Microsoft Office has been one of the most popular suites of applications on the Mac for three decades. It’s also one of the most unpopular – Mac users really do have a love/hate relationship with it. Lots of people install it, use it, then get so annoyed with it they uninstall it. However, uninstalling Office isn’t as easy as it should be, so here’s a step-by-step guide to show you how to uninstall every part of Microsoft Office.

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What is Microsoft Office?

Office is a suite of tools that comprises: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and OneDrive. To use such apps, you can either subscribe to Office 365 on Microsoft's website and download the apps from there or download the individual apps from the Mac App Store and buy a subscription as an in-app purchase.

Subscriptions are annual and there are several different tiers, each of which provides a different level of service with regard to the number of devices you can install Office apps on.

Why is it so difficult to uninstall Office?

Good question! On Windows PCs, Microsoft offers an uninstall utility that allows you to remove Office or any Office app with a few clicks. However, on a Mac, you have to do it the manual way. That means not just removing the app binaries themselves, but hunting down all the other ‘junk’ files that Microsoft Office installs on your Mac.

Backup your data

Once you’ve uninstalled Office, you will obviously not be able to open any files you have that are in Microsoft formats like .doc, .xls, or .ppt in their parent applications. So, before you uninstall Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, make sure that you have another way of opening those files if you need them.

That could be another application that supports those file formats or another computer that has Office installed on it. If that’s not possible, you should open each file in Office and export it in a format that can be read in other applications, such as .rtf for Word documents. Don’t uninstall anything until you have made sure you will still be able to read and edit your files.

When you uninstall Outlook on your Mac, you will also remove all of its data, including email messages and attachments. If you use an IMAP server or an account like iCloud or Gmail, there’s nothing to worry about, your messages and attachments will still be on the server. However, if you have downloaded messages and attachments and deleted them from the mail server, or if you use a POP3 mail server, you should backup up all your messages and attachments before you uninstall Outlook. You can do this by exporting messages from Outlook in mbox format. You should also consider making a copy of the Containers folder described below, just in case.

Before you go ahead and attempt the manual uninstallation described below, there is another, much easier way. CleanMyMac X allows you to uninstall Office apps, or any other app, with just a couple of clicks, using its uninstaller tool. Here’s how it works:

1. Download and launch CleanMyMac X — get a free version here
2. Choose the Uninstaller tool from the sidebar.
3. In the window on the right, check the box next to the Office apps (Word, Excel, etc) you want to uninstall.
4. Press Uninstall

CleanMyMac X now removes not just the apps themselves, but all the associated junk files, saving you a huge amount of time and effort.

You can now check whether there are any leftover files.

1. Go to the Uninstaller tool in CleanMyMac X.
2. Click on Leftovers.
3. If there are any files listed, check the box next to them and press Uninstall.

How to uninstall Office 365 on Mac

To uninstall Office 365, you need to uninstall each app and depending on which version of Office you are using, the process is slightly different.

Uninstall Office 2011

1. Navigate to your Applications folder.
2. Select Microsoft Excel
3. Hold down the Command key and select Outlook, Powerpoint, and Word.
4. Drag them all to the Trash and empty it.

This will uninstall Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook from your Mac.

Uninstall Office 365 2016

Uninstalling Office 2016 is more complicated than uninstalling the 2011 version, because you need to locate files in several different folders and move them to the Trash.

Office 2016 Mac Uninstall

1. Go to your Applications folder and select Microsoft Excel.
2. Hold down the Command key and click on the following apps: OneNote; Outlook; PowerPoint; Word; One Drive.
3. With all those apps selected, drag them to the Trash or Control-click on one of the apps and choose Move to Trash from the menu.
4. In the Finder, click on the Go menu and choose Go to Folder, or press Command+Shift+G.
5. In the box that opens, type: ~/Library and press Go.
6. Locate the Containers folder and open it.
7. Locate each of the folders listed below and drag them to the Trash (some of them may not be present)
   com.microsoft.errorreporting
   com.microsoft.Excel
   com.microsoft.netlib.shipassertprocess
   com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2
   com.microsoft.Outlook
   com.microsoft.Powerpoint
   com.microsoft.RMS-XPCService
   com.microsoft.Word
   com.microsoft.onenote.mac
   
8. Click the back arrow in the Finder window to go back to ~/Library and open the Group Containers folder.
9. Locate the folders below and move them to the Trash (again, some may not be present).
   UBF8T346G9.ms
   UBF8T346G9.Office
   UBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost
   
10. Empty the Trash
11. If any Office icons are in the Dock, right-click on them and choose Options>Remove from Dock.
12. Restart your Mac

You have now uninstalled Office 2016 from your Mac.

If your reason for uninstalling Office from your Mac is to save space, consider using CleanMyMac X to get rid of junk files before you uninstall. CleanMyMac X is an expert at getting rid of files you didn’t even know were there and can recover tens of gigabytes of disk space without having to uninstall anything.

If your reason for uninstalling Office from your Mac is to save space, consider using CleanMyMac X to get rid of junk files before you uninstall. CleanMyMac X is an expert at getting rid of files you didn’t even know were there and can recover tens of gigabytes of disk space without having to uninstall anything.

Uninstalling Microsoft Office is straightforward if you are using Office 2011. But Office 2016 is much more complicated to get rid of. There is no official uninstaller, so you have to track down files and folders manually and drag them to the Trash. A much easier solution is to use the CleanMyMac X’s Uninstaller tool which can uninstall applications with just a couple of clicks, removing all their associated files.

Download Office 2016 Mac

In some cases, you may want to uninstall Microsoft Office 2016 and then reinstall it, for example, when Office 2016 apps can’t run properly due to file corruption or other errors. Now, this post shows you how to completely uninstall Office 2016 in Windows 10. There are at least two ways for you to choose from.

Microsoft update for mac. That'll download to your Downloads folder as a.pkg file.

The easiest way to completely uninstall Office 2016 for Mac and ensure that no files or folders are left behind is with an uninstaller app. Using an uninstaller is more effective than just dragging and dropping programs to the Trash because they detect all associated files and folders that could be left behind. Script Lab, a Microsoft Garage project With Script Lab you can create and run Office Add-in code snippets from within Excel, Word, or PowerPoint, using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and data from the web. Script Lab is available for Office 2016, Office 2013, Office 2016 for Mac, and Office Online.

Way 1: Uninstall Office 2016 in Windows 10 through Control Panel

1. May 20, 2019 Nice work! However, I found an issue when I use this script to uninstall my Office for Mac 2016 (version 15.20), it leaves two packages named 'com.microsoft.package.Frameworks' and 'com.microsoft.pkg.licensing' behind, it seams like Microsoft has made some change there, maybe we should also use pkgutil to forget those two, right?
2. I've been searching for a script that will uninstall everything but have not found anything yet. I've found scripts that will uninstall Office 2007, but not individual applications installed. For example, some of our systems have Microsoft Office 2007 Standard installed with Access 2010 as well. Uninstalling Office 2007 doesn't uninstall Access.
3. May 16, 2018 I've found that in the new Dell computers that we got has windows 10 pro and come with office 2016 (trial I suppose). I right clicked all of them and clicked 'uninstall' but to my horror, it's coming up under every user profile that logs on.

Step 1: Open Control Panel, and then click the Uninstall a program link under Programs.

Step 2: On the Programs and Features panel, select the Microsoft Office 2016 program, right click on it, and then select Uninstall.

Step 3: Click Uninstall.

Step 4: Wait while removing Office. This will take several minutes.

Step 5: When uninstalling is done, click Close, and you are recommended to restart your computer to remove some possible remaining files.

If this way can’t work for you, the second way below is available for you.

Uninstall Office 2011 Mac

Way 2: Uninstall Office 2016 in Windows 10 with Fix tool

Step 1: Download the Office fix tool and save it on your computer.

Step 2: Open the fix tool, and then click “Next“.

Step 3: After detecting problems, it asks you whether to completely remove all Office apps and settings from your PC. Click “Yes” to continue.

Step 4: Wait while uninstalling Microsoft Office. This may take several minutes.

Uninstall Microsoft Office 2016 Mac Script Software

Step 5: When uninstallation is successful, you are asked to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Click “Next“.

Step 6: The fixing tool will detect additional problems, and then fix the problems once any problems are found. Click “Close the troubleshooter” or click “Close“.

Office 2016 Mac Remove License

Step 7: Now, restart your Windows 10 for the changes to take effect. Then the problems are fixed and your Microsoft Office 2016 product is completely uninstalled as well.