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How to Install only word from Microsoft 365

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Tony Addington

How to Install Individual Office Apps from Microsoft 365 

When you are trying to install the Microsoft 365, the Microsoft 365 default installations don’t allow installation choices, It will install all the Office Apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Teams, and Skype !However sometimes you do not need some of the apps to take up your computer resources ! 

How can you select the Office Apps you need to install ?

Step 1: Download Office Deployment Toolkit (ODT)

  1. Download Office Deployment Tool from Microsoft Download Center.
  2. Run the ODT setup file, read and accept the license agreement.
  3. In the browse dialog, Store the extracted files in  E:\Office.

Step 2: Create/edit the configuration file (XML)

Using Notepad, create a file named configuration.xml (or any name you prefer) in the “ E:\Office” folder, with the following script :

<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Current">
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Access" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Excel" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
<ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
<ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" />
<ExcludeApp ID="PowerPoint" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Updates Enabled="TRUE" />

OfficeClientEdition="64″ Means 64 bit office , you can replace OfficeClientEdition="32″ for 32 bit office 

The Product ID used in the above example is O365BusinessRetail, Here are some commonly used Product IDs for Office 365 installations:

  • O365HomePremRetail
  • O365ProPlusRetail
  • O365BusinessRetail
  • VisioProRetail
  • ProjectProRetail

Here’s the full list of App IDs that can be used. Excluded apps won’t be installed.

Access, Excel, Groove, Lync, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Teams, Word

Step 3: Download Office Setup files locally

The next step is to download Office Setup files locally using the ODT’s setup.exe file. Use the following command-line to accomplish the task:

Because we saved the files in this folder E:\Office, please use the CMD to locate this folder first, and run the download command, please type the commands one by one

CD E:\Office 
E:
Setup.exe  /download configuration.xml

After you run the Command, the package will start downloading in the background. It will be stored in the E:\Office \Office.

Step 4: Run Office Setup (Custom Install)

Following the above commands, please type this command below to install the Office

Setup.exe /configure configuration.xml

That’s it. Office setup will now start with some individual Office Apps. 

And if you need a office product key to activate it , you can try to get it from keyingo.com


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