Completely uninstall Office with the easy fix tool Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2016 9:33 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department Microsoft offers an easy fix tool that gets rid of Office and insures that nothing remains in your folders or registry. Step 4: Remove Office 2016 for Mac icons from the Dock. If you added Office icons to the Dock they may turn into question marks after you uninstall Office 2016 for Mac. To remove these icons, control+click or right-click the icon and click Options Remove from Dock. Step 5: Restart your computer. Remove Office for Mac applications Open Finder Applications. Command +click to select all of the Office for Mac applications. Ctrl+click an application you selected and click Move to Trash.
After installing the suite of Office apps on Windows 10, you may have a lot of reasons to uninstall them. Perhaps, you’re trying to free up a license of Office from Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Office 2019, or Office 2016 for another device, the apps are not be working correctly and you’re trying to reinstall the software to fix issues, you don’t like the product and you want to downgrade to a previous version, or you want to uninstall the suite permanently.
Whatever the reason it might be, there are at least a couple of ways to uninstall Microsoft Office from your computer.
In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to quickly uninstall Office from your Windows 10 installation, including Office from Microsoft 365, Office 2019, and Office 2016.
Uninstall Office from Windows 10 using Settings
To uninstall Microsoft Office from Windows 10 with Settings, use these steps:
Open Settings.
Click on Apps & features.
Select the Microsoft Office 365 installation, or the name of the suite you purchased like “Microsoft Office 365 Home,” or “Microsoft Office Home and Student 2019.”
Click the Uninstall button.
Click the Uninstall button again.
Continue with the on-screen directions to complete the task.
Once you complete the steps, the suite of Office app will be removed from your device.
Alternatively, and on previous version of the OS, you can open Control Panel and uninstall the suite from Programs and Features.
Completely uninstall Office using Recovery Assistant
Microsoft provides an easy fix tool to help you quickly uninstall Office 365, Office 2016 or 2013 completely from your computer.
To use the “Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant” tool to remove the suite of apps from your device, use these steps:
Download Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant tool.
Double-click the file to launch the uninstaller.
Click the Install button.
Click the Agree button to confirm the terms.
Select the version of Office you want to remove.
Click the Next button.
Check the option to confirm that you’ve saved your work.
Click the Next button to uninstall Microsoft 365 Office from your computer.
Click the Restart button.
Click the No button.
- Submit the required survey to complete the process.
After you complete the steps, the set of Office apps available with your Microsoft 365 subscription will no longer be available on your device.
Office 2016 Removal Tool
Office should be completely gone from Windows 10, and now you can move on or reinstall Office 365 from your Office online account or manually using the standalone installation for Office 2016.
Office 2016 For Mac Uninstall Tool Download
It’s worth pointing out that you can’t uninstall individual apps anymore, such as Word or Excel, using Microsoft 365 (Office 365). However, you can still remove individual apps when you purchase the standalone version of the suite.