![]() | Removing Lync for Mac 2011 |
Follow these steps to remove Lync.
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Log in to your computer with administrative credentials.
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Quit Lync if it is running.
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Drag the Lync application to the Trash.
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To remove your existing Lync preferences, delete the following files:
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/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Lync.plist
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/Users/username/Library/Preferences/ByHost/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.xxxx.plist
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/Users/username/Library/Logs/Microsoft-Lync-x.log (this file is present only if you turned on Lync Logging)
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/Users/username/Library/Logs/Microsoft-Lync.log
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Also, remove the following files and folders:
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/Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Microsoft Lync Data/
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/Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Microsoft Lync History/
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/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/MeetingJoinPlugin.plugin

Note If you remove the Microsoft Lync History folder, you will delete all conversations that are saved in the Conversation History. -
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Open Keychain Access from the /Applications/Utilities folder.
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Delete any keychains on the left that look like: OC__KeyContainer__<e-mail>
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In your Login keychain, delete <your e-mail address> certificate
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In /Users/username/Library/Keychains, delete all the files that look like OC__KeyContainer__<e-mail>.





