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How do you change the account that Office says it belongs to?

I found this question at least a few times in the community, but none of the answers were clear to me, so I will try again...

How do I change the account that Office shows it belongs to (pictured left)? When I change the current account (pictured right) it does not change the Office owner (pictured left). Pressing Manage Account takes me to the "mine2" account. I have also tried re-downloading office 365 from the account belonging to "mine2" but the Office owner remains showing "mine1."

Or is it necessary to change the office owner? The "mine1" account will be allowed to lapse and we will be exclusively using "mine2." What are the potential effects of not changing it? Or is it possible this is just a cosmetic bug and underneath the owner has changed? Restarting Office or Windows doesn't change it.

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Hi TWWVA,

 

The account displays beside Belongs to is the account which you use to activate the Office 2016. If you would like to change the account, you need to deactivate Office 2016 first, then activate it again with another account. For your reference: Deactivate an Office 365 install

 

The account in the top right corner is the account you use to sign in Office 2016 to access corresponding services. You can sign out then sign in with another account to access services in the new account. For your reference: Sign in to Office or Office 365

 

Regards,

Yoga

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