Uninstalling Microsoft Office 2011 For Mac

Microsoft Office 2011 Mac Reinstall
Uninstall Office 2011 For Mac

As we know, by completely uninstalling Office 2011 for Mac could troubleshoot many unexpected issues, like Office 2011 Mac script is missing, Office 2011 Mac Outlook cannot open problems, etc. MicroSoft gives sufficient help documents to ease up the pain in uninstalling Office 2011 for Mac. Method 3: Remove Office 2016/2011 from Dock and Restart. Remove Office 2016/2011 from Dock is another easy method to uninstall Microsoft Office on Mac. If the Microsoft Office 2016 is put in Dock on your Mac, it is the method that you can easily complete the uninstalling within few clicks.

Microsoft Office has been one of the most popular suites of applications on the Mac for three decades. It’s also one of the most unpopular – Mac users really do have a love/hate relationship with it. Lots of people install it, use it, then get so annoyed with it they uninstall it. However, uninstalling Office isn’t as easy as it should be, so here’s a step-by-step guide to show you how to uninstall every part of Microsoft Office.

What is Microsoft Office?

Office is a suite of tools that comprises: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and OneDrive. To use such apps, you can either subscribe to Office 365 on Microsoft's website and download the apps from there or download the individual apps from the Mac App Store and buy a subscription as an in-app purchase.

Subscriptions are annual and there are several different tiers, each of which provides a different level of service with regard to the number of devices you can install Office apps on.

Why is it so difficult to uninstall Office?

Good question! On Windows PCs, Microsoft offers an uninstall utility that allows you to remove Office or any Office app with a few clicks. However, on a Mac, you have to do it the manual way. That means not just removing the app binaries themselves, but hunting down all the other ‘junk’ files that Microsoft Office installs on your Mac.

Backup your data

Once you’ve uninstalled Office, you will obviously not be able to open any files you have that are in Microsoft formats like .doc, .xls, or .ppt in their parent applications. So, before you uninstall Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, make sure that you have another way of opening those files if you need them.

That could be another application that supports those file formats or another computer that has Office installed on it. If that’s not possible, you should open each file in Office and export it in a format that can be read in other applications, such as .rtf for Word documents. Don’t uninstall anything until you have made sure you will still be able to read and edit your files.

When you uninstall Outlook on your Mac, you will also remove all of its data, including email messages and attachments. If you use an IMAP server or an account like iCloud or Gmail, there’s nothing to worry about, your messages and attachments will still be on the server. However, if you have downloaded messages and attachments and deleted them from the mail server, or if you use a POP3 mail server, you should backup up all your messages and attachments before you uninstall Outlook. You can do this by exporting messages from Outlook in mbox format. You should also consider making a copy of the Containers folder described below, just in case.

Before you go ahead and attempt the manual uninstallation described below, there is another, much easier way. CleanMyMac X allows you to uninstall Office apps, or any other app, with just a couple of clicks, using its uninstaller tool. Here’s how it works:

Download and launch CleanMyMac X — get a free version here
Choose the Uninstaller tool from the sidebar.
In the window on the right, check the box next to the Office apps (Word, Excel, etc) you want to uninstall.
Press Uninstall

CleanMyMac X now removes not just the apps themselves, but all the associated junk files, saving you a huge amount of time and effort.

You can now check whether there are any leftover files.

Go to the Uninstaller tool in CleanMyMac X.
Click on Leftovers.
If there are any files listed, check the box next to them and press Uninstall.

How to uninstall Office 365 on Mac

Microsoft Office 2011 Mac Reinstall

To uninstall Office 365, you need to uninstall each app and depending on which version of Office you are using, the process is slightly different.

Uninstall Office 2011

Navigate to your Applications folder.
Select Microsoft Excel
Hold down the Command key and select Outlook, Powerpoint, and Word.
Drag them all to the Trash and empty it.

This will uninstall Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook from your Mac.

Uninstall Office 365 2016

Uninstalling Office 2016 is more complicated than uninstalling the 2011 version, because you need to locate files in several different folders and move them to the Trash.

Go to your Applications folder and select Microsoft Excel.
Hold down the Command key and click on the following apps: OneNote; Outlook; PowerPoint; Word; One Drive.
With all those apps selected, drag them to the Trash or Control-click on one of the apps and choose Move to Trash from the menu.
In the Finder, click on the Go menu and choose Go to Folder, or press Command+Shift+G.
In the box that opens, type: ~/Library and press Go.
Locate the Containers folder and open it.
Locate each of the folders listed below and drag them to the Trash (some of them may not 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
Click the back arrow in the Finder window to go back to ~/Library and open the Group Containers folder.
Locate the folders below and move them to the Trash (again, some may not be present).
UBF8T346G9.ms
UBF8T346G9.Office
UBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost
Empty the Trash
If any Office icons are in the Dock, right-click on them and choose Options>Remove from Dock.
Restart your Mac

You have now uninstalled Office 2016 from your Mac.

If your reason for uninstalling Office from your Mac is to save space, consider using CleanMyMac X to get rid of junk files before you uninstall. CleanMyMac X is an expert at getting rid of files you didn’t even know were there and can recover tens of gigabytes of disk space without having to uninstall anything.

Uninstalling Microsoft Office is straightforward if you are using Office 2011. But Office 2016 is much more complicated to get rid of. There is no official uninstaller, so you have to track down files and folders manually and drag them to the Trash. A much easier solution is to use the CleanMyMac X’s Uninstaller tool which can uninstall applications with just a couple of clicks, removing all their associated files.

Unlike the software developed for Windows system, most of the applications installed in Mac OS X generally can be removed with relative ease. Microsoft Office 2011 is a third party application that provides additional functionality to OS X system and enjoys a popularity among Mac users. However, instead of installing it by dragging its icon to the Application folder, uninstalling Microsoft Office 2011 may need you to do more than a simple drag-and-drop to the Trash.

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When installed, Microsoft Office 2011 creates files in several locations. Generally, its additional files, such as preference files and application support files, still remains on the hard drive after you delete Microsoft Office 2011 from the Application folder, in case that the next time you decide to reinstall it, the settings of this program still be kept. But if you are trying to uninstall Microsoft Office 2011 in full and free up your disk space, removing all its components is highly necessary. Continue reading this article to learn about the proper methods for uninstalling Microsoft Office 2011.

Manually uninstall Microsoft Office 2011 step by step:

Most applications in Mac OS X are bundles that contain all, or at least most, of the files needed to run the application, that is to say, they are self-contained. Thus, different from the program uninstall method of using the control panel in Windows, Mac users can easily drag any unwanted application to the Trash and then the removal process is started. Despite that, you should also be aware that removing an unbundled application by moving it into the Trash leave behind some of its components on your Mac. To fully get rid of Microsoft Office 2011 from your Mac, you can manually follow these steps:

1. Terminate Microsoft Office 2011 process(es) via Activity Monitor

Before uninstalling Microsoft Office 2011, you’d better quit this application and end all its processes. If Microsoft Office 2011 is frozen, you can press Cmd +Opt + Esc, select Microsoft Office 2011 in the pop-up windows and click Force Quit to quit this program (this shortcut for force quit works for the application that appears but not for its hidden processes).

Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder in Launchpad, and select All Processes on the drop-down menu at the top of the window. Select the process(es) associated with Microsoft Office 2011 in the list, click Quit Process icon in the left corner of the window, and click Quit in the pop-up dialog box (if that doesn’t work, then try Force Quit).

2. Delete Microsoft Office 2011 application using the Trash

First of all, make sure to log into your Mac with an administrator account, or you will be asked for a password when you try to delete something.

Open the Applications folder in the Finder (if it doesn’t appear in the sidebar, go to the Menu Bar, open the “Go” menu, and select Applications in the list), search for Microsoft Office 2011 application by typing its name in the search field, and then drag it to the Trash (in the dock) to begin the uninstall process. Alternatively you can also click on the Microsoft Office 2011 icon/folder and move it to the Trash by pressing Cmd + Del or choosing the File and Move to Trash commands.

For the applications that are installed from the App Store, you can simply go to the Launchpad, search for the application, click and hold its icon with your mouse button (or hold down the Option key), then the icon will wiggle and show the “X” in its left upper corner. Click the “X” and click Delete in the confirmation dialog.

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3. Remove all components related to Microsoft Office 2011 in Finder

Though Microsoft Office 2011 has been deleted to the Trash, its lingering files, logs, caches and other miscellaneous contents may stay on the hard disk. For complete removal of Microsoft Office 2011, you can manually detect and clean out all components associated with this application. You can search for the relevant names using Spotlight. Those preference files of Microsoft Office 2011 can be found in the Preferences folder within your user’s library folder (~/Library/Preferences) or the system-wide Library located at the root of the system volume (/Library/Preferences/), while the support files are located in '~/Library/Application Support/' or '/Library/Application Support/'.

Open the Finder, go to the Menu Bar, open the “Go” menu, select the entry:|Go to Folder... and then enter the path of the Application Support folder:~/Library

Search for any files or folders with the program’s name or developer’s name in the ~/Library/Preferences/, ~/Library/Application Support/ and ~/Library/Caches/ folders. Right click on those items and click Move to Trash to delete them.

Meanwhile, search for the following locations to delete associated items:

/Library/Preferences/
/Library/Application Support/
/Library/Caches/

Besides, there may be some kernel extensions or hidden files that are not obvious to find. In that case, you can do a Google search about the components for Microsoft Office 2011. Usually kernel extensions are located in in /System/Library/Extensions and end with the extension .kext, while hidden files are mostly located in your home folder. You can use Terminal (inside Applications/Utilities) to list the contents of the directory in question and delete the offending item.

4. Empty the Trash to fully remove Microsoft Office 2011

If you are determined to delete Microsoft Office 2011 permanently, the last thing you need to do is emptying the Trash. To completely empty your trash can, you can right click on the Trash in the dock and choose Empty Trash, or simply choose Empty Trash under the Finder menu (Notice: you can not undo this act, so make sure that you haven’t mistakenly deleted anything before doing this act. If you change your mind, before emptying the Trash, you can right click on the items in the Trash and choose Put Back in the list). In case you cannot empty the Trash, reboot your Mac.

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Tips for the app with default uninstall utility:

You may not notice that, there are a few of Mac applications that come with dedicated uninstallation programs. Though the method mentioned above can solve the most app uninstall problems, you can still go for its installation disk or the application folder or package to check if the app has its own uninstaller first. If so, just run such an app and follow the prompts to uninstall properly. After that, search for related files to make sure if the app and its additional files are fully deleted from your Mac.

Automatically uninstall Microsoft Office 2011 with MacRemover (recommended):

No doubt that uninstalling programs in Mac system has been much simpler than in Windows system. But it still may seem a little tedious and time-consuming for those OS X beginners to manually remove Microsoft Office 2011 and totally clean out all its remnants. Why not try an easier and faster way to thoroughly remove it?

Uninstall Office 2011 For Mac

If you intend to save your time and energy in uninstalling Microsoft Office 2011, or you encounter some specific problems in deleting it to the Trash, or even you are not sure which files or folders belong to Microsoft Office 2011, you can turn to a professional third-party uninstaller to resolve troubles. Here MacRemover is recommended for you to accomplish Microsoft Office 2011 uninstall within three simple steps. MacRemover is a lite but powerful uninstaller utility that helps you thoroughly remove unwanted, corrupted or incompatible apps from your Mac. Now let’s see how it works to complete Microsoft Office 2011 removal task.

1. Download MacRemover and install it by dragging its icon to the application folder.

2. Launch MacRemover in the dock or Launchpad, select Microsoft Office 2011 appearing on the interface, and click Run Analysis button to proceed.

3. Review Microsoft Office 2011 files or folders, click Complete Uninstall button and then click Yes in the pup-up dialog box to confirm Microsoft Office 2011 removal.

The whole uninstall process may takes even less than one minute to finish, and then all items associated with Microsoft Office 2011 has been successfully removed from your Mac!

Benefits of using MacRemover:

MacRemover has a friendly and simply interface and even the first-time users can easily operate any unwanted program uninstallation. With its unique Smart Analytic System, MacRemover is capable of quickly locating every associated components of Microsoft Office 2011 and safely deleting them within a few clicks. Thoroughly uninstalling Microsoft Office 2011 from your mac with MacRemover becomes incredibly straightforward and speedy, right? You don’t need to check the Library or manually remove its additional files. Actually, all you need to do is a select-and-delete move. As MacRemover comes in handy to all those who want to get rid of any unwanted programs without any hassle, you’re welcome to download it and enjoy the excellent user experience right now!

This article provides you two methods (both manually and automatically) to properly and quickly uninstall Microsoft Office 2011, and either of them works for most of the apps on your Mac. If you confront any difficulty in uninstalling any unwanted application/software, don’t hesitate to apply this automatic tool and resolve your troubles.

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