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I would like to permanently prevent Acrobat from installing add-ins for Microsoft 365 applications.
Acrobat installs add-ins for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word in ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content/Startup. It doesn't ask for permission to do this and there is no option to stop it from happening.
I can turn the add-ins off from within the Microsoft applications but they turn back on when I relaunch the applications. I can delete them from the Startup folder where Acrobat places them but Acrobat just replaces them. Has anyone figured out a way to permanently stop Acrobat from doing this?
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(I am, obviously, talking about Acrobat for Macintosh.)
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Until now, I haven't bothered. What is tge issue with those?
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The issue? Can't speak for OP, but for me, it's bloat.
It happens in the Microsoft versions, too. Very annoying!
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I use the Windows version, but suspect there's a similar fix for Mac. There is a file, AcroPro.msi, that is in a subfolder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Setup Files. Running it allows me to turn off all the Office add-ins in one shot.
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@PhilCaskey Yes! Thank you!!!! My AcroPro.msi was in a different location ("C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-BC15014EA700}\AcroPro.msi"), but that seems to have done the trick (at least for now... we'll see what happens when the next update rolls around).
For others who want to remove the PDFMaker Add-Ins, here are the steps I followed:
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My other system had the AcroPro.msi file in the same place that @PhilCaskey did ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-0C0F074E4100}\AcroPro.msi"), and the installer actually looked a little different. In case my previous screenshots don't match your install, this might be what you're looking for: