Finally, the SaRA interface for OffScrub appears, as shown in Figure 10. This particular PC is running a subscription version (type = “Click to Run”); perpetual versions are shown as Office 2019 or 2021 (or something older if you have that). Check the box to remove the corresponding Office installation, then click Next (bottom right) to continue, as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10: Select the Office installation you want to remove, and then click Next to continue.
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If you click on NextOffScrub gets to work. First, it detects the selected installation (this took less than a minute on the X1 Extreme), uninstalls the selected Office files (about 10 minutes), and cleans up everything related to them in the registry and Windows file system (more than 12 minutes). Then your old Office installation is finally gone, gone, gone.
Once OffScrub is complete, you’ll need to reinstall Office. If you’re using a subscription or current perpetual edition, you can visit the Microsoft support page “Download and install or reinstall Microsoft 365 or Office 2021…” and follow the instructions.
If you are using an older version of Office, you will need to get the correct installer. If you don’t have it, you can use the HeiDoc.net Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool to download the version you need. I just checked: it still works for Office versions from 2010 to 2019.
