How to Get Your Windows 10 Product Key?

Even though traditional product keys are being phased out in favor of digital licensing and recurring subscriptions, many Windows 10 customers may still retain a product key linked to their installation.

This tutorial will assist you in determining if you have a product key and, if so, how to get your Windows 10 product key.

Before trying to locate your Windows 10 product key, you should check to see whether you have one at all.

Windows may be activated in two ways: with a traditional product key or with a digital license.

If you activated your machine with a digital license, you won’t need to look for a physical key, and your license will be linked to your Microsoft Account.

Check Your Activation Type

1. Press the Windows Key
2. Search “Activation Settings“
3. Check your Activation type at the top under Edition

If it reads “Window is enabled with a digital license,” there is nothing further you need to do. You may reinstall Windows, and your Windows 10 license will be transferred when you log in to your Windows Account. However, if it claims that your operating system is activated with a product key, you may obtain it using any of the ways listed below.

Check that the product key is not on a sticker somewhere on your machine before proceeding with the techniques below. Manufacturers often send the computer with the key already attached, which is usually in one of the corners of the case, but this isn’t always the case.

Get Your Windows 10 Product Key via PowerShell

1. Press the Windows Key
2. Search “Powershell”
3. Click on “Run as Administrator”
4. At the prompt paste, the following command
   1. PowerShell “(Get-WmiObject -query ‘select * from SoftwareLicensingService’).OA3xOriginalProductKey”

If your installation includes a product key, it should be shown underneath your command.

Get Your Windows 10 Product Key via Command Prompt

This process is very similar to the PowerShell method above.

1. Press the Windows Key
2. Search “CMD”
3. Click on “Run as Administrator”
4. At the prompt, paste the following command
   1. wmic path softwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Just like the previous method, if you have a product key on your install, you will see the key displayed below OA3xOriginalProductKey

Get Your Windows 10 Product Key via the Registry

1. Hit Window + R to open the Run prompt
2. Type regedit
3. Either navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform Or paste this path in the top bar and hit enter.
4. Lookup the BackupProductKeyDefault entry

You now have many options for retrieving your Windows 10 product key. We hope this gives you the confidence to move forward with your reinstallation or the construction of a new machine.