How To Roll Back Office Updates

How Exercise I Rollback an Office Version?

These steps are based on the Microsoft Function article "How to revert to an earlier version of Part"

Locating the Office Version Being Used

Start Word
Click File, and then click Business relationship
The Office version is listed in the Production Information column, in the About Word section

Install the Previous Version of Office

Determine and note the previous version number. Utilise the post-obit Microsoft website to find the update version that is previous to the current version:
Update history for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (listed past date)

Download and run the self-extracting executable file from the following Download Center link. This file contains the Office Deployment Tool executable (Setup.exe) and a sample configuration file (Configuration.xml):
Role Deployment Tool
Start Notepad and copy the following XML. So, relieve the file as Config.xml in the same file location as the Setup.exe file from Step 2.
```
<Configuration> <Updates Enabled="TRUE" TargetVersion="16.0.xxxxx.yyyyy" /> </Configuration>
```

Note In the XML, 16.0.xxxxx.yyyyy represents the full version number that y'all noted in footstep one.

Example Config.xml file for version 2104 (Build 13929.20386):

Config.xml

Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To exercise this, click Beginning, type cmd in the Showtime Search box, right-click cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator. Switch to the file location for the Setup.exe and Config.xml files.
Run the following command:
```
setup.exe /configure config.xml
```
Showtime an Role application (such as Excel), then select File > Account.
In the Production Information department, select Update Options > Update Now.
Notation If you are prompted to activate Role again, enter your Microsoft business relationship and password. This step does not add your calculator to your business relationship a second time.

Disable Automatic Updates for Office

This step is very of import. Office automatically checks for updates on a regular footing. To prevent Office from automatically installing new updates, follow these steps:

Get-go Outlook.
Click File, and so click Office Business relationship.
In the Production Information column, click Update Options button, and and then click Disable Updates.