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Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.
Download and install or reinstall Office for Mac 2011. Go to Download Earlier Versions of Office at www.microsoft.com/software-download/office to download the file. Enter your product key and click Verify. Select a language, then click Confirm. When prompted, click Download Now. To uninstall Office for Mac 2011 move the applications to the Trash.Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process. Before you remove Office for Mac 2011, quit all Office applications and make sure there's nothing in Trash that you want to keep. Leave Office applications closed while you go through this process. Microsoft Office 365 includes a set of Mac productivity apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. So make sure you want to get rid of all these Office 365 in-built products before starting. Also make sure you use your Mac as administrator account to ensure the safety removal of Microsoft Office 365 (How To Uninstall 1Password.
This article contains more information about the following topics that are related to the removal of Office updates:
Note Some Office updates cannot be removed. Some examples include the following:
The computer that is running Microsoft Office must meet the following prerequisites to use the Add or Remove Programs tool to remove Office updates:
Microsoft Windows Installer version 3.0 or version 3.1 must be installed before you install the removable Office update.
Notes
Microsoft Windows Installer version 3.1 is preferred.
For more information about how to obtain Windows Installer 3.1 (v2), see Windows Installer 3.1 v2 (3.1.4000.2435) is available.
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) already includes Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0.3790.2180. Additionally, the 2007 Microsoft Office suites require Windows XP SP2.
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) already includes Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1.4000.1830.
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 already includes Microsoft Windows Installer 4.00.6001.0
The computer must be running Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2003 SP1.
Note When you install either of these service packs, the Add or Remove Programs tool is updated to display Windows Installer updates under the product name.
Removing an Office XP update requires the original installation source to be available. Removing an Office 2003 update requires the original installation source to be available if the Local Installation Source feature in Office 2003 Setup is not used.
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
To determine whether an Office update can be removed by using the Add or Remove Programs tool, follow these steps:
If the Remove button is available, you can remove the Office update.
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
To determine whether you can use the Add or Remove Programs tool to remove an Office update, follow these steps:
This issue may occur if the computer did not meet the prerequisites at the time that the update was installed. The computer must be running Windows Installer version 3.0 or version 3.1 before you install the removable update.
There are some cases in which you do not have the option to remove an update when you use the Add or Remove Programs tool.
If this issue occurs, you can remove the update by using Windows Installer 3.1. The Windows Installer 3.1 redistributable system component will install on the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
Windows XP original release version, Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows XP SP2
Windows Server 2003 original release version
Note Windows Server 2003 SP1 already includes Windows Installer 3.1.
For more information about how to obtain Windows Installer 3.1 (v2), seeWindows Installer 3.1 v2 (3.1.4000.2435) is available.
With Windows Installer 3.1, you can remove an update by typing a command in the Run dialog box. For example, to remove an update, click Start, click Run, type the following command in the Open box, and then clickOK:
msiexec /package {product_code} /uninstall 'full_path_to_.msp_file' /qb
Notes
When you try to remove an Office update, you may be prompted for your Office source CD-ROM.
The following explains the placeholders for this command:
The following explains the parameters for this command:
The /qb switch. If you use the /qb switch, you are prompted if an update is not removable. If you use the /passive switch, you are not prompted if an update is not removable. If you use the /qb switch and if an update is not removable, you receive the following message:Uninstallation of the patch package is not supported.
For example, to remove an update where the product code is '{0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463}', and the path of the .msp file is 'C:Updatefile name.msp', you would type the following in the Run dialog box:
msiexec /package {0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463} /uninstall 'c:updatefile name.msp' /qb
To obtain the full path of the .msp file, follow these steps:
Locate the .exe file that you used to install the Office update. If you do not have the file saved to the hard disk drive, download and then save the Office update to a folder on the computer.
Use a file extraction utility, such as WinZip, to extract the files from the .exe update file.
One of the files that is extracted should be a .msp file. This is the file that you must point to when you run the command to remove the Office update.
Note Instead of the full path of the .msp file, you can also specify the patch GUID. For example, to remove an update where the product code is '{0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463}', and the patch GUID is '{EB8C947C-78B2-85A0-644D-86CEEF8E07C0}', you would type the following in theRun dialog box:
msiexec /package {0C9840E7-7F0B-C648-10F0-4641926FE463} /uninstall {EB8C947C-78B2-85A0-644D-86CEEF8E07C0} /qb
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.
For more information about how to remove Office updates that are installed by using Windows Installer version 3.0 or version 3.1, see Uninstalling Patches.
SUMMARY: Uninstalling apps from your Mac should be like piece of cake, though there are some unusual programs, like Office 2011 for Mac. Since macOS doesn't have standalone App Uninstaller Programs like Windows does, follow this tutorial to learn how to completely uninstall Office 2011 for Mac.
MicroSoft ended support for Office for Mac 2011 on October 10, 2017. Even though you can keep using it with common functions, it may still put you under serious and potentially harmful security risks. Usually you can upgrade Office for Mac 2011 to the latest Office 365 for Mac for newer features and security updates, but to completely uninstall this application from your Mac is a priority issue you need to consider first.
In this article, we are going to show you how to uninstall Office 2011 on your Mac with both common and extraordinary methods. So follow up to learn.
How To Completely Uninstall Office 2011 on Mac OS X
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. So if you don't want to use the professional Mac App Uninstaller tools and prefer to do all these steps by hand, you can learn how to Manually remove all Office For Mac 2011 here.
Pro Tips: All Mac App Removal behaviors will ask you to close your target app first. So give it a check to see if it's open or running on background.
On your Mac, open Finder > Applications > Remove the Microsoft Office 2011 folder to Trash.
1. Open Finder > in Menu, click Go > enter ~/Library
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2. Open Preferences > Drag all files that begin with 'com.microsoft' to Trash.
3. Still in Preferences, open ByHost, and drag all files that begin with 'com.microsoft' to Trash.
1. Again, open Library > LaunchDaemons > Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist to Trash.
2. Open Preferences. Drag com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist to Trash.
3. Open PrivilegedHelperTools. Drag the file named com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper to Trash can folder.
1. Again, open Library, and then open Application Support.
2. Drag the Microsoft folder to Trash.
3. Open Fonts. Drag the Microsoft folder to Trash.
4. Back in Library > Receipts > Delete all files beginning with 'Office2011_'.
By following steps above, you are close to uninstalling Office 2011 for Mac. Now empty Trash and restart your computer to finish removal of Office 2011 for Mac.
Based on our practice, manual removal of Office 2011 for Mac usually takes 5-10 minutes. But for entry-level users, it may take longer. Even you follow the guideline strictly to uninstall Office 2011 for Mac from your Mac, there are still common troubles you may have (Learn How To Uninstall Programs on Mac):
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