{"id":1697,"date":"2021-11-10T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2023-01-31T06:37:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T06:37:57","slug":"completely-uninstall-microsoft-office-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/completely-uninstall-microsoft-office-on-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Completely Uninstall Microsoft Office on Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Office has been one of the most popular apps on Mac for many years. But you may want to uninstall Microsoft Office in the event of finding better office software \u2014 or due to a bug that requires reinstallation.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Office Removal Tool, released by Microsoft, allows users to quickly and thoroughly delete any version of an Office app, but only on Windows system. So how can you remove Microsoft Office from Mac without several gigabytes of junk files being left over?<\/p>\n<h2>Manually uninstall Microsoft Office<\/h2>\n<p>If MS Office 365 on your Mac is <strong>the 2011 version<\/strong>: congratulations! It will be easy to remove the Office apps.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Go to <strong>Finder &gt; Application<\/strong>s.<br \/>\n\u2022 Select MS Office 2011 apps and move them to <strong>Trash<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Empty<\/strong> the Trash.<\/p>\n<p>As simple as that. However, the uninstallation of <strong>MS Office 365 (2016)<\/strong> will be more complex. First you\u2019ll need to remove the Office 365 apps from your Mac.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Go to <strong>Finder &gt; Applications<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\u2022 Press and hold <strong>Command<\/strong> and <strong>select<\/strong> all the Office apps you want to delete.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Right-click<\/strong> on any one of these apps and select \u201c<strong>Move to Trash<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/doc-root\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/delete-ms-office-1024x737.png.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/delete-ms-office-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/p>\n<p>Next you\u2019ll have to delete the relevant files.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Go to <strong>Finder &gt; Go &gt; Go to Folder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/doc-root\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/finder-go-folder-1024x829.png.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/finder-go-folder-1024x829.png\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Type &#8220;<strong>~\/Library<\/strong>&#8221; into the pop-up window and click <strong>Go<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\u2022 Find the \u201c<strong>Containers<\/strong>\u201d folder and open it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Move <strong>the following file<\/strong>s into the Trash:<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.errorreporting<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.Excel<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.netlib.shipassertprocess<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.Outlook<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.Powerpoint<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.RMS-XPCService<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.Word<br \/>\ncom.microsoft.onenote.mac<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Go back to the Library folder and open \u201c<strong>Group Containers<\/strong>\u201d. Select the following files and move them to Trash:<br \/>\nUBF8T346G9.ms<br \/>\nUBF8T346G9.Office<br \/>\nUBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Remove<\/strong> Office apps from the dock.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Empty<\/strong> the Trash and <strong>restart<\/strong> your Mac.<\/p>\n<h2>An easy approach to uninstall Microsoft Office 365<\/h2>\n<p>Tired of all these laborious steps? Try <strong><a class=\"wp-editor-md-post-content-link\" title=\"Cleaner One Pro\" href=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/cleaner-one-pro-for-mac\/\">Cleaner One Pro<\/a><\/strong>! It is an all-in-one disk cleaning tool that can quickly uninstall any app. <strong><a class=\"wp-editor-md-post-content-link\" title=\"Cleaner One Pro\" href=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/cleaner-one-pro-for-mac\/\">Cleaner One Pro<\/a><\/strong> allows you to sort apps by name, size and the date of last use. Check the box in front of the app and click \u201cRemove\u201d. Then the app will be uninstalled with nothing left remaining.<\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/doc-root\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cleaner-one-app-manager-1024x593.png.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cleaner-one-app-manager-1024x593.png\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id1133028347?pt=444218&amp;ct=pCBMK230131&amp;mt=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/doc-root\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cleaner-One-download-the-app-640x195-1-300x91.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/webp-express\/webp-images\/doc-root\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cleaner-One-download-the-app-640x195-1.png.webp 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2807 webpexpress-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cleaner-One-download-the-app-640x195-1-300x91.png\" alt=\"Download Cleaner One Pro\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cleaner-One-download-the-app-640x195-1-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/cleanerone.trendmicro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cleaner-One-download-the-app-640x195-1.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Office has been one of the most popular apps on Mac for many years. But you may want to uninstall Microsoft Office in the event of finding better office software \u2014 or due to a bug that requires reinstallation. Microsoft Office Removal Tool, released by Microsoft, allows users to quickly and thoroughly delete any version of an Office app, but only on Windows system. So how can you remove Microsoft Office from Mac without several gigabytes of junk files being left over? Manually uninstall Microsoft Office If MS Office 365 on your Mac is the 2011 version: congratulations! 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