How to uninstall Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016

Description

This document provides you the steps to uninstall Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016  using Endpoint Central.

Steps

Customize the Installation

  1. Create uninstall.xml file in the location where you have the Microsoft office package
  2. Edit the file as given below, 
     
    <Configuration Product="ProPlus"> 
    <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" /> 
    </Configuration>

    For Office Standard Edition,

    <Configuration Product="Standard">
    <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
    <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />
    </Configuration>
  3. Note: Product ID(ProPlus) is available in config.xml(location:<share>\Office\ProPlus.WW\config.xml. Example::\\dc-machine-1\SoftwareRepository\Office\ProPlus.WW\config.xml).

  4. Save the file, after making the customization.

Adding the software package

  1. Navigate to Software Deployment > Add Package > MSIEXEC/EXE/ISS/Command
  2. Specify a name for the application
  3. Choose Network Path and Locate/Add the files
  4. Specify the Un-Installation Command with Switches/Arguments as setup.exe /uninstall ProPlus /config uninstall.xml
    For uninstalling Office Standard Edition, the command is setup.exe /uninstall Standard /config Standard Uninstall.xml
  5. Click Add Package

Deploy to target computers

  1. Select the package that you added
  2. Click Install/Uninstall Software
  3. Enter a name and description for the configuration
  4. Define the package settings and deployment settings
  5. Choose the target computers
  6. Specify the schedule options, and deploy. 
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