How to downgrade Office 365?

I want to downgrade my Office 365, from Version 1810, Build 11001.20108 to Version 1809, Build 10827.20138 / 16.0.10920.20003

Tried to downgrade with two methods - but both without success:

1. a bat-file, containing cd %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRunofficec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.10920.20003
2. Download and run Deployment Tool with custom confifuration file, edited to

<Configuration> <Updates Enabled="TRUE" TargetVersion="16.0.10920.20003" /> </Configuration>

Could somebody point me to any working method?

Update (could be important): i'm not an administrator, and the Microsoft user, which gets updates, is shared between multiple terminals. Thats why i'm forced to operate only on my computer - operating under Microsoft user would make changes on some terminals beside of mine.

3 Answers

I tried the other techniques, but couldn't make them work.

This simple command does the trick for me though:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe" /update user updatetoversion=16.0.10827.20181

As Ramhound says, to revert to an earlier version of click-to-run Office 2016 on the computer, it requires Administrator to do it. We can follow the steps below to revert it:

See Microsofts official documentation here

In Short:

1. Download the Office Deployment Tool.
2. Install and extract it to a ODT folder in Desktop. It contains two files: Setup.exe and Configuration.xml.
3. Open Configuration.xml file, edit it with the following text, then save it as a new file RevertOffice.xml in the same folder of Setup.exe:

<Configuration> <Updates Enabled="TRUE" TargetVersion="16.0.10920.20003" /> </Configuration>

4. In Windows, click Start, search for cmd, right-click Command Prompt, click Run as Administrator.
5. Switch to the file location for the Setup.exe file. For example, type cd C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\ODT
6. Run the following command:setup.exe /configure RevertOffice.xml
7. Start Word 2016, go to File > Account, under Product Information, click Update Options > Update Now.
8. Check if the Office is reverted to your targeted version.
9. Disable Office Update to avoid it update to higher version: In Word 2016, click File > Account, under Product Information, click Update Options > Disable Updates.

i do it yesterday, from ver 1904 to 1903...license bussiness premium

that not work for me....after varoius atempts i have to do it from zero

• uninstall office
• download deployment tool
• use to configure the xml (here you can choose a pair of versions to downgrade)
• use first, "setup /download" to download locally
• then use "setup /configure" to install

but im interesting in doing directly...