Uninstall Office 2016 from OS X completely

uninstall_office_2016.sh

#!/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-b73dc1a8cae3

    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

Hi Pira, when I run this with sudo, it seems $(whoami) becomes root and it didn't clean up the folders, as well as just simply using rm seems like it's not going to remove the folder without forcing it.

Are the lines on Group Containers such as:
rm "/Users/$(whoami)/Library/Group ContainersUBF8T346G9.ms"
missing a trailing slash after Containers?

@rhortal Yes they do.

Nice one, thanks a lot for this script. I had a big issue with OneNote. Unable to open it, even after an uninstall an clean install. Different solutions on The Net didn't fix it. I ran this script, reinstalled Office and no issue at all anymore. Saved my work and saved the day!

Great!

I ran it under sudo privilege, but still can't clear sys files, showing no such directory or files

Perhaps this could be fleshed out to avoid issues with sudo as done in the Remove2011 project: https://github.com/pbowden-msft/Remove2011/blob/master/Remove2011#L238

function RemoveUserComponent {
	FUNCPATH="$1"
	FUNCTEXT="$2"
	LogMessage "In function 'RemoveUserComponent with arguments $FUNCPATH and $FUNCTEXT'"
	for u in `ls /Users`; do
		FULLPATH="/Users/$u/$FUNCPATH"
		$(sudo rm -r -f $FULLPATH)
	done
}

Also, this fork seems like it solves a lot of the issues:

https://gist.github.com/pythoninthegrass/9e4d3ef0f2036746467add17c76b4c15

Also, this fork seems like it solves a lot of the issues:

https://gist.github.com/pythoninthegrass/9e4d3ef0f2036746467add17c76b4c15

Hey @radusuciu,

WAAAAY late to the party. Needed my / @pirafrank's script again for work and went down the rabbit hole of refactoring the last version I posted. Now pkgutil actually forgets PLISTs (fixed incorrect operator), array that pkgutil uses is now dynamic instead of a fixed list, /Applications are now correctly removed due to quirky .app extension behavior (directories vs. files), and lastly, all echo[es] calling array items have been replaced with printf to capture all the output instead of the first line.

Hope you find that useful. Pull requests welcome!

Thanks for the notes @pythoninthegrass!

To be honest, I forget why I was even looking at this in the first place 🎈

You're welcome, @radusuciu! Stealing that red balloon emoji -- gonna work its way into Slack convos somehow.