How to completely uninstall Office 2016 from your Mac

If you have Office 2016 on your Mac and you are facing some issues in it, you may remove it completely from your Mac and then reinstall it. Installing App is quite easy on Mac but you may be confused while uninstalling Office 2016. Here, we will provide you some easy steps to uninstall Office 2016 from your Mac.

You may easily remove Office 2016, follow the below given steps to do that:

• Remove Office 2016 for Mac applications.
• Remove supporting files.
• Remove Office 2016 for Mac icons from the Dock.
• Restart your computer

By following above given steps you may easily uninstall Office 2016 from your Mac, here we will elaborate these steps to make easier for you to follow them.

To remove Office 2016 for Mac applications

• Open “Finder” and click “Applications.”
• Command + Click to select the Office 2016 for Mac apps.
• Now, press Ctrl+Click or right-click on the apps you selected and click “Move to Trash.”

To remove supporting files

The supporting files you need to remove are stored in library and user library folders. Follow the below given steps to remove them:

Remove files from the Library folder

• Open “Finder”, click Go > Computer and then click View >as Columns.
• Go to “Macintosh HD” and click on the Library folder.
• Then, go back and click “LaunchDaemons.” If you see files there, press Ctrl+click or right-click on them and “Move to Trash.”

• Open “LaunchAgents” and if you see any file there, press Ctrl+click or right-click on it and “Move to Trash.”
• Go back and click “PrivilegedHelperTools.” If any file is there, press Ctrl+click or right-click on it and “Move to Trash.”
• Go back and click “Preferences.” If any file is there, press Ctrl+click or right-click on it and “Move to Trash.”

Remove files from the user library folder

• In order to remove files from the library folder, open “Finder” and press “Command + Shift +h.”
• In the Finder menu, click “View > as List”, and then click “View > Show View Options.”
• In the “View Options” window, click “Show Library Folder.”

• Go back to Column view and click “<YourUserName>Library.”
• Click “Containers”, if files are there, press Ctrl+click or right-click each of these files and then click “Move to Trash.”
• Go back to your library folder; click “Cookies”, if files are there. Press Ctrl+click or right-click each of these files and then click “Move to Trash.”
• Similarly click “Group Containers”, if files are there. Press Ctrl+click or right-click each of these files and then click “Move to Trash.”

To remove Office 2016 for Mac icons from the Dock

To remove the Office 2016 icons from dock, you need press Control+click or right-click the icon and click Options > Remove from Dock.

To restart your computer

After removing all the above listed files of Office 2016 application, empty the Trash and restart your computer to apply the changes.

You may also learn how to download and install Office 2016 on your Mac.