
Microsoft Office should be completely removed. Once the process is completed, go ahead and restart your system. You should have an option to select “Microsoft Office products” to remove Microsoft Office using the tool. Choose the Microsoft Office 365 installation, or the. Open the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant and follow the instructions as prompted. How to Remove Office from Windows 10 via Settings First open Settings. The Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant should work for any version of Microsoft Office (Office 2007, Office 2013, Office 2016, Office 365) on any modern version of Windows (Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10) Using Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (Formerly Microsoft Office Removal Tool)ĭownload the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (Formerly Microsoft Office Removal Tool). If you see the Outlook shortcut there, delete it Open.

If removing Microsoft Office this way doesn’t work or you want a cleaner un-installation, Microsoft also offers a less advertised Office Removal Tool that works much better. 1 Disable Outlook from Startup List disable startup programs AppDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup location in Explorer. Normally, you’d remove Microsoft Office by going through Windows Programs and Features tool and using the Office un-installation utility.

If that doesn't work you will probably need to do a Windows refresh or an in place upgrade. Chances are, you probably don’t want to remove Microsoft Office, but sometimes Microsoft Office decides to be a buggy mess and you may need to remove it for diagnostic purposes. You can also try to run sfc /scannow and then use the office installation cleanup tool (SetupProdOffScrub.exe) to cleanup your remaining office files.
