Windows 10: How to disable digital license so I can activate using a product key?

I recently upgraded my motherboard and CPU but didn't deactivate my license or anything. I also purchased a Windows 10 Pro key.


Obviously needing to do a clean install, I didn't put in a product key as I was using a digital license on my microsoft account. Now as it turns out my digital license is for Windows 10 Home. When I try to activate using my windows 10 pro key it says I can't activate it on this device and that my key is already being used on another device.


So my question is, is it possible to remove the digital license so I can properly activate my Windows 10 Pro key on my current PC?

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Activation switched from "with product key" to "with Digital License"












Sorry for the quality, they were taken with my camera. We'd all be old and grey by the time I learned to do a video capture. lol, I'm old and grey now.

 

Activation switched from "with product key" to "with Digital License"


This is screen shots I captured from an earlier attempt. It shows product code after being activated?

 

Activation switched from "with product key" to "with Digital License"

In the past, if I did a change product code on my 10 Pro install, and entered my Education key. Activation switched from activated with a digital license to activated with a product code. And it would list the last 5 digits of the code.
Now when I do that it stays as activated with a digital license. The DL is upwards compatible, as far as I know. I can clean install 1511 Pro or 1607 Pro on this PC with a skip key and they will both activate. I do believe its edition specific (Home, Pro, etc) but not build specific. I've installed an older insider build on a PC that never had an insider build on it and it activated just fine on the 10 Pro DL that PC had gotten with the free upgrade.

Right now, I only have the one PC that doesn't have a DL for the education version. I've delayed activating it in 1607 so I can do more tests. Once its activated in 1607 there is no going back.