• Select the disk location (it can be an internal HDD/SSD or a removable storage device) where you.
• Back up Outlook 2016 with Time Machine Time Machine is a Mac built-in file backup utility which supports to create backups of Mac files with ease. Mac Outlook users can also apply it to create a copy of emails, user contacts, calendar, etc., with ease.

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To uninstall Office 2016 for Mac, move the applications and user preference files to the Trash. Once you've removed everything, empty the Trash and restart your Mac to complete the process. You can also perform a complete uninstall for Office 2016 for Mac if you are troubleshooting an issue.

You must be signed in as an administrator on the mac or provide an administrator name and password to complete these steps.

1. Remove Office 2016 for Mac applications

1. Open Finder > Applications.

2. Command +click to select all of the Office 2016 for Mac applications.

3. Ctrl+click an application you selected and click Move to Trash.

2. Remove files from your user Library folder

To remove files from your user Library folder, you'll need to first set the Finder View options.

1. In Finder, press +Shift+h.

2. On the Finder menu at the top, click View > as List, and then click View > Show View Options.

3. In the View Options dialog box, select Show Library Folder and save.

4. Back in Finder, open Library > Containers and ctrl+click each of these folders and Move to Trash. Not all of these folders may be present.

   • com.microsoft.errorreporting

   • com.microsoft.Excel

   • com.microsoft.netlib.shipassertprocess

   • com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2

   • com.microsoft.Outlook

   • com.microsoft.Powerpoint

   • com.microsoft.RMS-XPCService

   • com.microsoft.Word

   • com.microsoft.onenote.mac

5. Warning: Outlook data will be removed when you move the three folders listed in this step to Trash. You should back up these folders before you delete them.

   Click the back arrow to go back to the Library folder and open Group Containers. Ctrl+click each of these folders if present, and Move to Trash.

   • UBF8T346G9.ms

   • UBF8T346G9.Office

   • UBF8T346G9.OfficeOsfWebHost

3. Remove from dock and restart

1. If you put any of the Office applications in your dock, go to each one and ctrl + click > Options > Remove from Dock.

2. Restart your Mac to complete the uninstall.

*Reference: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-2016-for-mac-eefa1199-5b58-43af-8a3d-b73dc1a8cae3

Back up Microsoft Outlook data

If you have changed your backup file selection or moved your Microsoft Data File to a different location, verify that the file is included in your backup file selection. For the default location of your Microsoft Data File, see Outlook File Locations below.

On Windows, the Code42 app backs up the home folder, including the default location of your Microsoft Data File, by default. So in most cases, your email is backed up automatically and you don't need to take any further action.

If your Windows Outlook data is very large or you are using Outlook for Mac, see below for some further considerations based on your operating system.

Office 2016 Mac

Windows

The Code42 app backs up open files like Microsoft Outlook PST files using the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). This approach has a low impact on system resources and is fully supported by Microsoft.

Ms Office 2016 Mac

For more information, see our full article about Understand and troubleshoot backing up open files with Windows VSS.

Office 2016 Mac Back Up Settings

Mac

To ensure the database and all Outlook data can be recovered, we recommend exporting your Outlook data to an Outlook for Mac Data File (.olm) and backing up that file.

Outlook's Main Identity folder contains a database of Outlook data and many separate data records for emails, preferences, contacts, and other information. Microsoft provides instructions for recovering the Main Identity folder, but it may not fully recover all of your Outlook data, which is why we recommend recovering from an .olm file.