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- Completely Remove Microsoft Office Mac
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Nov 17, 2018 Here I showed you 2 different methods to remove Microsoft Office completely from your Mac OS X i.e. High Sierra, Mojave like recently I diagnosed a bug in drop-down selection in Office.
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Remove Office 2016 for Mac applications
From Microsoft support page - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Troubleshoot-Office-2016-for-Mac-issues -by-completely-uninstalling-before-you-reinstall-ec3aa66e-6a76-451f-9d35-cba2e14 e94c0
IMPORTANT Follow the steps in this article only if you've tried the usual Office for Mac uninstall process and are still having difficulty reinstalling or starting Office applications.
To completely uninstall Office 2016 for Mac you must remove the applications, supporting files, and keychain entries, plus any icons you've added to the Dock. Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process.
You must be signed in as an administrator or provide an administrator name and password to complete these steps.
There are several things to remove. This article steps you through each one.
Step 1: Remove Office 2016 for Mac applications
- Open Finder and click Applications.
- Command +click to select all of the Office 2016 for Mac applications
- Ctrl+click or right-click the applications you selected and click Move to Trash.
Step 2: Remove supporting files from the Library and User folders
Remove files from the Library folder, you'll need to first set the Finder View options.
- Open Finder, click Go > Computer, and then click View >as Columns.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > LaunchDaemons.
- In the LaunchDaemons folder, ctrl+click or right-click this file if present, and then click Move to Trash. com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (if present)
- Go to Library > PrivilegedHelperTools, ctrl+click or right-click this file if present, and then click Move to Trash.com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper (if present) Microsoft office 365 license removal tool mac.
- Go to Library > Preferences and ctrl+click or right-click this file if present, and then click Move to Trash.com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist (if present)
Remove files from your user Library folder
To remove files from your user Library folder, you'll need to first set the Finder View options.
- In Finder, press +Shift+h.
- On the Finder menu, click View > as List, and then click View > Show View Options.
- In the View Options dialog box, select Show Library Folder.
- Switch back to Column view (+3) and click <YourUserName>Library > Containers and ctrl+click or right-click each of these folders if present, and then click Move to Trash.
5. Switch back to Column view (+3) and click <YourUserName>Library > Group Containers and ctrl+click or right-click each of these folders if present, and then click Move to Trash.
Step 3: Remove Keychain Entries
Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access and remove the following password entries:
2. Search for all occurrences of ADAL in the keychain and remove all those entries if present.
Step 4: Remove Office 2016 for Mac icons from the Dock
If you added Office icons to the Dock they may turn into question marks after you uninstall Office 2016 for Mac. To remove these icons, control+click or right-click the icon and click Options > Remove from Dock.
Step 5: Restart your computer
When you've removed all the files listed in this section, empty the Trash and restart your computer.
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This FAQ was last modified on: Friday, March 9, 2018 03:52pm
Applies To: Excel 2016 for MacOutlook 2016 for MacPowerPoint 2016 for MacMore..
To uninstall Office 2016 for Mac, move the applications and user preference files to the Trash. Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process. You can also perform a complete uninstall for Office 2016 for Mac if you are troubleshooting an issue.
Completely Remove Microsoft Office Mac
You must be signed in as an administrator on the mac or provide an administrator name and password to complete these steps.
1. Remove Office 2016 for Mac applications
- Open Finder > Applications.
- Command +click to select all of the Office 2016 for Mac applications.
- Ctrl+click an application you selected and click Move to Trash.
2. Remove files from your user Library folder
To remove files from your user Library folder, you'll need to first set the Finder View options.
- In Finder, press +Shift+h.
- On the Finder menu at the top, click View > as List, and then click View > Show View Options.
- In the View Options dialog box, select Show Library Folder and save.
- Back in Finder, open Library > Containers and ctrl+click each of these folders and Move to Trash. Not all of these folders may 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
- Warning: Outlook data will be removed when you move the three folders listed in this step to Trash. You should back up these folders before you delete them.Click the back arrow to go back to the Library folder and open Group Containers. Ctrl+click each of these folders if present, and Move to Trash.
- UBF8T346G9.ms
- UBF8T346G9.Office
- UBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost
3. Remove from dock and restart
- If you put any of the Office applications in your dock, go to each one and ctrl + click > Options > Remove from Dock.
- Restart your Mac to complete the uninstall.
Completely Remove Office From Computer
*Reference: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-2016-for-mac-eefa1199-5b58-43af-8a3d-b73dc1a8cae3