How to Turn Off Microsoft Office Update Notifications on Mac

Sometimes Office updates are creating a headache or maybe you don’t want to update Microsoft Office and happy what the current Office updates. So, in this guide, you will learn how to turn off Microsoft Office 2019 update notifications on Mac. it also applies to Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Office 2016.

Why Disable Office Updates?

Generally, Office for Windows installs itself automatically. Microsoft likes to believe that this is a nice and harmless operation, but it isn’t. Fixes to software bugs sometimes cause trouble. The new and updated features of Office 365 are not always tailored to customers who prefer well-known and reliable applications.

In the meantime, Sometimes the patches of Microsoft software cause trouble. Fixing software is a very complicated task, and it creates more bugs! However, if the updates create issues with your implementation or a new release has become available with visual improvements and enhancements that you do not require, it is possible to fully disable the automatic updates with Office 2019 as well as in the Office 365 and Office 2016.

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How to Turn Off Microsoft Office Update Notifications on Mac 

The easiest way to disable Microsoft Office update notifications on Mac is using is in any Office programs itself like Word, Excel, PowerPoint. It doesn’t matter which program you use, the same setting applies to all of Office.

Step 1. Open any Office programs like Microsoft Word or Excel on your Mac.

Step 2. Now, click the Help tab and select Check for Updates.

Step 3. Uncheck the box next to Automatically keep Microsoft Apps up to date.

Step 4. Click Turn Off.

Now, Office update notifications are disabled on your Mac until they are specifically re-enabled. Once you complete the above-mentioned steps, your Office apps will no longer receive update notifications and install updates automatically. However, I don’t suggest a long period of disabling Office updates. Maybe let Office update every month or two, at a time of your choice, not Microsoft.

Meanwhile, you can also select the “Advanced” option where you can choose which type of Office update to get. Production is the usual or one of the Insiders options

• Insider Fast
• Insider Slow
• Production

How to Turn on Office Update Notifications on Mac

• Open any Office programs like Microsoft Word or Excel on your Mac.
• Click the Help tab and select Check for Updates.
• Check the box next to Automatically keep Microsoft Apps up to date.

Turn On Office Update Notifications on Mac

Wrapping Up

This is how you can turn off Microsoft Office update notifications on Mac. Updates are normally beneficial for any apps. But if you think that the updates might cause a problem for your Microsoft Office 2019, Office 365, and Office 2016 then you have the option to disable Office updates.