If I cancel my Office 365 how do I retain my use of word, excel, etc?

Question

I want to know how I can retain use of word, excel if I cancel my Office 365 monthly subscription.

Answer 1

@Darren Marks ,

Do you have other versions of Office?

When your Office 365 subscription expires, your Microsoft 365 Apps remains installed on the device, but you can only view and print files. All features for editing or creating new documents are disabled, as Microsoft 365 Apps would be in reduced functionality mode, you would also see the reactivatiation message.

If you want to continue to use Word、Excel and other Office apps normally, you need to have the Office product and activate it. Such as renew Microsoft 365, use one-time purchase Office.

Any issues please let us know.

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Answer 2

Some one-time purchase options listed here.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-student-2019/CFQ7TTC0K7C8?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab&atc=true

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Answer 3

I have a question. I have an old laptop with 365 subscription. I saved my word doc to an external hard drive. Can I access the word doc and edit it after I've cancelled the recurring subscription?