How to Move Your Windows 10 License to Another PC

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated January 03, 2024

As the Windows 10 license is not cheap, it's ideal that the license can be reused. To transfer the Windows 10 license to another pc, your Windows 10 license must be full retail and both of the computers need to be installed with the same version's Windows 10. If you are going to move your Windows 10 license to your new pc from the old one and the conditions above are met, you can follow the guide below to move your Windows 10 license to another pc without effort. For details, let's read on.

1. Part One: Deactivate Windows 10 on Your Old/Original PC
2. Part Two: Activate Your New/Another Windows 10 PC

Tips: If you are not sure the license type of your Windows 10, you can run CMD as admin on your pc and enter slmgr –dli to have a check.

Part One: Deactivate Windows 10 on Your Old/Original PC

Before you uninstall the Windows 10 license, you have to find out your Windows 10 product key firstly. If you lost the key, you can try the ways here to recover the Windows 10 product key, including using Product Key Finder.

After keeping your Windows 10 product key on hand, you can deactivate the Windows 10 pc with the following 3 steps.

Step 1: Search CMD on the start menu and right-click it to choose Run it as admin.

Step 2: In the open command prompt window, type slmgr.vbs /upk and hit Enter. Then, the product key will be uninstalled instantly.

Step 3: To clear the Windows product key more thoroughly, you can also enter slmgr.vbs /cpky to erase the product key in the registry. At last, reboot your Windows 10 pc.

Part Two: Activate Your New/Another Windows 10 PC

Now, it's time to activate your another Windows 10 PC and here are the details.

Step 1: Type CMD in the search bar and run it with admin privileges.

Step 2: Input slmgr.vbs /ipk [Windows 10 product key] in the command prompt and press Enter to execute it. After the key is installed successfully, you will be reminded with a prompt.

If you fail to activate your Windows 10 new pc with the transferred license, you can call Microsoft support for help or it's also a good option to directly move the Windows 10 OS to your new pc by backing up Windows 10 to an external hard drive and then restore the backup to your new computer.

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