Microsoft office products have a longer lifecycle than Windows operating system. Office 2010 will receive support until 13-10-2020, Office 2013 will receive support until 2023. Therefore, even if there is a lot of time left for Office 2013, if you still want to use Office 2010, you'd better download and keep an offline copy of it. In this article, we will explain how to download earlier versions of Microsoft Office.
Download earlier versions of Microsoft Office
The guide only relates to older versions of Office for Windows and Mac, which are still supported by Microsoft. For example, support for Office 2007 is complete and there is no way to download the product installer.
1) Download Office 2010
If you have an Office 2010 product key, visit this page to download Office 2010 for Windows and Office 2011 for macOS. It is very likely that the product key is available in your email account, which you used to purchase Office. If you can't find the product key, but have installed it, follow our guide to find your product key.
- Enter the 25-character product key that came with your product purchase in the text box under "Enter the product key".
- Once it has verified the product key, select a product language from the menu.
- Click the download link to start the download.
- After you download and install it, Office prompts you to re-enter the keys. Enter it and validate it again.
2) Download Office 2013 and Office 2016
Both of these products are linked to your Microsoft account. So if you need to download the installer for Office 2013 and Office 2016 for Windows and Mac, you can download it from your Microsoft account.
- Go to the Office section in the Microsoft account.
- Click the Install Desktop link, then select the language and version (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Download and install. Since it is linked to your Microsoft account, it will activate automatically.
- You can also download an offline installer, which is handy for installing on multiple computers.
The same will apply to all future versions of Office, including Office Home 365. The online account will keep track of the number of PCs on which the key has been installed on the computer. If you cross the number of limits, you will be notified. To reinstall on a new computer, delete one of the listed machines that you no longer use.
I hope the guide helped you download earlier or earlier versions of Microsoft Office.
