Remove Microsoft Office apps
Overview
This category contains privacy scripts for Windows.
These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
This category focuses on scripts that help uninstall select Microsoft Office apps that may come pre-installed with Windows.
Microsoft Office suite is a popular productivity suite, providing tools for a wide range of tasks like document creation, note-taking, and interactive presentation development. However, while many of these apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are commonly used, some other apps like My Office, OneNote, and Sway might not be essential for all users. Especially, if users have other preferred tools or the web versions suit their needs better.
Be careful running these scripts. This category includes scripts with high impact:
- 🔴 Some not recommended scripts. They should only be used by advanced users. They may break important functionality.
- 🟢 Some safely recommended scripts. Safe-to use for any user.
Implementation Details
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Language: batch
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Scripts Count: 3 scripts
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Required Privileges: Administrator rights
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Compatibility: Windows only
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Reversibility: All changes can be reverted
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These scripts are written using Batch (batchfile) scripting language.
Choose one of two ways to apply:
- Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
- Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.
Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.
It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application. Additionally, you can apply only the recommended scripts, instead of applying all of the scripts.
privacy.sexy instructions
- Open or download the desktop application
- Search for the category name:
Remove Microsoft Office apps
. - Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
- Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.
Alternative 2. Download
You can choose to apply only scripts with less impact or also those with higher impact:
Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.
This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.
Standard
This script includes only Standard recommendation level.
Standard scripts in this category is recommended for all users. They help to improve privacy without affecting stability.
Download only standard scripts by clicking on the button:
Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:
All
This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.
This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.
Download all scripts:
Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:
Explore further
This category includes total of 3 scripts but no subcategories.
Explore its 3 scripts:
Remove "Microsoft 365 (Office)" app
Microsoft Store Page/9WZDNCRD29V9?hl=en-us&gl=SE) It's formerly known as just "Office" app. This app comes pre-installed on certain versions of Windows. Overview of default preinstallation - | OS | Version | Existence | | -- |:-------:|:---------:| | Windows 10 | 19H2 | ✅ | | Windows 10 | 20H2 | ✅ | | Windows 10 | 21H2 | ✅ | | Windows 10 | 22H2 | ✅ | | Windows 11 | 21H2 | ✅ | | Windows 11 | 22H2 | ✅ |...
Remove "OneNote" app
Microsoft Store Page This app was previously known as "OneNote for Windows 10". This app comes pre-installed on certain versions of Windows. Overview of default preinstallation - | OS | Version | Existence | | -- |:-------:|:---------:| | Windows 10 | 19H2 | ✅ | | Windows 10 | 20H2 | ✅ | | Windows 10 | 21H2 | ✅ | | Windows 10 | 22H2 | ✅ | | Windows 11 | 21H2 | ❌ | | Windows 11 | 22H2 | ❌ | ...
Remove "Sway" app
Microsoft Store Page This app comes pre-installed on certain versions of Windows. Overview of default preinstallation - | OS | Version | Existence | | -- |:-------:|:---------:| | Windows 10 | 19H2 | ❌ | | Windows 10 | 20H2 | ❌ | | Windows 10 | 21H2 | ❌ | | Windows 10 | 22H2 | ❌ | | Windows 11 | 21H2 | ❌ | | Windows 11 | 22H2 | ❌ | | Windows 11 | 23H2 | ❌ |
Explore Categories
- Remove Windows apps
- Remove bloatware
This action belongs to Remove Windows apps category. This category covers the uninstallation of Windows apps. Windows apps were introduced with Windows 8 and are typically acquired and installed through the Store app. Many of these apps come pre-installed on Windows by default. Uninstalling unused or unwanted apps contributes to privacy by... Read more on category page ▶
This action belongs to Remove bloatware category. This category configures Windows using 215 scripts. These scripts are organized in 35 categories. The category includes 1 subscripts and 9 subcategories that include more scripts and categories. Read more on category page ▶
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