How do you uninstall an App? Do you usually drag the App you don’t need anymore to the Trash and then empty the trash? If you want to uninstall Microsoft Outlook completely, you should not do that again. This post will give you correct methods to uninstall Microsoft Outlook on Mac.
Uninstalling an App that you don’t need anymore is very useful to speed up your Mac, especially those occupies great memory. Because too many applications and their files on your Mac will slow down your Mac. Once you want to uninstall Microsoft Outlook completely, you can learn from this post, it will guide you how to uninstall Microsoft Outlook completely. There are two methods provided for you to uninstall Microsoft Outlook.
Manually uninstall Microsoft Outlook on Mac
You can use this method to uninstall Microsoft Outlook on Mac without any help. It will take you few minutes to finish, are you ready? There are few steps you should do, be patient to do it. But if you intend to the second method that much easier and faster- use MacRemover to uninstall Microsoft Outlook, you can ignore this part and go straight to the second part. Before you begin to uninstall Microsoft Outlook, you should quit your Microsoft Outlook first, or you can not go on your next uninstalling steps.
You should keep in mind that dragging a program to the Trash and Empty the Trash uninstall it incompletely. What you removing is just the main files. When you install an App, there are other related files installed together, so dragging Microsoft Outlook to the Trash only deletes the main files installed on Mac. You need to delete all lingering files, logs, cashes and other leftovers, then you have successfully get rid of Microsoft Outlook. Here are 3 steps:
1.Delete Microsoft Outlook to the Trash
Microsoft Office 2016 for the Mac is the kind of upgrade I hope for but rarely get. It took five years from Office 2011's release to get this latest Mac office suite, but it was well worth the wait. Roll back to the latest stable patch of Outlook for Mac 2016. Uninstall Microsoft Office. Open Keychain Access (Finder > Go > Utilities > Keychain Access).In Keychain Access, in the search field, enter 'Exchange'.
Click and open your Finder, here you can see the Application folder. Click on it you can see all the Apps installed on your Mac. You can find the Microsoft Outlook and drag it to the Trash.
If you like, you can try another way to delete Microsoft Outlook from your Mac. Open the Launchpad, here it is all the App installed. Click on the Microsoft Outlook icon and hold it with your mouse until this icon shows “X” on the icon’s upper left side. Then you can click the “X” and click delete.At this step you have remove the main file of Microsoft Outlook installed on your Mac. Next, you can remove related junk files.
2.Remove other leftovers related with Microsoft Outlook
Those leftovers are located in more than one folder on your Mac. Nobody is willing to stay it on their Mac and let it occupy their space. So now it is high time to remove them. It will take you few minutes to find them, but you should do it, if you want to uninstall Microsoft Outlook by yourself. Usually these leftovers are installed at the following locations.
These locations are as follow:
~/Library/Preferences/.
~/Library/Application Support/.
~/Library/Caches/ Folders.
Search the above locations to identify them. Right click on them and click Move to Trash to delete all of them.
These locations are as follow:
~/Library/Preferences/.
~/Library/Application Support/.
~/Library/Caches/ Folders.
Search the above locations to identify them. Right click on them and click Move to Trash to delete all of them.
3. Empty the Trash to completely uninstall Microsoft Outlook on your Mac
Now you have deleted all the leftovers related with Microsoft Outlook, do you think you have uninstalled Microsoft Outlook completely? Absolutely not, here are another thing you should do. Empty the Trash to completely uninstall Microsoft Outlook on your Mac.
You can right click on the Trash in the dock then choose Empty Trash. Are you clear that the Trash deletes files permanently? Make sure there is nothing there that you wish to retain to empty it.
That is all the steps you need to do, but if you want to use another easier method, you can have a try for MacRemover. MacRemover is a lite but powerful application that helps you thoroughly uninstall unwanted Apps from your Mac PC. It can make your uninstalling of Microsoft Outlook quite fast and easy.
Uninstall Microsoft Outlook effectively by MacRemover
1. Before you begin to uninstall Microsoft Outlook, download and install MacRemover. Drag its icon to the Application folder to finish installing.
2. Open the Launchpad and run MacRemover, all the App installed on your Mac will be showed to you. Select Microsoft Outlook and click Run Analysis button.
3. It shows files related with Microsoft Outlook, click Complete Uninstall button, then there will be a pop-up dialog box, click Yes to confirm uninstalling Microsoft Outlook.
That is all the steps you need to do, just simple click some button with your mouse, MacRemover will help you work it out. Through MacRemover, you can find it is quite easy to uninstall Microsoft Outlook . Now you have successfully uninstall Microsoft Outlook completely.
MacRemover can uninstall any unwanted, corrupted or incompatible App except uninstalling Microsoft Outlook. If you have any App that you don’t need anymore, you can use MacRemover to uninstall it. There is no need to spend too much time to search another method , this post have given you the correct answer. Have a try for MacRemover, you will feel surprised for its fast effect. May you Mac running well!
-->Symptoms
When you try to start any Office for Mac applications (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft Outlook for Mac) in Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), you receive the following error message:
Cause
This error occurs if the Office program was moved or duplicated.
Resolution
Step 1: Check the program path
When the error message is displayed, view the comments under 'Problem Details and System Configuration.'. Note the 'Path' that is listed in the error message, and then close the error message box. The path must be as follows:
Macintosh HDApplicationsMicrosoft Office 2008
Macintosh HDApplicationsMicrosoft Office 2011
If the path in the error message differs, you must move the application folder to its correction location. To do this, follow these steps:
- Locate the Office 2008 folder.
- Click to select the folder.
- On the Finder menu, click Edit, and then select Copy Microsoft Office 2008 or Copy Microsoft Office 2011.
- On the Finder menu, click Go, and then select Applications.
- On the Finder menu, click Edit, and then select Paste the Item.
- Start the Office program to see whether the problem is resolved.
If the problem continues to occur, there might be duplicate entries.
Step 2: Delete duplicate entries
To delete duplicate entries, follow these steps:
- On the Finder menu, click File, and then click Find.
- In the search box, type the program name, and then press Enter. For example, type Excel.
- In the results, look for duplicate instances of the Excel icon. If there is only one icon, go to 'step 3'. If there are several Excel icons, select a duplicate icon. On the Finder menu, click File, and then select Move to Trash.
- Empty the Trash.
- Start the Office program. If the problem continues to occur, remove and then reinstall the Office program.
Step 3: Remove and then reinstall Office
Office 2011
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To remove Office 2011, follow these steps:
- Quit all applications.
- In the Finder, click Go select Computer.
- Open your hard drive (Macintosh HD), then open the Application Folder.
- Click to select Microsoft Office 2011 drag and then drop it to the Trash.
- Reinstall Office for Mac 2011.
Office 2008
To remove Office 2008, follow these steps:
- Quits all applications.
- In the Finder, click Go, and then select Computer.
- Open Macintosh HD, then open the Applications folder.
- Open the Microsoft Office 2008 folder.
- Open the Additional Tools folder.
- Double-click the Remove Office file. The 'Remove Office' window will open.
- Click Continue.
- Follow the directions that are provided.
- Reinstall Office 2008 on your computer.