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So far as I know, I don't have any Microsoft applications on my MacBook Air. I had installed Microsoft Teams in the past, which I later uninstalled by dragging the app to the trash (after I first saw this prompt) as it wasn't in use. Still, I get the 'Microsoft AutoUpdate' prompt often.

How do I get rid of this permanently?

Microsoft autoupdate

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  • https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-for-mac-eefa1199-5b58-43af-8a3d-b73dc1a8cae3?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US https://support.office.com/en-us/article/troubleshoot-office-for-mac-issues-by-completely-uninstalling-before-you-reinstall-ec3aa66e-6a76-451f-9d35-cba2e14e94c0 – anki Jul 25 '19 at 10:55
  • How do you uninstall properly? By the way, the prompt showed up when MS team was there already. – Kishor Pawar Jul 25 '19 at 11:05
  • As in the above links, There are files here and there. They need to be removed. – anki Jul 25 '19 at 11:06
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    https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/43770/313842 – anki Jul 25 '19 at 11:12
  • @ankiiiiiii, I removed the directories too. But I am not sure if it will stop that prompt. It hasn't shown up yet again since I removed directories. – Kishor Pawar Jul 25 '19 at 11:14

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The message is provided by Microsoft AutoUpdate.
You can disable the message without removing AU by setting the following key:

defaults write com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist \
    AcknowledgedDataCollectionPolicy RequiredDataOnly

https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/suppressing-microsoft-autoupdates-required-data-notice-screen/

To completely remove AU from your system, delete the following:

  • /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft AutoUpdate/
  • ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate2.plist
  • ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.autoupdate.fba.plist
  • /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
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  • Is it safe to remove it completely? There is one folder in ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft AU Daemon/. What is it with that folder? – Kishor Pawar Jul 25 '19 at 11:39
  • @Kishor I don't have a folder, just a tiny database with 2 rows containing metadata of last update times etc. – grg Jul 25 '19 at 11:49
  • Yes. I removed that folder too. I am afraid of Microsoft's update, that too on Mac. – Kishor Pawar Jul 25 '19 at 11:50