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====How to completely remove Office====
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Note you’ll need to be logged in with an administrator account for this method. If your computer is part of a network, you might have to ask the system administrator for help. If you're not sure if you're logged on with an administrator account, you can look at How to determine your user account type in Windows for help.

First, during this method you'll need to view hidden files and folders. To do this, follow these steps:

  - Open Windows Explorer.\\
  - On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. In Windows 7 or Vista, press the ALT key to display the menu bar.\\
  - Click the View tab.\\
  - In the Advanced settings pane, under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.\\
  - Clear Hide extensions for known file types.\\
  - Click OK, and then close the windows.\\


**Step 1** 

Remove any remaining Windows Installer packages of the 2007 Microsoft Office system:\\
  - Open the %windir%\Installer folder. To do this, click Start, click Run, type %windir%\Installer, and then click OK.\\
  - On the View menu, click Choose Details.\\
  - Click to select the Subject check box, type 340 in the Width of selected column (in pixels) box, and then click OK. Note: It may take several minutes for the subjects to appear next to each .MSI file.\\
  - On the View menu, point to Sort by in Windows 7 or Vista, or point to Arrange icons by in Windows XP, and then click Subject.\\
  - If a User Account Control dialog box appears, click **ALLOW** to continue.\\
  - Locate each .MSI file where the subject is "**Microsoft Office <product name> 2007**," right-click the .MSI file, and then click **UNINSTALL**. Note: The <product name> placeholder represents the name of the 2007 Microsoft Office product.\\

**Step 2** 

Stop the Office Source Engine service

  - Open the Services window. To do this, click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.\\
  - In the Services window, determine whether the Office Source Engine service is running ("Started" will appear in theStatus column). If the service is running, right-clickOffice Source Engine, and then click Stop.\\
  - Close the Services window.\\

**Step 3** 

Remove any remaining 2007 Microsoft Office installation folders.

  - Open the %CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared folder. To do this, click Start, click Run, type %CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared, and then click OK. Note, on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or Vista, type %CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Shared, and then click OK.\\
  - If the following folders are present, delete them: **OFFICE12** and **SOURCE ENGINE** \\
  - Open the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office folder. To do this, click Start, click Run, type %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office, and then click OK. Note, on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or Vista, type %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office, and then click OK.\\
  - Delete the Office12 folder.\\
  - On the root folder of each hard disk drive, locate and then open the MSOCache folder. If you can't see this folder, you'll need to view hidden files and folders.\\
  - Open the All Users folder in the MSOCache folder, and then delete every folder that contains 0FF1CE}- text in the folder name. Note: This text contains a zero and a one for the letters "O" and "I."
For example, {90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C.

**Step 4**

Remove any remaining 2007 Microsoft Office installation files:

  - Open the **%AppData%\Microsoft\Templates** folder. To do this, click **Start**, click **Run** and type **%appdata%\microsoft\templates**, and then click **OK**.\\
  - Delete the following files **NORMAL.DOTM** and **NORMALEMAIL.DOTM**\\
  - Open the **%AppData%\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks** folder. To do this, click **Start**, click **Run** and type **%appdata%\microsoft\document building blocks**, and then click **OK**.\\
  - Open the subfolder found in the Document Building Blocks folder. Note, the subfolder title will be a four-digit number that represent the language of the Microsoft Office suite.\\
  - Delete the **building blocks.dotx** file.\\
  - Close all programs before you follow the rest of the steps.\\
  - Open the **%Temp%** folder. To do this, click **Start**, click **Run** and type **%temp%**, and then click **OK**.\\
  - On the Edit menu, click **Select All**.\\
  - On the File menu, click **Delete**.\\
  - Open the **%AllUsersprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Data** folder. To do this, click **Start**, click **Run** and type **%AllUsersprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Data**, and then click **OK**.\\
  - Delete the **opa12.dat** file (and ONLY this file).

**Step 5** 

Remove the registry subkeys of the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

**Important:** Follow the steps in this section carefully. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before you modify it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur.

Locate and then delete the Office 2007 registry subkeys if they are present. To do this, follow these steps:

  - Open Registry Editor. To do this, click **Start**, click **Run**, type **regedit**, and then click **OK**.\\
  - Locate and click the following registry subkey: **HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0** (or higher depending on your Office Version)\\
  - On the File menu, click **Export**, type **DeletedKey01**, and then click **Save**.\\
  - On the Edit menu, click **Delete**, and then click **Yes** to confirm.\\
  - Repeat these steps (2 through 4) for each registry subkey in the following list. Change the name of the exported key by one for each subkey. For example type **DeletedKey02** for the second key, type **DeletedKey03** for the third key, and so on.

Registry keys to be deleted in 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows are:

  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0
  * KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Delivery\SourceEngine\Downloads\*0FF1CE}-*
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*0FF1CE*
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Upgrade Codes\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ose
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\UpgradeCodes\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Win32Assemblies\*Office12*

Registry keys to be deleted in 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows are:

  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\12.0
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Delivery\SourceEngine\Downloads\*0FF1CE}-*
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*0FF1CE*
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UpgradeCodes\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ose
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\UpgradeCodes\*F01FEC
  * HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Win32Asemblies\*Office12*

Note The asterisk character (*) in the registry keys represents one or more characters in the subkey name.

Continue to delete the relevant registry keys.

  - Open Registry Editor, locate the following registry subkey:\\ \\ For 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\\ For 64-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\\ \\
  - On the File menu, click Export, type UninstallKey01, and then click Save.\\
  - Under the Uninstall subkey that you located in step 1, click each subkey, and then determine whether the subkey has the following value assigned to it:\\ \\ Name: UninstallString\\ Data: file_namepath\Office Setup\\ Controller\Setup.exe path\\ \\ Note The file_name placeholder represents the name of an installation program, and the path placeholder represents the file path.\\ \\
  - If the subkey contains the name and the data that are described in step 3, click Delete on the Edit menu. Otherwise, go to step 5.\\
  - Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you locate and then delete every subkey that matches the name and the data that are described in step 3.\\
  - Close Registry Editor.
 
**Step 6**

Restart the computer.

Enjoy,

**Your ArtIT Team**
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