Take the following steps to uninstall MS Office 2016 on Mac: Luckily, Microsoft has done a decent job of simplifying, considering the circumstances, the process of removing the suite from Mac. This brings us to the second point - variable plans and services included in Office packages. Then there is Office 365, which works on annual subscription basis and includes MS Outlook and additional services like OneDrive, SharePoint, etc. Office 2011, on the other hand, doesn’t include OneNote, but includes only Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. For example, a one-time purchase Office 2016 license includes 4 applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. You will have to remove a number of apps, services and associated files as opposed to dealing with a single application. First of all, Microsoft Office is a suite of applications which already makes it trickier to delete. There are a few things that affect the “how-to aspect” of removing Microsoft Office. Office 2016: How to Uninstall Office from Mac In case you are one of those people who’s up for the big move, here is a complete guide to help you remove Microsoft Office from Mac. While neither can boast with the same wide range of features, it’s understandable why one may choose to opt for free alternatives with similar functionality and file format support. For a long time there’s been no worthy competition and it’s only recently that Apple’s iWork and Google’s G Suite started to catch up. This link from Microsoft tells you how to clear out those older registration files.Microsoft Office suite has been a hallmark of cross-platform set of work tools for years.

In that case, you have to get rid of the Office registration files that remember what the original hardware was, and then reinstall, and then enter your Product Key, and then– finally!– do the “Activate by Phone” method. For example, if you decide to replace your hard drive with something better– I like the Solid State Drives (SSDs) from Crucial-– you’ll be asked to activate Office 2011, and in that case, you’ll never be able to… because each installation of Office is “keyed” to the hardware it’s originally installed on, and that includes the hard drive, and the Activation ID and Confirmation ID will only work on that particular configuration. The reason for this could be that you’ve moved Office 2011 for the Mac to a new machine, or to a new hard drive, by cloning the drive. There’s a chance that things still won’t work. That will get you started down the right path. Another option: call Microsoft’s general support number (1-80) and say “Office for Mac Activation Department” to the robot that answers.

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