How to remove Office 365 completely

[MacGeek]

I'm trying to remove all Office 365 applications and any file with the word Microsoft in it from all our Macs. I wrote a .sh script and it is installed with Composer. Then a I have a script run that is sudo sh /path to .sh command. The Composer package will remove all the applications after a while but most of the rest of the files aren't removed. If I copy one line and paste it into Terminal it will run and remove the file(s). Why will the Terminal commands work in Terminal but not when I run them in Composer. My .sh script is setup like this but with a lot more paths listed: Thanks!

sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ Excel.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ OneNote.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/OneDrive.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ Outlook.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ PowerPoint.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ Word.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ Teams.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ To Do;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Office.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft\ OneDrive.app;
sudo rm -R /Applications/'Outlook*’;
sudo rm -R /Applications/Microsoft*;
sudo rm -R /Users/*/Library/Containers/com.microsoft*;
sudo rm -R /Users/*/Library/Containers/'OneDrive File Provider';
sudo rm -R /Users/*/Library/Containers/Microsoft*;

[junjishimazaki]

Hi Macgeek, I would not use composer to package a script. Jamf has a script section so use Jamf to handle it since it runs as root anyways. Here is my MS Office uninstaller script:

#!/bin/bash

consoleuser=$(ls -l /dev/console | awk '{ print $3 }')

echo "logged in user is" $consoleuser

echo "Kill Microsoft Office Process..."
pkill -f Microsoft

folders=(
"/Applications/Microsoft Excel.app"
"/Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app"
"/Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app"
"/Applications/Microsoft PowerPoint.app"
"/Applications/Microsoft Word.app"
"/Applications/Microsoft Teams.app"
"/Applications/OneDrive.app"
"/Library/Application Support/Microsoft"
#
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft AU Daemon"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft AutoUpdate"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Application\ Support/com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater/"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft\ Update\ Assistant/"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba.debuglogging.plist"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba.plist"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.plist"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdater.plist"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.shared.plist"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.errorreporting"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.netlib.shipassertprocess"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Powerpoint"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.RMS-XPCService"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.onenote.mac"
#
#
#### WARNING: Outlook data will be removed when you move the three folders listed below.
#### You should back up these folders before you delete them.
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.ms"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost"
"/Users/$consoleuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OfficeOneDriveSyncIntegration"
)

search="*"

for i in "${folders[@]}"
do
echo "removing folder ${i}"
rm -rf "${i}"
done

[geoff_widdowson]

I'm confused as  to why you are using composer to install a script? Any script can run direct from within a policy. I use this one, to remove Office files. It does not remove Teams, I've not ammened it, but other than that it does a good job. The creators name is in the script.

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo -e "
ROOT PRIVILEDGES NEEDED!
You have to run this script as root.
Aborting...
"
exit 1
else
echo -e "
###################################
Office 2016 for Mac uninstaller
###################################

Unofficial unistaller
Brought to you by Frank Pira
(fpira.com)

This software comes with absolutely
NO WARRANTY

Use it at your own risk.
"

sleep 4

echo -e "
------------- WARNING -------------
Your Outlook data will be wiped.

Press CTRL+C in 5 seconds to ABORT

or just sit back and relax!
-----------------------------------
"

sleep 6

# commands out of the official guide from microsoft
# source https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Uninstall-Office-2016-for-Mac-eefa1199-5b58-43af-8a3d-b73dc...

echo " Removing Office 2016 apps..."
rm -rf "/Applications/Microsoft Excel.app"
rm -rf "/Applications/Microsoft OneNote.app"
rm -rf "/Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app"
rm -rf "/Applications/Microsoft PowerPoint.app"
rm -rf "/Applications/Microsoft Word.app"

echo " Cleaning ~/Library..."
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.errorreporting
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.netlib.shipassertprocess
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Powerpoint
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.RMS-XPCService
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word
rm /Users/$(whoami)/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.onenote.mac

rm "/Users/$(whoami)/Library/Group ContainersUBF8T346G9.ms"
rm "/Users/$(whoami)/Library/Group ContainersUBF8T346G9.Office"
rm "/Users/$(whoami)/Library/Group ContainersUBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost"

# further cleaning

echo " Cleaning system folders..."
rm -rf "/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0"
rm -rf "/Library/Fonts/Microsoft"
rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Excel.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.setupassistant.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.outlook.databasedaemon.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.outlook.office_reminders.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Outlook.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.PowerPoint.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Word.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.plist
rm /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist
rm -rf /Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.microsoft
rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Office2016_*
rm /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
rm /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper

echo " Making your Mac forget about Office 2016..."
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Fonts
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_AutoUpdate.app
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_Excel.app
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_OneNote.app
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_Outlook.app
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_PowerPoint.app
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Microsoft_Word.app
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.Proofing_Tools
pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.package.licensing

echo -e "

All done!

You may need to reinstall Microsoft Silverlight.
You can now remove icons from Dock (if any!).
"
fi

[Tribruin]

Take a look at this webpage:

https://office-reset.com/macadmins/

There is a package for a complete removal of Office. This site is run by Paul Bowden from Microsoft. His tools are top notch. 

[MacGeek]

Thanks Tribruin,

The removal script on that website does a good job and is very fast. However, it still doesn't completely remove/change all of Microsoft Office. When I install our regualar version of MS Office and Word is launched you see places that allow you to sign in. If you try to sign in you only get a blank page.

When I install Office 365 and login to register my ID I don't get the same results. I remove Office 365, reinstall our regular version with our serial number and at first launch I'm presented with a sign in button. If I try to sign in I am able to. 

In Windows we are allowed to change that correctly so the user cannot log in after 365 is removed and our version with the serial number is installed. It appears that can only be done correctly using Windows.

[TonyNelson]

I tried this using the instrustions for Jamf Pro but it didn't work.  seemed straight forward.  I set it for the login trigger but no dice.

[mukultiwari0101]

Refer to this official article provided by Microsoft Office: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/uninstall-office-from-a-pc-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5d...

[Jason33]

Echoing what @Tribruin says - the Office Reset packages work great.