View product key

Describes two ways to view the product key associated with your copy of Windows.

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To view your Windows product key, open an elevated Command prompt and then run:

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Note that the final value starts with a leading capital “O” (as in Oscar, not zero).

The command is case-sensitive.

If this doesn’t return a key, you’re likely using an OEM digital license.

In that case, trying using RedEdit to locate the following key:

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
           Microsoft\
              Windows NT\
                 CurrentVersion\
                    SoftwareProtectionPlatform

The value of the BackupProductKey setting contains your product key.

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