How to Uninstall Microsoft Office 2011 (Mac)

From IThelp


This guide shows how you can uninstall Microsoft Office 2011 on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).




NB! Before you start the procedure please make sure that all files you might still want/need are moved from the trash folder.

  1. Start Finder, go to Applications and delete the folder Microsoft Office 2011.

  2. Navigate to the system library. NB! Please keep in mind that all users have their own library as well.


  3. Open Internet Plug-Ins and delete all Sharepoint files.



  4. Return to the library and open LaunchDaemons.

  5. Delete com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist.


  6. Go back to the library and open Preferences.

  7. Delete com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist.


  8. Navigate to the folder PrivilegedHelperTools, also in the system library.
  9. Find the file called com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper and delete it.


  10. Empty the trash and restart the computer to complete the operation.