, can be done by contacting customer support to transfer to another person. The same article indicates that Microsoft cancels the original entitlement and reassigns it to the new licensee’s account.

    Based on this, to move two Office Home & Business 2024 licenses to another account or person, the supported path is:

    1. Review the Software License Terms for the specific Office 2024 product to confirm transfer/third-party provisions.
    2. If in the European Economic Area (EEA), contact Microsoft customer support as described in the transfer article so they can:
      • Verify identity and license ownership via the current Microsoft account.
      • Collect the email address of the new licensee/account.
      • Cancel the current entitlement and assign it to the new account.
    3. If not in the EEA, follow the Software License Terms; any account-to-account transfer beyond what is described there is not documented in the provided context.

    There is no documented self-service method in the context to move Office Home & Business 2024 from one Microsoft account to another directly by the user.

    References:

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