Generic Windows 11 Product Keys | How to Retrieve Windows 11 Product keys

Microsoft provides Generic Windows 11 Product Keys to test the Windows versions. Let’s learn and discuss the list of Windows 11 product keys in this post. Let’s discuss Generic product keys such as VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T.

The generic product keys, such as VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T for Windows 11 pro, are not activation license keys. Those generic Keys can only help you complete the Windows 11 Pro installation process. But not to activate Windows 11.

I also share the different methods to find the Windows 11 product keys from an existing device. This is useful if you forget the Windows 11 product key that is used. Normally if you have a valid Windows 10 product key, that should work for Windows 11 as well. The following are the three easiest methods to retrieve the product keys.

• Registry – GUI and Command-Line.
• WMI – Command-Line and WMI Explorer.
• PowerShell command.

Windows 11 activation is the next step after entering the product key during the installation using USB bootable media. You must activate Windows 11 to use it permanently and enable some features in Windows 11. But for testing Windows 11 just for 5-10 days, activation is not required.

Windows 11 used warnings (as shown in the below screenshot) for unactivated versions of Windows. There are restrictions to enable some features such as dark mode, personalization settings, and themes from being modified until a system is activated.

What are Generic Windows 11 Product Keys

Microsoft provides generic Windows 11 product keys to customers, and it’s available for free. The generic product key’s purpose is to quickly support customers in testing different versions of Windows Operating Systems.

The Generic Product keys are available for Windows Server 2022 and all the other supported server operating systems as well. The testing is the only scenario supported by the rise of Generic Windows Product Keys.

So what is the catch here? The Windows 11 generic Keys can only help you to complete the Windows 11 Pro/ Enterprise installation process but not activate the OS version. To activate Windows 11, you need a valid production license key.

List of Windows 11 Generic Product Keys

Let’s find out the list of free generic Windows 11 product keys from the following list. You have different keys for different versions of Windows 11. You can also get the Generic KMS licensing key details from the Microsoft documentation page, as explained below.

Windows 11 Product Keys	List of Generic Key
Windows 11 Education	YNMGQ-8RYV3-4PGQ3-C8XTP-7CFBY
Windows 11 Enterprise	XGVPP-NMH47-7TTHJ-W3FW7-8HV2C
Windows 11 Pro Education	8PTT6-RNW4C-6V7J2-C2D3X-MHBPB
Windows 11 Pro	VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
Windows 11 Home	YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7
Windows 11 Home Home Single Language	BT79Q-G7N6G-PGBYW-4YWX6-6F4BT
Windows 11 Home Country Specific	N2434-X9D7W-8PF6X-8DV9T-8TYMD
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations	DXG7C-N36C4-C4HTG-X4T3X-2YV77
Windows 11 Enterprise N	WGGHN-J84D6-QYCPR-T7PJ7-X766F
Windows 11 Enterprise G N	FW7NV-4T673-HF4VX-9X4MM-B4H4T
Windows 11 Education N	84NGF-MHBT6-FXBX8-QWJK7-DRR8H
Windows 11 Pro Education N	GJTYN-HDMQY-FRR76-HVGC7-QPF8P
Windows 11 Pro N	2B87N-8KFHP-DKV6R-Y2C8J-PKCKT
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations N	WYPNQ-8C467-V2W6J-TX4WX-WT2RQ
Windows 11 Home N	4CPRK-NM3K3-X6XXQ-RXX86-WXCHW

Microsoft also shared the Generic Windows 11 Product keys that can be used with the Windows KMS system. KMS is the on-prem licensing activation service used for many years in all enterprises.

In the below table, you will find the Generic Volume License Keys (GVLKs) for each Windows 11, Server 2022 version, and editions.

Operating System Edition	KMS Client Generic Product Key
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter	WX4NM-KYWYW-QJJR4-XV3QB-6VM33
Windows Server 2022 Standard	VDYBN-27WPP-V4HQT-9VMD4-VMK7H
Windows 11 Pro	W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
Windows 11 Pro N	MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations	NRG8B-VKK3Q-CXVCJ-9G2XF-6Q84J
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations N	9FNHH-K3HBT-3W4TD-6383H-6XYWF
Windows 11 Pro Education	6TP4R-GNPTD-KYYHQ-7B7DP-J447Y
Windows 11 Pro Education N	YVWGF-BXNMC-HTQYQ-CPQ99-66QFC
Windows 11 Education	NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2
Windows 11 Education N	2WH4N-8QGBV-H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ
Windows 11 Enterprise	NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43
Windows 11 Enterprise N	DPH2V-TTNVB-4X9Q3-TJR4H-KHJW4
Windows 11 Enterprise G	YYVX9-NTFWV-6MDM3-9PT4T-4M68B
Windows 11 Enterprise G N	44RPN-FTY23-9VTTB-MP9BX-T84FV

Find the Windows 11 Product key using Registry

Let’s find out the Windows 11 product key using the registry. You can use two methods to find the product key from an existing Windows 11 device.

• Registry.exe -> GUI
• Command-line option

Let’s look at the Registry application GUI (Registry.exe) and Navigate to the following Registry path on Windows 11 Device to find the product key.

• Product Key -> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform ->
• BackupProductKeyDefault

You can try running the following PowerShell command from the admin command prompt to find Windows 11 product key from an existing device. You can also use the Windows Terminal from Windows 11 OS.

(Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform" -Name BackupProductKeyDefault).BackupProductKeyDefault

WMI Method to Find the Windows 11 Product Key

Let’s find out Windows 11 product keys using WMI Method. I have shared the two options in the below section to find the license key details for Windows System.

• WMI Explorer
• WMI Command Line

You can use the tool called WMI Explorer, created by Microsoft Employees Vinay. You can download WMI Explorer Tool from Vinay Pamnani – https://github.com/vinaypamnani/wmie2/releases.

• Launch the WMI Explorer tool
• Connect to the location device by just clicking on Connect button.
• Click on Root\CIMV2 namespace.
• Click on the EXECUTE button at the bottom right screen to launch the WMI query search window.
• In the search box, enter the following query -> Output view -> List View.
• Click on Execute button to get the results (Windows 11 product key).

select * from SoftwareLicensingService

You can use the following PowerShell command to retrieve the product key details from Windows 11 devices using WMI. You need to have administrator access to run this PowerShell command.

(Get-WmiObject -query `select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey

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Anoop is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 21 years of experience (calculation done in 2022) in IT. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.