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How do I uninstall a 2006 edition of Office Home for mac so I can install a 2019 version?

How do I uninstall a 2006 edition of Office Home for mac so I can install a 2019 version

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MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 2, 2020 2:14 PM

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Jan 2, 2020 4:14 PM in response to neal0353

To repeat. You do not have Office 2006. There is not, and never was such a version for the Mac. The progression of perpetual license releases (not going back forever) were:

Office X

Office 2004

Office 2008

Office 2011

Office 2016

Office 2019

The Office 2019 apps should all be in the Applications folder, right next to each other. They're not in a subfolder as previous versions (2011 or older) were.

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Jan 2, 2020 2:18 PM in response to neal0353

There is no 2006 Mac version of Office. Did you mean 2004?

Regardless, you don't have to remove the old version to install Office 2019.

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Jan 2, 2020 2:19 PM in response to neal0353

If you mean Microsoft Office 2019 you don't have to uninstall a previous version. Just purchase Office 2019, download and install it.

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Jan 2, 2020 4:58 PM in response to neal0353

Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files…

https://www.libreoffice.org/

Apple macOS (Mac OS X)

The software and hardware prerequisites for installing on a Apple macOS computer are as follows:

• LibreOffice 6.3.x: macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher

• LibreOffice 6.2.x: macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or higher

• Intel processor

• 512 MB RAM

• Up to 800 MB available hard disk space

• 1024x768 graphic device with 256 colors (higher resolution recommended)

It is a recommended best practice to back-up your system and data before you remove or install software.

Notes:

• For certain features of the software - but not most - Java is required. Java is notably required for Base.

• Due to an issue, there are the following restrictions with Java: on macOS 10.10 and newer, JRE isn't found, JDK is required

• LibreOffice 4.3 can still run on OS X 10.6+, but please understand that this support ended when 4.3 was retired on May 27, 2015.

https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/#Apple

Feature Comparison of LibreOffice v6.3 with Office 365/Office 2019 for Mac

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_Office

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neal0353 Author

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Jan 2, 2020 2:35 PM in response to dialabrain

I already had the 2006 Office Home & Student version on an old mac. I purchased a new macbook and the old 32 bit version of office was transferred to my new mac but, it will not work on a 64 bit MacBook. I purchased the 2019 Office Home & Student downloaded it and installed it. However, I can not find the new version anywhere after having installed it. So, I thought I may have to uninstall the old version first.

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Jan 2, 2020 2:38 PM in response to neal0353

I see. Well Kurt agrees you shouldn't have to uninstall the old version. I can't say for certain since I have no versions.

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