Hi

I just installed Microsoft Office 2021 (the version that I buy once and keep forever).

I only use Word, Excel and Outlook. I have noticed that when I'm working in Word or Excel I'm logged into my microsoft account. On the top right corner there is my name and profile picture.

Since I don't want that, I logged myself out and everything was fine. When I restart the PC I'm still logged out, which is good. However, as soon as I open Outlook and then open Word/Excel I'm logged in again. I assume it's because I get automatically signed in in Outlook.



How do I change that so I either don't get logged in anywhere (and manually have to enter my password or at least click a sign in button every time) or, preferrably, how can I get automatically logged in to Outlook but not the other office applications. So how can break this connection between Outlook and the rest of the MS apps. Seems just logical to me that with an E-Mail account you need to be signed in to read the mails but with Word or Excel this is just unnecessary.


I just don't know what data microsoft gets from me when I work on some sensitive Excel sheets when logged in. Cloud saving is disabled already.



Thanks already for some help.