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I generated an Excel Office-On-The-Web add-in using the Yeoman Generator. Every time I open a new workbook (Book1.xlsx) the add-in auto loads. Now I want to permanently delete the add-in.

But there is no add-in listed:

  1. under Office Add-Ins in the Book1 workbook using: File > Add-ins > My Add-Ins (or Admin Managed)

  2. in the registry as an "Open" branch in the path: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\Options

  3. or in the Microsoft Admin Center (admin.microsoft.com) as a deployed app.

Tried the following to:

  1. Delete an add-in that was deployed: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/manage/manage-addins-in-the-admin-center?view=o365-worldwide

  2. Delete an add-in from the directory: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Wef
    per How to remove/delete inserted Yeoman Excel Developer Add-ins?

  3. Delete an add-in from the Microsoft Admin Center: admin.microsoft.com

I appreciate your help in removing that add-in. Thank you.

davidmreid
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  • "To remove an add-in sideloaded to Office on the web, simply clear your browser's cache. " https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/testing/sideload-office-add-ins-for-testing – davidmreid May 06 '23 at 02:40

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Hi there I think I got a solution to your problem:

  1. Open-up excel and load a Blank workbook.
  2. Go to File > Options > Add-ins and in the bottom of the window there should be a "Manage" section where in a drop down menu "Excel Add-ins" is selected. Example
  3. Click on "Go..."
  4. Uncheck the add-on that you want to remove and hit on OK.
  5. Reboot excel and everything should be alright.
Dimitar Todorov
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  • FYI: I'm referring to Excel on the web projects created through the Yeoman Generator which are different from the desktop-type add-ins that you're referring to --like analysis toolpak, solver add-in, and such. Check the following links: • Create Office Add-in projects using the Yeoman Generator: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/develop/yeoman-generator-overview • Build an Excel task pane add-in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/quickstarts/excel-quickstart-jquery?tabs=yeomangenerator But I appreciate your response Dimitar. – davidmreid May 07 '23 at 17:32