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Uninstall only certain Office 2021 programs

Wilde-km Posted messages 164 Status Member -  
Panth33ra Posted messages 23111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello,

I installed Office 2021 Pro yesterday and I expected to have the option during installation to select the programs I wanted, namely Word and Excel.

I saw too late that it was possible to customize the installation by tinkering with an XML file.

My question is: is it possible now that it’s installed and activated to uninstall only certain programs to keep only Word and Excel?

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    Panth33ra Posted messages 23111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassadeur 2 362
     

    Hello,

    Here is the answer and it reinforces my opinion:

    Paragraph 2. You must absolutely uninstall and reinstall the Office Suite 2021 while remembering to choose the applications you want. The hack… is to be avoided if you don’t want to end up with “a brick” instead of your PC.

    Source : Microsoft Support

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  2. Wilde-km Posted messages 164 Status Member 8
     

    Thank you for your reply.

    As I explained, during the installation of Office 2021 Professional Plus, Office did not give me the option to choose which programs to install.

    To install only certain programs, there are many tutorials that use Microsoft Office Deployment Tool to create an XML file to tell the installer to skip certain programs.

    Given the number of tutorials, I think I’m not the only one who can’t choose the installed programs.

    Unfortunately I can’t find any information on how to uninstall only certain programs and not the entire suite.

    I would prefer to uninstall only some programs rather than uninstalling everything and reinstalling...

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    1. Panth33ra Posted messages 23111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 362
       

      No, you cannot, since it’s a Suite.

      Applications aren’t sold at retail like they used to be, a few years ago (that doesn’t age me!).

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      1. brucine Posted messages 24736 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 154 > Panth33ra Posted messages 23111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Hello,

        I’m not sure if the coexistence of the different pieces in detail is the reason; in any case Office 2007 still allowed, in a custom installation, to check what you wanted to install or not.

        I only have 2019, where I also only use Excel and Word: I’ve come to terms with it by removing the other startup program shortcuts, it’s useless but it increases readability; for the meticulous, you can gain (a little) disk space by deleting superfluous content: templates, Themes, Clip Art, Sounds...

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      2. Wilde-km Posted messages 164 Status Member 8 > Panth33ra Posted messages 23111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Yes, I remember the old suite where I could choose the programs I wanted.

        Microsoft has regressed again... maybe to force the sale of certain software that hardly sold and justify the exorbitant price of their licenses if you go directly through them...

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      3. Panth33ra Posted messages 23111 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 362 > Wilde-km Posted messages 164 Status Member
         

        I no longer use Microsoft Office. There are much cheaper alternatives that perform just as well. Outlook has also been removed from my PC. Thunderbird does the job just as well.

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