Windows 11 - How To Deactivate Windows By Removing Product Key

Windows 11 - How To Deactivate Windows By Removing Product Key

Activation helps verify that your copy of Windows is genuine and hasn’t been used on more devices than the Microsoft Software License Terms allow.

Uninstalling a retail product key on a PC can be useful if you wanted to sell or give the PC away with Windows 11 still installed by not activated, or if you just wanted to use the product key to activate Windows 11 on another PC.

Uninstalling the product key on a Windows 11 PC will not remove the digital license for that PC from Microsoft activation servers.

If you try to activate Windows 11 on another PC with this same retail product key, you may have to activate by phone if online activation fails.

Issues addressed in this tutorial:
deactivate windows 11 product key
how to deactivate windows 11
how to deactivate windows license key
how to deactivate windows 11 license
deactivate Microsoft account windows 11

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 11 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Huawei and Samsung.

[MichaelBTryn]

Lifesaver, I put a licence on a VM, but wanted to reuse it for a machine I just built from a selection of older parts I had. So thanks for the help!

[laurencerogers]

Great video and thank you for the advice. However once you have rebooted the device it is activated again. Will have to do some more digging.

[BMakk]

Can I transfer my produce key to a new pc?

[ConcordeError]

Why would anyone want to deactivate Windows tho?
Just curious, nothing against your content

[wonkmisteriuz]

when i delete key, and clean instal can i select other windows variant edition?

[bryan]

i deactivated on my pc and after a day and a few restarts it suddenly is activated again

[ervinInierras]

Can this remove even the pre installed ones?