Stop sharing an Office 365 Home subscription

If you're the owner of an Office 365 Home subscription, you may decide to stop sharing your subscription with someone. And if you're the one using a shared Office 365 Home subscription, you may no longer need it, or you may be notified that the owner has stopped sharing it with you. This topic explains how this all works, including what happens after someone stops sharing an subscription.

Learn how to stop sharing an Office 365 Home subscription

You're the owner of an Office 365 Home subscription

1. Sign in to your Microsoft account, Services & subscriptions page and choose Sharing.

   Notes: 

   • If you don't see the Sharing tab, you may not be the owner of the Office 365 Home subscription.

   • You also may not have an Office 365 Home subscription. Check the product name on your Microsoft account, Services & subscriptions page. Office 365 Personal and Office 365 University don't include subscription sharing.

2. On the Sharing page, in the Other people section, find the person you want to remove, and choose Stop sharing.

3. After you confirm that you want to stop sharing with them, we'll send them an email letting them know.

You're using an Office 365 Home subscription that someone shared with you

1. Sign in to your Microsoft account, Sharing page.

2. In the Subscription sharing section, choose Stop using this shared subscription.

3. In the confirmation dialog box, choose Leave.

If you want to continue using Office, you can buy an Office subscription. Or, if you need a fast, free way to create or edit Office files, you can use Office Online.

What happens when you stop using a shared Office 365 Home subscription?

You lose the Office 365 Homesubscription benefits:

• You'll still be able to view and print your Office files, but you won't be able to edit them or to create new ones. You'll see Unlicensed Product notifications when you use Office.

• You'll still be able to use Office on your iPad, Android tablet, and smartphone, but you won't be able to access premium Office 365 features.

• You'll lose your 1 TB of free OneDrive storage.

• If you've used any of that OneDrive storage, don't worry: You can still access your files, but you won't be able to edit them in OneDrive or to upload new files. To fix this, you can save some of your files elsewhere or buy more storage. For more information, go to OneDrive.com, sign in to your account, and choose Get more storage.

• You'll lose your 60 Skype minutes per month.

See Also

Share your Office 365 Home subscription with up to five people in your household

Cancel or turn off recurring billing for a Microsoft subscription