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Created March 11, 2014 06:02
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Uninstall Microsoft Office 2008 Mac.
#!/bin/bash
echo
echo This will remove Office 2008 from your Mac
echo
echo
sleep 5
echo Removing Office from Applications
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Microsoft\ Office\ 2008
sleep 5
echo Removing Office Library files
sudo rm -rf /Library/com.microsoft.*
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/com.microsoft.*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Microsoft/Office\ 2008
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Microsoft/Office\ 2008
sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.*
sudo rm -rf /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.microsoft.*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Application Support/Microsoft
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft
echo
echo
sleep 5
echo Cleaning up some files
echo
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Office2008_en*
sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/com.microsoft.*
sleep 5
echo Removing user Microsoft data
sudo rm -rf ~/Documents/Microsoft\ User\ Data
sleep 5
echo Removing startup items
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 Settings.plist
sleep 5
echo Restarting Finder
sudo kill Finder
sleep 5
echo Restarting computer now!
sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now
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Step #1 chmod +x remove_Office_2008.sh
Step #2 ./remove_Office_2008.sh

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