Uninstall Office for Mac

You 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

1. Open Finder > Applications.
2. Command +click to select all of the Microsoft 365 for Mac applications.
3. Ctrl+click the application you selected and click Move to Trash.

Remove files from your user Library folder

1. In Finder, press +Shift+g.

2. In the window that opens, enter ~/Library and then click Go.

3. Open the Containers folder and ctrl+click each of the following folders and Move to Trash.

   Note

   Some of these folders may not be present.

   • Microsoft Error Reporting

   • Microsoft Excel

   • com.microsoft.netlib.shipassertprocess

   • com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2

   • Microsoft Outlook

   • Microsoft PowerPoint

   • com.microsoft.RMS-XPCService

   • Microsoft Word

   • Microsoft OneNote

     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.

4. Select the back arrow to go back to the Library folder and open Group Containers. Ctrl+click each of the following folders, if present, and Move to Trash.

   • UBF8T346G9.ms
   • UBF8T346G9.Office
   • UBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost

Remove from Dock and restart

1. If you put any of the Office applications in your Dock, go to each one and ctrl + click > Options > Remove from Dock.
2. Restart your Mac to complete the uninstall.

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