One time purchase 2022 Office Home Edition failed to activate

Since you purchased office home 2022 as a one time purchase, you should not need a microsoft 365 subscription.

Try these steps:

• Sign out of Office and sign back in with the same Microsoft account you used to activate Office.
• Check that your Office Home 2022 license is linked to your Microsoft account.
• Open any Office app and go to Help > Check for Updates (on Mac).
• If the issue continues, uninstall and reinstall Office from your Microsoft account.

If Office still asks for a Microsoft 365 subscription, it may be a licensing or activation issue, and you should contact Microsoft Support to restore your Office Home 2022 license.

Your timing matches a Mac activation issue Microsoft marked resolved on July 15. Quit Office, open Microsoft AutoUpdate, choose Update All, restart, and test Excel again.

Sign in to the Microsoft account used for the purchase and confirm that Office Home & Student or Home & Business appears under Services & subscriptions. A one-time license remains valid, but activation must use the account linked to the purchase.

Check the installation source. Office apps installed from the Mac App Store require a Microsoft 365 subscription and cannot use a one-time Office license. If yours came from the App Store, remove those apps and reinstall Office from the Microsoft account that owns the license.

If a direct Microsoft installation still asks to activate, use the Office for Mac License Removal Tool, reopen Excel, sign in with the purchase account, and choose the one-time license. Have your credentials ready before removing the license. If the product is not listed, contact Microsoft activation support with the receipt rather than buying a subscription.