Uninstall Office for Mac
Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac Outlook for Microsoft 365 for Mac PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac OneNote for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word 2024 for Mac Outlook 2024 for Mac PowerPoint 2024 for Mac OneNote 2024 for Mac Office 2024 for Mac Excel 2021 for Mac Word 2021 for Mac Outlook 2021 for Mac PowerPoint 2021 for Mac OneNote 2021 for Mac Office 2021 for Mac Excel 2019 for Mac Microsoft 365 for home Office for business Office 365 Small Business Microsoft 365 admin Microsoft 365 for MacYou can easily uninstall Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook for Mac. You must be signed in as an administrator on the Mac or provide an administrator name and password to complete these steps.
You must be signed in as an administrator on the Mac or provide an administrator name and password to complete these steps.
Remove Microsoft 365 for Mac applications
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Open Finder > Applications.
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Command +click to select all of the Microsoft 365 for Mac applications.
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Ctrl+click the application you selected and click Move to Trash.
Remove files from your user Library folder
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In Finder, press +Shift+g.
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In the window that opens, enter ~/Library and then click Go.
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Open the Containers folder and ctrl+click each of these folders and Move to Trash. Note that some of these folders may not be present.
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Microsoft Error Reporting
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Microsoft Excel
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com.microsoft.netlib.shipassertprocess
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com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2
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Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft PowerPoint
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com.microsoft.RMS-XPCService
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Microsoft Word
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Microsoft OneNote
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: 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.
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UBF8T346G9.ms
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UBF8T346G9.Office
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UBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost
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Remove from Dock and restart
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If you put any of the Office applications in your Dock, go to each one and ctrl + click > Options > Remove from Dock.
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Restart your Mac to complete the uninstall.
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