I've installed 2011 fully but now need to remove Office, Messenger and maybe some other components. How can I do it in correct way, so it will clean up all related data.
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1What related data are you concerned about? – soandos Aug 01 '11 at 12:17
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Preferences, temporary files, some data that may not be removed by just drag&dropping icon to trash. Usually from Library. – Pablo Aug 01 '11 at 12:23
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Not really a mac person, so not sure, but I belive that all that will be wiped with a regular drag to trash. – soandos Aug 01 '11 at 12:26
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@soandos Very unlikely. It's a multi-user system. User data is not stored with the application. – Daniel Beck Aug 01 '11 at 12:30
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Sorry, didnt realize. – soandos Aug 01 '11 at 12:36
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Follow these instructions from Microsoft's knowledge base. Check on the linked page for up to date instructions, but to summarize: Delete the following (* being a wildcard):
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.*~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office 2011or~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2011/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/(This will also remove Silverlight)/Library/Receipts/Office2011_*/private/var/db/receipts/com.microsoft.office*~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office//Library/Fonts/Microsoft/~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/
Restart afterwards.
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