

Rm -R /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.* Rm -R /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.* Rm -R /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePoint* Rm -R '/Library/Automator/Set Document Settings.action' Rm -R '/Library/Automator/Get Parent Presentations of Slides.action' Rm -R '/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0' Rm -R '/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0' #rm -R '/Applications/Remote Desktop Connection.app/' Rm -Rd '/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/'

Rm -R '/Applications/Microsoft Messenger.app/' Rm -R '/Applications/Microsoft Communicator.app/' #Have to kill Outlook process to close any open drafted emails or it will fail Osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Word.app" to quit without saving' Osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint.app" to quit without saving' Osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Excel.app" to quit without saving' Osascript -e 'tell application "Office365Service" to quit' Osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft AU Daemon" to quit' Osascript -e 'tell application "Microsoft Database Daemon" to quit' It works 100% but by no means am I a script expert. * You can also delete the file specifically from Trash if you want to leave other items in the Trash alone for now.Here is what I've been working on. If you still want to have and use Microsoft apps on the Mac, deleting the Microsoft AutoUpdate application may lead to some unintended consequences besides having outdated software from Microsoft, so it’s probably best to not remove it if you’re a heavy Microsoft software user, whether that’s Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Edge, or anything else.

How to Remove Microsoft AutoUpdate from MacOS

You can also forcibly quit the Microsoft AutoUpdate app from Activity Monitor if needed. If Microsoft AutoUpdate is currently running you’ll need to quit out of the application first.
