How To Revert Office Word For Mac Updates
I wanted to uninstall an Outlook update but when I follow the instructions to, I don’t see any Office updates listed there. I’m using Office 365 Home Premium, which is updated automatically via the cloud and not Windows Update if I’m not mistaken.
Can I also uninstall updates then? Office 365 installations indeed use a different update mechanism than the “msi-based” installations of Office 2013 and Office 2016. Office 365 installations are “Click-To-Run” installations which are essentially “always up-to-date”. Reverting to a previous build number (from before the update) of Office 365 is possible but is very different from a msi-based installation.
Command Prompt To revert to an earlier released version of Office 2013 or Office 2016 as an Office 365 installation, you must use a command line and specify the build number you would like to revert to. • As the Office 365 installations are automatically updated in the background, you must disable the automatic updates first. This can be done in any Office 365 application via: File-> Office Account-> Update Options-> Disable Updates• Open an elevated command prompt: • Start-> type: cmd• Right click on: Command Prompt• Choose: Run as administrator• Provide your administrator credentials or confirm the User Account Control dialog when prompted. • Type the command below that applies to your version of Office and/or Windows • Office 2016 cd%programfiles% Common Files Microsoft Shared ClickToRun • Office 2013 on Windows 32-bit cd%programfiles% Microsoft Office 15 ClientX86 • Office 2013 on Windows 64-bit cd%programfiles% Microsoft Office 15 ClientX64 • You can specify the built number to return to in the following way: officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion= • Replace with the build number that you want to return to. There is an overview of build numbers you can return to for and.• Example to revert to the January release of Office 2016: OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.6366.2062• Example to revert to the January release of Office 2013: OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user updatetoversion=15.0.4787.1002 Reverting to build number 16.0.6366.2062 of Office 365. (click on image to enlarge)• After pressing ENTER, a “Checking for updates” dialog will open shortly followed by a “Downloading Office updates” dialog. Once this dialog closes, the rollback has been completed.
• Open Outlook and go back to: File-> Office Account In the Office Updates section, it should now list the version that you specified. Keep track of and re-enable Updates Now that you’ve disabled automatic updates, you must keep an eye on the updates yourself and re-enable it at the earliest opportunity as you might be missing out on newly released security updates and other feature fixes or even new features. Updates for Office 365 for Office 2013 are always pushed out at least shortly after the 2nd Tuesday of each month (set a recurring reminder for it in Outlook!). Information about the updates are posted (with some delay) on the following page:. Update for Office 365 for Office 2016 are pushed out a bit more irregular but at least once a month.
2018-11-1 How to revert to an earlier version of Office 2013 or Office 2016 Click-to-Run. Office Home & Business 2016 for Mac Office Home & Student 2016 for Mac Office Home and Business 2016 Office Home and Student 2016 Office Professional 2016. Set a reminder to enable automatic updates at a future date. Before you revert an Office.
Information about the updates are posted (with some delay) on the following page:. Last modified: February 27, 2016.
Hi Tim, Please refer to this: • Go into one of the office Apps and choose Help > Check for Updates at the top of the screen. Mac search for app shortcut. Turn off automatic updates. • Find the previous version of the particular application you want to revert (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel) on the Office Update History for 2016 page:.
You can download the installer package for the individual app and not the whole Office 365 update by clicking the links on the right hand side (Word, Excel, etc). • Before opening the update pkg, delete the application (Word, Excel, etc) from your Applications folder in the Finder. It will go to the trash (in case you need to restore it).
• Open the installer package and it will re-install the previous version for you. You may need to open it and force quit 1-2 times before it will function correctly again for some reason. • Wait until a later date and try updating again when hopefully the bugs have been worked out:), and if you have time, post on here about your problem, so that they can work on a fix to it. Regards Simon If you find that my post has answered your question, please mark it as the answer. If you find my post to be helpful in anyway, please click vote as helpful. Regards Simon Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.