Replace pre-installed Microsoft Office 2016 Personal with Office 365 Home?

Question

My mother recently gave me her new PC that came with Office 2016 Personal.  On my old PC, I was using an extra download of Office 2016 Home & Student (I think) that was given to me by my brother, who is in school and got a great price on it!  The programs included on my old PC were Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher & OneDrive.  On this new PC that was just given to me, pre-installed at purchase was Word, Excel, Powerpoint & OneNote.

I use Publisher & Outlook more than any other programs and I also want to have all of my Office programs linked to my own email & account. I went online and located where I can purchase Microsoft Office 365 Home.  I am ready to purchase, using the monthly subscriptions (opting for convenience of payment vs. saving $19 a year), but I am not sure how to proceed once I make the purchase. 

Do I need to uninstall the pre-installed programs mentioned before? (Word, Excel, Powerpoint & OneNote) The existing pre-installed programs are linked to my mother's email address. 

Basically, how do I replace my existing programs that came with the laptop with my new, upgraded, Office 365 Home??

I am holding off on my purchase in case this is more of a process than I think it should be. 

Thanks in advance for any advice or assistance!

Answer 1

Hi,

Before you install Office 365 on your PC, you need to completely uninstall Office 2016 by using easy fix tool. To do it, kindly follow the steps under Option 2 - Completely uninstall Office 2016 with the easy fix tool through this article. Once completed, you can purchase Office 365 and install it on the computer.

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