The Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal plan includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and Access apps. After installing the Microsoft Office 365 suite, you might want to uninstall one or more Office applications that you don’t use.
Sadly, the recent versions of Office 365 don’t allow you to uninstall individual apps. There is no way to uninstall apps that you don’t use.
Luckily, the Microsoft Office 365 suite available from the Windows 10 Store allows you to uninstall individual Office 365 apps. For instance, you can uninstall Office Access without affecting other Office apps.
Complete the given below directions to uninstall individual Office 365 apps from your Windows 10 computer.
Please note Office 365 installed outside the Store doesn’t let you uninstall individual Office 365 apps. For instance, if you downloaded the Office 365 offline installer from the Microsoft Office website and then installed same, you cannot uninstall individual apps. Only Office 365 installed from the Windows 10 Store lets you remove individual apps.
Uninstall individual Office 365 apps from Windows 10
Note that we are uninstalling the Office 365 Publisher in this guide, but you can use this method for other Office 365 apps as well.
Step 1: Open the Settings app. Navigate to Apps > Apps & features.
Step 2: Look for Microsoft Office Desktop Apps entry and then click on the same to see Advanced options link.
If Microsoft Office Desktop Apps entry is not showing up or missing, it’s likely because you have installed Office 365 from outside the Store. Currently, there is no way out there to uninstall individual Office 365 apps installed from outside the Windows Store.
Step 3: Scroll down the page to see all Office 365 apps. Click on an app to reveal the Uninstall button. Click on the Uninstall button and then click the Uninstall button again to confirm the same.
Note that to reinstall an app again, you will have to uninstall Office 365 and get it again from the Store.
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