Removing Lync for Mac 2011

Follow these steps to remove Lync.

  1. Log in to your computer with administrative credentials.

  2. Quit Lync if it is running.

  3. Drag the Lync application to the Trash.

  4. To remove your existing Lync preferences, delete the following files:

    • /Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Lync.plist

    • /Users/username/Library/Preferences/ByHost/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.xxxx.plist

    • /Users/username/Library/Logs/Microsoft-Lync-x.log (this file is present only if you turned on Lync Logging)

    • /Users/username/Library/Logs/Microsoft-Lync.log

  5. Also, remove the following files and folders:

    • /Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Microsoft Lync Data/

    • /Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Microsoft Lync History/

    • /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.
  6. Open Keychain Access from the /Applications/Utilities folder.

    • Delete any keychains on the left that look like: OC__KeyContainer__<e-mail>

    • In your Login keychain, delete <your e-mail address> certificate

  7. In /Users/username/Library/Keychains, delete all the files that look like OC__KeyContainer__<e-mail>.

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