How to Clear Product Key From The Registry in Windows 10
Windows 10 saves your product key to the registry. You may have heard of, and possibly used some apps that allow you to look up your Windows 10 product key. These apps make use of the information stored in the registry to find and display the product key. If you ever need to, you can delete a product key from the registry.
You will need administrative rights to delete a product key from Windows 10.
Delete Windows 10 Product Key
1. Open the Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe into Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.
2. Enter the following command.
3. Once you press the Enter key, the product key will be gone and any apps that can read it will no longer be able to look it up. You must restart your system after executing the command for the change to take effect.
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Note
Deleting the key will not impact your current activation status.
You will need administrative rights to delete a product key from Windows 10.
Delete Windows 10 Product Key
1. Open the Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe into Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.
2. Enter the following command.
Code:
cscript slmgr.vbs –cpky3. Once you press the Enter key, the product key will be gone and any apps that can read it will no longer be able to look it up. You must restart your system after executing the command for the change to take effect.
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