The following steps describe how to uninstall Office products on a PC (laptop, desktop, or 2-in-1). For Mac, see Uninstall Office for Mac.
Tip: Uninstalling Office only removes the Office applications from your computer, it doesn't remove any files, documents, or workbooks you created using the apps.
Uninstall Office for your installation type
The steps to uninstall Office depend on the type of installation you have. The most common installation types are Click-to-Run and Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI). The other type is an Office installation from the Microsoft Store app.
Office Deployment Tool. The Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is a command-line tool that you can use to download and deploy Click-to-Run versions of Office, such. Apr 17, 2018 Explains that the OCR tool in Microsoft Office Document Imaging does not retain text format styles when it is copied to a Word 2002 document, a Word 2003 document.
Select the Click-to-Run or MSI or Microsoft Store tab below and follow those uninstall steps for your installation type.
Not sure which type of install you have?
Expand this section if you're not sure which installation type you have
Open an Office app to check your installation type
Note: If you can't open an app to check your installation type, try the more common Click-to-Run or MSI uninstall steps first.
- Create or open an existing file and select File > Account (or it might say Office Account).
- Under Product information, find the About button and check for the following:Click-to-RunClick-to-Run installations have a Version and Build number, and include the phrase Click-to-Run.Follow the Click-to-Run or MSI steps below.MSIAn MSI installation doesn't have a Version or Build number.Follow the Click-to-Run or MSI steps below.Microsoft StoreMicrosoft Store installations have a Version and Build number, and include the phrase Microsoft Store.If you have this installation type, select the Microsoft Store tab.
Click-to-Run or MSIMicrosoft Store
If you have a Click-to-Run or an MSI installation, uninstall Office using the Control Panel or download the uninstall support tool. If you can't uninstall Office using either of those options, try uninstalling Office manually.
Option 1 - Uninstall Office from the Control Panel
- Open the Control Panel.Tip: If you installed the Office apps as part of a suite, such as Office Home and Student or Office 365, search for the suite name. For stand-alone apps search by the app name, such as Project or Visio.
In most cases you can't uninstall an individual app if it's included in your Office suite. The only way to uninstall an individual app is if you purchased it as a stand-alone app.How you open the Control Panel depends on your version of Windows.Windows 10- In the search box on the task bar, type control panel, then select Control Panel.
- Select Programs > Programs and Features, then right-click your Microsoft Office product, and choose Uninstall.
Windows 8.1 or 8- Right-click the Start button (lower-left corner), and choose Control Panel.
- Select Programs and Features, then right-click your Office product, and choose Uninstall.
Windows 7- Click Start > Control Panel.
- Click Programs > Programs and Features.
- Right-click the Office application you want to remove, and then click Uninstall.
- Follow the prompts to complete the uninstall.Note: If Office isn't listed in the Control Panel you could have a Microsoft Store installation type. Select the Microsoft Store tab above and follow those uninstall steps instead.
- To reinstall Office select the version you want to reinstall and follow those steps.Office 365 | Office 2019 | Office 2016 | Office 2013 | Office 2010 | Office 2007
Option 2 - Completely uninstall Office with the uninstall support tool
- Click the button below to download and install the Office uninstall support tool.
- Follow the steps below to download the uninstall support tool according to your browser.Tip: The tool may take a few minutes to download and install. After completing the installation, the Uninstall Office products window will open.Edge or Internet Explorer
- At the bottom of the browser window, select Run to launch the SetupProd_OffScrub.exe.
Chrome- In the lower-lower left corner right-click SetupProd_OffScrub.exe > Open.
Firefox- In the pop-up window, select Save File.Next, from the upper-right of the FireFox browser window, select the downloads arrow and then select SetupProd_OffScrub.exe.
- Select the version you want to uninstall, and then select Next.
- Follow through the remaining screens and when prompted, restart your computer.After you restart your computer, the uninstall tool automatically re-opens to complete the final step of the uninstall process. Follow the remaining prompts.
- Select the steps for the version of Office you want to install or reinstall. Close the uninstall tool.Office 365 | Office 2019 | Office 2016 | Office 2013 | Office 2010 | Office 2007
Uninstall Office manually
If the Office unistall tool doesn't completely uninstall Office from your PC, you can manually uninstall Office.
Uninstall Office from Settings in Windows 10
- Select Start > Settings > Apps.
- Under Apps & Features select the version of Office you want to uninstall.Note: If you installed an Office suite such as Office Home and Student or you have an Office subscription, search for the suite name. If you bought an individual Office application, such as Word or Visio, search for the application name.
- Select Uninstall.
Tip: If you can't uninstall your Microsoft Store installation using Settings in Windows 10, then try to uninstall Office manually using PowerShell following the steps below.
Uninstall Office manually using PowerShell
Remove Office
- Right-click Start and select Windows PowerShell (Admin).
- In the Windows PowerShell window, type the following:Get-AppxPackage -name “Microsoft.Office.Desktop” | Remove-AppxPackage
- Press Enter.This takes a few minutes. Once it's done, a new command prompt appears.
Verify Office was removed
- In the Windows PowerShell window, type the following:Get-AppxPackage -name “Microsoft.Office.Desktop”
- Press Enter.If only a command prompt appears and no additional information, it means you successfully removed Office and you can close the Windows PowerShell window.
Reinstall Office
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To reinstall Office see Install or reinstall Office on a PC.
Note: If you're not sure what operating system you have, see Which Windows operating system am I running?
If you have Office 365 you already have 2 OCR utilities (well one OCR tool and one sorta OCR tool).
Word 2016 is the 'sorta' OCR tool. It does not actually do true OCR, but if the file is in the appropriate PDF format Word can extract the text. So you can try opening the PDF in Word. If it works, great if not, try option 2.
The other option is to insert the PDF into OneNote. OneNote does have a true OCR function. The problem is I haven't worked with PDF's in OneNote for a while so I don't know if that will work.
Here are some additional links about other alternatives you can use to OCR the document.
OCR – “Best” Free Solution – Google Docs – PDF & Image
Sad to say on a MS site, but after a quick test it looks like Google Docs has a better OCR than MS on Images … On PDF’s, it will require more testing than I have done. In the test I did, Word 2016 kept the
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Zamzar supports over 1200 different conversions. Convert existing files or web sites to various image / document / audio / video / compressed / video preset file types.
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OmniPage File Converter (Win8 Store / Office 2013 app)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/store/omnipage-file-converter-WA102923726.aspx?
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OCR anything with OneNote 2007 and 2010 (and 2013)
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Extract Text from Images: 10 OCR Tools Compared (see the comments)
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Microsoft Office Conversion
If you want to go 'old school' you can use the MS MODI tool that is still available free with a couple of downloads
The Microsoft Office Document Image Writer printer driver and the OneNote 2007 printer driver in Word 2007 and in OneNote 2007 are not installed on a computer that is running a 64-bit operating system
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2003 Office Document Imaging - Part 1 – Using MODI
wiki- Use Free MS 2007 Sharepoint Designeer - MODI and Picture Manager includedhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/982760for use with Microsoft Office 2010/2013/2016
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/wiki/office_365hp-office_install/retrieve-features-that-have-been-deleted-for-free/7f586b4c-1595-49a5-bf9c-37ac6b59a27c?tm=1431409656593
2016 05 01 NOTE: this user says he is no longer able to install picture manager after 2016 is installed … <sigh> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2016-office_install/office-picture-manager/d39903a8-b07a-4354-a8b6-b4df30db2abc?page=2&msgId=20aded0a-90eb-43ac-88f5-64e34026457e
This is a very hot topic. In 15 months a question on the topic had 127,000 views and 440 helpful votes:
Windows Live Photo Gallery (online) is the “Official replacement” for Picture Manager - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/photo-gallery-get-started
Microsoft Office File Converter
How to Edit Your Pictures with Windows Photo Gallery - http://www.7tutorials.com/how-edit-photos-windows-live-photo-gallery
If you just want MODI or Picture Manager 2007 or OneNote 2007,you can start the SharePoint installation process then select the “Custom” install option. This will allow you to deselect SharePoint and any other product you do not want wasting space on your machine.
Download SharePoint Designer 2007- Do a “Customize install” to select SharePoint / MODI (under Office Tools) / OneNote/ or select only “Picture Manger” if that is what you want.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=16573 - SharePoint 2010 Designer
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16631 - SharePoint 2010 180 trial
Note: the free download of SharePoint Designer 2007 includes a few surprising extras:
·OneNote 2007
·MODI- MS Office Document Imaging
·MS Office Picture Manager
·Office Shared Features > Clip Organizer (Clipart)
NOTE: when one person ran that download it did not include OneNote. I redownloaded and ran it and did see it. We never did resolve what the cause was.
Here are instructions on how to do a Custom install of only selected items from Office setup:
Install or remove individual Office programs and components
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/install-or-remove-individual-office-programs-and-components-HA010354261.aspx(Select only “Picture Manger” if that is what you want.)
Note: 2007 version is Free and includes MODI. 2010 version does NOT include it (don’t know if it is free).