A complete uninstallation of Microsoft Office for Mac

Using the instructions below, you can manually remove any remaining remnants of Microsoft Office programs from your Mac. This is usually necessary to successfully install your newly purchased Office package.

Step 1

Open Finder and navigate to Applications .

Step 2

Now hold down the Command key (cmd) to select all Office Mac applications.

Step 3

First, hold down the CTRL key and click on the selected applications. Then you can use the right click to move the selected files to the trash .

Step 4

Removing files from the library

  1. In Finder, press ⌘ + Shift + g .
  2. Now enter ~/Library in the window that opens and then click Go .
  3. Open the Container folder and hold down the CTRL key while clicking on the individual files and then click Move to Trash


Note : Some of these folders may not exist and must be searched for manually in the search bar:

microsoft.errorreporting
microsoft.Excel
microsoft.netlib.shipasertprocess
microsoft.Office365ServiceV2
microsoft.Outlook
microsoft.PowerPoint
microsoft.RMS-XPCService
Microsoft Word
microsoft.onenote.mac
To return to the Library folder, simply click the Back arrow. Then open the Group Containers folder and hold down the CTRL key while clicking on each folder if it exists. Then select the Move to Trash option to delete it.
    • ms
    • Office
    • OfficeOsfWebHost

Attention(!): If you move the three files to the trash, the Outlook data will be deleted. We therefore recommend that you back up the folders before following the steps below.
  1. Now empty the trash can so that the programs are completely removed from the device.
  2. Go to your Dock if you have Office applications there, then hold down the Control key and click Options > Unpin from Dock .
Now restart for the changes to take effect.
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