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Office repair tools

Reset, repair or remove Microsoft apps on macOS with scripts you can read before you run.

When an Office app will not launch, will not sign in, or will not update, a clean reset usually beats a reinstall. These scripts clear the app's preferences, caches, keychain entries and licensing state in a known order, so the app starts fresh on the next launch. All of them are plain zsh and run from Terminal, Jamf, Intune or any MDM that can run a script.

16 scriptsmaintained by the MOFA community
1 unified toolMicrosoft 365 Reset, by Dan Snelson
26 archivesfrom Office-Reset.com, preserved as is

Reset scripts delete app data for the current user, and removal scripts uninstall the app. Read the script first, test it on one Mac, and make sure anything you care about is synced before you run it.

MOFA community scripts ​

Built on the original Office-Reset.com tools and kept current by the community. Each script targets one app, so you can give users exactly the fix they need.

Maintained by the communityLanguage zshSource MOFA repo
ToolScript
AutoUpdate ResetView script
Excel ResetView script
License ResetView script
License Sign-In ResetView script
Office Factory ResetView script
Office RemovalView script
OneDrive ResetView script
OneNote ResetView script
Outlook Data RemovalView script
Outlook ResetView script
PowerPoint ResetView script
Skype For Business RemovalView script
Teams ResetView script
Word ResetView script
WebExPT RemovalView script
Zoom Plugin RemovalView script
EverythingAll scripts All packages

Help wanted: the community set still needs the remaining Office-Reset.com scripts reviewed and folded in, and the separate removal scripts combined into one removal tool. Join in on GitHub.

Microsoft 365 Reset ​

Microsoft 365 Reset
One script for everythingMaintained by Dan Snelson. The successor to the per-app reset tools.

Office-Reset.com archives ​

Office-Reset.com
The originals, preservedOffice-Reset.com is offline and these tools are no longer maintained.
Status Offline, no longer maintainedSource MOFA repo

Kept for reference and for anyone who still depends on a specific version. They receive no updates or support. For current fixes use the community scripts or Microsoft 365 Reset above. Packages download directly. Scripts open on GitHub.

ToolVersionDownload
Mail To Outlook2.1Package
AutoUpdate Reset1.9.1Package Script
Excel Reset1.9.1Package Script
Excel Reset2.0.0Package Script
License Reset1.9.1Package Script
License Sign-In Reset2.0.0Package Script
Factory Reset1.9.1Package Script
Office Removal1.9.1Package Script
Office Reset1.9.1Package
Office Reset2.0.0Package
OneDrive Reset1.9.1Package Script
OneDrive Reset2.0.0Package Script
OneNote Reset1.9.1Package Script
OneNote Reset2.0.0Package Script
Outlook Data Removal1.9.1Package Script
Outlook Reset1.9.1Package Script
Outlook Reset2.0.0Package Script
PowerPoint Reset1.9.1Package Script
PowerPoint Reset2.0.0Package Script
Skype For Business Removal1.9.1Package Script
Teams Reset1.9.1Package Script
Teams Reset2.0.0Package Script
Word Reset1.9.1Package Script
Word Reset2.0.0Package Script
WebExPT Removal1.9Package Script
Zoom Plugin Removal1.9Package Script

Have a fix that is not here, or found a script that no longer works? Open an issue or send a pull request and it gets looked at.

Released under the MIT License.