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title: "Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/289301255.md"
description: "Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month by not renewing the license validation certificate. Users must purchase Office 2024 or a Microsoft 365 subscription to continue editing documents, contradicting earlier promises that apps would remain functional. The company updated its support note to assure users their data will not be lost."
datetime: "2026-06-10T09:15:48.000Z"
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# Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month

Microsoft's Office 2019 apps for Mac will stop working next month, because the company isn't renewing a certificate that validates Office licenses. Owners of Office 2019 for Mac are being warned they'll have to purchase Office 2024 or a Microsoft 365 subscription if they want to continue editing documents.

Microsoft previously promised that "all your Office 2019 apps will continue to function," when it announced end of support in 2023. The company then quietly updated that support note last month to remove the mention of apps continuing to function, replacing it with "Rest assured that all your Office 2019 apps won't lose any data."

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