How to uninstall individual apps from an existing installation of Office 365?

archz2 · #1 05-28-2024, 05:56 AM

I want to remove individual apps from existing Ms office 365 installation on my laptop running Windows 11. I tried to do this with a configuration file containing the following code.

Code:

<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Current">

    <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">

      <Language ID="MatchOS" />

      <Language ID="hi-in" />

      <ExcludeApp ID="Access" />

      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />

      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />

      <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />

      <ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />

      <ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />

      <ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />

    </Product>

    <Product ID="ProofingTools">

      <Language ID="en-us" />

    </Product>

  </Add>

In a new folder folder called 'foroffice' where I saved extracted files from office deployment tool, I went to command prompt and typed the following command.

Code:

D:\foroffice>setup.exe /configure preferencesconfig.xml

But then nothing happened. Am I supposed to do the installation again or is there a way to remove apps from my existing Office 365 installation?

archz2 · #2 05-28-2024, 06:11 AM

I also ran the following commands in powershell with admin privileges but still no change.

Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Office.Desktop.Access" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Office.Desktop.OneNote" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Office.Desktop.Publisher" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Office.Desktop.Teams" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -Name "Microsoft.Office.Desktop.Groove" | Remove-AppxPackage

I also tried again with the following configuration file but no success.

Code:

<Configuration>
  <Add Version="MatchInstalled">
    <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Bing" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
</Configuration>

The xml and the setup file are in the same folder. I have tried running cmd prompt in admin privilege mode and regular mode too.

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