After upgrading to Catalina, Microsoft Office 2008 will no longer work, so I would like to uninstall it. (I wasn't using it anyway, so I'd like to reclaim the space.) Ordinarily, when someone asks, 'How do I remove Office 2008?' the answer is 'Run the 'Remove Office' application.' However, we have a chicken-and-egg situation; the Remove Office application doesn't run under Catalina, either! (If I had known then what I know now, I would have run the Remove Office application before upgrading to Catalina.)

I suppose that I could just throw the 'Microsoft Office 2008' folder into the trash, but I suspect that Office has tentacles in lots of places, which why they provided an application for cleaning everything up.

• In this post, we will list two available ways to uninstall Microsoft Office for Mac. Preparation: Prior to the standard uninstall, there is one thing you need to do. If the target app is running, make sure to first quite this app from the Dock.
• Note: Currently, the Remove Office tool is not available for Office 2011. To perform a manual uninstall, refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base document How to completely remove Office for Mac 2011. To remove earlier versions of Microsoft Office from your Mac OS X computer, use the Remove Office tool provided by Microsoft.

Any thoughts on how I can completely remove Microsoft Office 2008 after having upgraded to Catalina?

How To Uninstall Ms Office 2008 On Mac

Do i need to uninstall microsoft office for mac 2008 before downloading 2011? I am getting ready to download the 2011 version of office for mac but don't know if I need to do anything about the 2008 version I presently have on it.

How Do I Uninstall Microsoft 2008 Office For Mac Windows 10

If I upgrade to Office 365, it will probably clean up all of the old stuff when it installs, but I don't want to purchase this product.

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