Cannot Delete Microsoft Office

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2500821

 

That's nicely thought out, isn't?

Not quite so simple as dragging the app icon to the trashcan, is it?

Good old Microsoft.

 

Not defending MS or Office but that's a very thorough article on the process. And if you've ever perused all those different folders that they tell you to go to so that you can delete everything, you'll see crap left over from different apps you may have installed and removed over the years.

While a lot of apps are good at removing themselves when you drag to the trash or use there uninstaller apps, a lot also leave a lot of small crap behind. I do agree though that in this specific case the uninstall process was poorly implemented (as well as the install process I suppose) and there are too many steps that one has to go through.

 

You can just drag it to the trashcan if you wish, but a lot of extra library and preference files will be left behind. Just like any other app really. It's nice that not only does Microsoft include an uninstaller but also have a detailed article on how you can totally de-office-ify your Mac.

 

One reason I prefer to purchase apps from the App Store, where the recommended removal procedure is click and hold the icon until a delete cross appears.

 

Those collection of Micro***** apps are too big to be contained within a single package to be moved to a trash can with a single mouse drag... I don't know about 2008, but on their 2011 version I was kinda dumbfounded that M$ doesn't even bother to include an uninstaller...