#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 install
#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 software
#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 mac
#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 windows

Go to the “/Library/Automator” folder from your main hard drive.

Remove any files in the folder beginning with “” or “”.

Type in “/var/db/receipts/” and press Enter.

Whilst still browsing a folder, press cmd + Shift + G.

Go to the “/Library/Receipts” folder from your main hard drive and delete the any files beginning with “Office2011_”.

Go to the “/Library/Internet Plug-Ins” folder from your main hard drive and delete the “ugin” and “SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin” files.

Go to the “/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools” folder from your main hard drive and delete the “.helper” file.

Go to the “/Library/LaunchDaemons” folder from your main hard drive and delete the “.ist” file.

Go to the “/Library/Preferences” folder and remove the “.plist” file.

Go to the “/Library/Application Support” folder from your main hard drive and remove the “Microsoft” folder.

Go to your home folder, open the Library folder and then open the Preferences folder.

Go to your home folder, then go to the Documents folder. Remove the “Microsoft User Data” and “RDC Connections” folders.

Remove the “Microsoft Communicator” and “Microsoft Messenger” applications.

Remove the “Microsoft Office 2011” folder.

Here is a selection:įor more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software.If a file or folder that you are asked to remove doesn’t exist then move on to the next step. There are many utilities that can uninstall applications. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed.

The item generally has a '.pkg' extension. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer.

#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 install

Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, EasyFind, instead. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/.

#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 software

Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the '-' button to delete it from the list. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process. Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Most OS X applications are completely self-contained 'packages' that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash.

#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 windows

You can start by locating a Windows folder for Office in your Applications folder and removing it.

#Mac how to uninstall office 2011 mac

Of course not all will work exactly on the Mac as on a Windows box, but you can try to hunt down everythat that belongs to the Windows version and toss it. You needed to uninstall this old Office first.