Creating a configuration file to uninstall Office from Windows 10+ devices

You can use a configuration file to remove products and languages from a previous installation of Office Suite. You must remove a previous version of Office Suite before you can reinstall a new version of Office Suite.

Before you begin

Use a previously installed Office configuration file and update the elements that are listed in this task to create a new configuration file to uninstall Office.

Procedure

  1. Select the existing configuration file that you want to use to generate the configuration file to uninstall Office from Windows devices.
  2. Add the following elements in the configuration file that you want to use to uninstall Office:
    Element Description
    Remove ALL This setting is optional. The allowed values for the ALL attribute in the Remove element are false or true.

    Default value is false. Setting this value to true removes all components of Office products and languages from the device.
    Architecture Unistalls the OfficeClientEdition architecture such as 32-bit or 64-bit in the Remove element.

    Valid XML values are 32 and 64.
    Products Provide the following information:
    • For the Product element, use the ID attribute to enter the name of the Office products that you want to uninstall from devices such as Office 365 Pro Plus or Office 365 Business.
    • For the Language subelement, use the ID attribute to enter the languages that you want to install for the product.
    • For the ExcludeApp subelement, use the ID attribute to enter the names of the apps that you do not want to uninstall from devices.
  3. Use the Policy Files workflow to upload the new configuration file to uninstall Office from devices.
    For more information about uploading XML file content, see Uploading policy files to the MaaS360 Portal.

Example

Viewing an example XML configuration file to uninstall Office

What to do next

Use the Manage Windows 10+ Devices action in the MaaS360 Portal to remove Office 365 Suite from the device group. For more information about using this action, see Managing device groups in the MaaS360 Portal.