Uninstall Office 365 with ODT

How can i uninstall office 365?

I was make to much XML archives for uninstall but i don't are retrieved a positive result.

leave here some one files i made

For instalation

<Configuration ID="f958a1e4-dd09-4409-a50b-3997635b51fc">
  <Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Current" MigrateArch="TRUE">
    <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
    </Product>
    <Product ID="VisioProRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
    </Product>
    <Product ID="ProjectProRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
    </Product>
    <Product ID="AccessRuntimeRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
    </Product>
  </Add>
  <Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />
  <Property Name="DeviceBasedLicensing" Value="0" />
  <Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="0" />
  <Updates Enabled="TRUE" />
  <RemoveMSI />
  <AppSettings>
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="51" Type="REG_DWORD" App="excel16" Id="L_SaveExcelfilesas" />
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="27" Type="REG_DWORD" App="ppt16" Id="L_SavePowerPointfilesas" />
    <User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="" Type="REG_SZ" App="word16" Id="L_SaveWordfilesas" />
  </AppSettings>
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>

For Uninstall

Test 1

<Configuration>
<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />
<Remove>
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="VisioProRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="ProjectProRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="AccessRuntimeRetail">
</Product>
</Remove>
</Configuration>

Test 2

<Configuration ID="f958a1e4-dd09-4409-a50b-3997635b51fc">
  <Remove OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Current" MigrateArch="TRUE">
    <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
    </Product>
    <Product ID="VisioProRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
    </Product>
    <Product ID="ProjectProRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
      <ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
    </Product>
    <Product ID="AccessRuntimeRetail">
      <Language ID="MatchOS" />
      <Language ID="en-us" />
      <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" />
    </Product>
  </Remove>
  <RemoveMSI />
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>

Test 3

<Configuration>
<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />
<Remove>
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="VisioProRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="ProjectProRetail">
</Product>
<Product ID="AccessRuntimeRetail">
</Product>
</Remove>
</Configuration>

Test 4

<Configuration>
	<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
	<Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />
	<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="0"/>
    	<Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0"/>
    	<Property Name="PinIconsToTaskbar" Value="FALSE"/>
	<Remove ALL="TRUE">
		<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail" />
		<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail" />
		<Product ID="VisioProRetail" />
		<Product ID="ProjectProRetail" />
		<Product ID="AccessRuntimeRetail" />
	</Remove>
</Configuration>

In all test i don't obtive a uninstall of Office 365. All products are uninstalled, but only Office 365 don't is. Some one can help-me?

2 answers

Emily Hua-MSFT 27,636 Reputation points

2023-01-31T01:47:19.3466667+00:00
Hi @Alyson Leandro Trizotto Pereira

If you want to remove all C2R versions of Office products, please try following .xml file.

<Configuration> <Remove All="TRUE"> </Remove> </Configuration>

If you only want to uninstall Microsoft 365 Apps, according the first installation .xml file, please try following .xml file.

<Configuration> <Remove All="False"> <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail" > <Language ID="MatchOS" /> <Language ID="en-us" /> <Language ID="MatchPreviousMSI" /> </Product> </Remove> </Configuration>

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Alyson Leandro Trizotto Pereira 0 Reputation points

2023-01-31T12:33:53.01+00:00

hello, i'm tried it what you splaining, but don't are working

I performed the test with the two models that you advised... But it still didn't work... The images show the way I'm making the calls and the XML file along with the open menu... The menu shortcuts are functional, perform the test to validate that they did not have a broken link or something like that...
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Emily Hua-MSFT 27,636 Reputation points

2023-02-01T08:13:10.0433333+00:00

Hi @Alyson Leandro Trizotto Pereira

Thanks for your reply.

Did you try ODT?

If not, I suggest you download ODT and exact file, run command like: setup.exe /configure <.xml file>.

Cristian Del Cid 5 Reputation points

2023-03-24T10:28:27.1666667+00:00

I had the same issue and i found out what i was doing wrong. In order to deploy Office 365 you MUST follow the ODT steps in order to be able to use xml files. If you download the Officesetup.exe from your account portal and try to do the same i won't work. Here's the link that shows how to use ODT :

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-office-offline-installer-f0a85fe7-118f-41cb-a791-d59cef96ad1c#OfficePlans=signinorgid

Note that you will need to download installation files for Office 365 install instead of direclty downloading them online for each install.

Note #2: Make sure that syntax is correct on you xml file, if not your xml will be ignored.

Here's the exemple of the uninstall xml that worked for me following the ODT procedure :

<Configuration>

<Remove All="TRUE" />

<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />

<Logging Name="OfficeRemoval.log" Path="%temp%" />

</Configuration>

Line 4 is for logs, you can remove it if you want.

Hope this helps.

PhilippBrenzinger-9093 0 Reputation points

2024-09-16T12:47:34.2733333+00:00

@Cristian Del Cid

Thanks for sharing, your Config did work..

I suggest adding FORCEAPPSHUTDOWNto increase the chance for a successful removal:

<Configuration> <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" /> <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" /> <Remove ALL="TRUE" /> </Configuration>

Note: Logging Option isn't anymore.
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