Uninstall Office for Mac by Deleting the App

The simplest way to remove Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Office for Mac apps from your Mac is to delete the apps from your Applications folder using Finder. This is the standard way of deleting Mac apps, but it isn’t exhaustive and normally requires a follow-up to delete junk that gets left behind.

To begin, open a Finder window and click on Applications in the sidebar. You can also hit Shift+Command+G and type /Applications followed by Enter.

Now find the apps you want to delete. For Microsoft 365, Office 2019, and Office 2016, apps will be labeled individually as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and OneDrive. If you’re using Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, these apps will be in a separate folder. Highlight the items you want to delete by holding the Command key and clicking.

You can now use the Command+Delete keyboard shortcut to send the apps to the Trash (or right-click and choose “Move to Trash” if you’d rather). To delete the apps once and for all, empty the Trash either by opening it and clicking “Empty” or by right-clicking and choosing “Empty Trash” from the dock.

The Microsoft Office for Mac or Microsoft 365 applications are now removed from your Mac, and the space they were occupying can be used for other things. This is probably good enough for most users, but if you want to completely remove all signs of Office or 365, there are some additional files you can get rid of too.

Completely Delete All Office and 365 Files From macOS

There are different steps to finalize the removal of Microsoft 365 and the older Office for Mac. In addition to removing the application files, Office 2016 and later also leaves behind some files in your Library folder. You can get there using Finder, simply open a Finder window and hit Shift+Command+G then enter ~/Library/Containers and hit Enter.