{"id":168574,"date":"2021-05-28T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=168574"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:05:27","slug":"how-to-download-microsoft-excel-in-3-easy-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-download-microsoft-excel-in-3-easy-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download Microsoft Excel in 3 Easy Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-excel.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Excel<\/a> is the industry-leading spreadsheets-management software the majority of Windows users still prefer. While you can buy the program outright, there are other options to explore as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s see how you can get the latest version of the application.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"howto_container schema-howto-acf-block\"><ol><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Good-old licensed software<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/How-to-Download-Microsoft-Excel-step-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Download Microsoft Excel\" width=\"530\" height=\"228\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buying the licensed software has been the only way to go for decades. If you&#8217;re one of those who still prefer owning your programs and not worrying about subscriptions, this option is for you. An upfront fee, a couple of clicks in the &#8220;Installation Wizard,&#8221; and the program will be on your PC or Mac, serving you forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft still issues updates to the software.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Subscribe to Microsoft 365<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/How-to-Download-Microsoft-Excel-step-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Download Microsoft Excel\" width=\"687\" height=\"512\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re internet-bound and like your software on all your devices and web, subscribing to the Microsoft 365 program is a better solution. While you only get the program on one computer in the first method, the subscription gains you access to your documents in One Drive storage and other Office programs like Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also offers Personal, Family, and Business plans, which have various functions and differ in price.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Use a free trial<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/How-to-Download-Microsoft-Excel-step-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to Download Microsoft Excel\" width=\"512\" height=\"321\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re not sure about the subscription offer or just want to see how the bundle works for your situation, use the free trial of the app bundle. You can access it from Microsoft&#8217;s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t.howto_container {\n\t  margin: 0 auto;\n\t}\n\t.howto_container img {\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 30px;\n\t}\n\t\n\t\t  .howto_container h2 {\n\t\t\t  clear: none !important;\n\t\t  }\n\t\t  .howto_container ol {\n\t\t\t  list-style: none !important;\n\t\t  }\t\n\t.howto_container ol li::before {\n\t\tcolor: #ffffff !important;\n\t\tbackground:#0073aa !important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The rise of the subscription model<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you remember the days when you could buy a computer program for life and update it endlessly? These sunny days are in the past. While paying smaller fee installments monthly or yearly is convenient, some old-school users still prefer owning the applications. Sadly, most software manufacturers prefer the constant cash flow of the subscription model nowadays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excel is the industry-leading spreadsheets-management software the majority of Windows users still prefer. While you can buy the program outright, there are other options to explore as well. Let&#8217;s see how you can get the latest version of the application. The rise of the subscription model Do you remember the days when you could buy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-download-microsoft-excel-in-3-easy-methods\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Download Microsoft Excel in 3 Easy Methods&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":181482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2523],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-168574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmicrosoft-excel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324764,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168574\/revisions\/324764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168574"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=168574"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=168574"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=168574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}