How To Uninstall Apache OpenOffice on Mac

By Tasnia Salinas, on January 12, 2021, in Mac Uninstaller

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In this article, we help you to learn How To Completely Uninstall Apache OpenOffice on Mac Big Sur by using our best Mac App Uninstaller software - Omni Remover. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version here before continuing.

What is Apache OpenOffice? Apache OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OpenOffice, is a discontinued open-source office suite. OpenOffice included a word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet (Calc), a presentation application (Impress), a drawing application (Draw), a formula editor (Math), and a database management application (Base). Its default file format was the OpenDocument Format (ODF). Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 has been released and available on www.openoffice.org.

Why you may consider uninstalling Apache OpenOffice on your Mac? Many users recently reported that Apache OpenOffice 4 is not friendly on modern macOS (due to 32-bit incompatibility issue). As OpenOffice has been discontinued for years, it's not likely to get it updated for macOS Big Sur. In this article, we show how to uninstall OpenOffice on Mac with ease (Learn How To Uninstall Microsoft Office 2016 on macOS).

Apache OpenOffice was a great Microsoft Office alternative for years, but the UE/UX is really not quite friendly to users. There is no in-built uninstaller program comes with OpenOffice but you can follow steps below to learn how to uninstall Apache OpenOffice from your Mac manually (How To Completely Uninstall Office 2011 on Mac OS X).

• Step 1: To uninstall OpenOffice on your Mac, open Finder > Applications > OpenOffice:

• Step 2: After moving the Apache OpenOffice application file to Trash folder, there are still OpenOffice related document cache data, app settings, and other 'Hidden' NeoOffice component files. To get rid of all these NeoOffice leftovers, you need to move further: Open Finder > in Menu, click Go > enter ~/Library/.
• Step 3: You may see a large amount of system file folders here. Now search and find OpenOffice leftover files by checking each folder. They are possibly stored in the following folders: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit
• Step 4: Drag the files associated with OpenOffice to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the removal of OpenOffice.

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