Mavs - Outlook reminders won't go away after uninstalling outlook for mac 2011

What are the reminders actually saying?

Do you have any items in you login items (System Preferences > User & groups, select your user & look in the login items tab). Remove any for MS software.

How did you uninstall?

Microsoft usually list instructions for removing software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768

Search their site for a guide to removing the specific Mac version (the downloads can sometimes have an uninstaller).

Notifications can be configured in system preferences > notifications. you could disable them, but that doesn't address if it is still installed.

I'd consider following MS's instructions to remove everything & then reinstall Office, but make sure that you deselect the option to install Outlook.

All of the MS installers I have used on the Mac has an advanced or 'custom install' option that allowed for each app to be (de)selected, launch the Office installer to see if that is possible, it will be a few screens in, if you want to be sure before you begin.

Maybe grab a screenshot of one of these dialogs & post it here (cmd+shift+4, then click & drag the crosshair to capture that area). It's possible calendar reminders are coming from Apple's own Calendar app?

Another option is to reinstall Outlook & try disabling the reminders…

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-outlook-help/turn-off-office-reminders-HA1 02928340.aspx

but this suggests it's 'buggy' on Mac?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macoutlook/turn-off-o ffice-reminders-doesnt-appear-to-work/df2bf139-360a-4879-8090-6d1a8f26d6a8

If Outlook is gone from disk (empty the trash) there must be another process that is doing this, did you check the login items?

Do a backup just in case.

I have Office 2008, so the terminology may be different. Go to User/Documents/Microsoft User Data/User name/Database. That is the file causing the reminders. If you no longer plan to use Outlook, delete the file.

If required, you can restore it from the backup.

Have you emptied the trash?

If Outlook is in there drag it to the Desktop open it up, disable reminders & then delete it. The trash MUST be emptied.

If you already deleted it you'll need to reinstall, but I still think the best option is to remove all of Office & then custom reinstall the bits you actually want.

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think it will affect the rest of the Office programs. That is why I suggested doing a backup before you did anything.