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Need to remove 365 different languages.

Hugh Lancaster

June 19, 2023 14:30

Here is my xml config...

<Configuration ID="dc096a73-950a-4e76-b291-21c67837a1d8">
<Info Description="" />
<Add OfficeClientEdition="64" Channel="Current" MigrateArch="TRUE">
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="0" />
<Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" />
<Property Name="DeviceBasedLicensing" Value="0" />
<Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="0" />
<Property Name="TenantId" Value="8bbf5855-31b5-4335-b1ef-8f39cf00c0d4" />
<Updates Enabled="TRUE" />
<RemoveMSI />
<AppSettings>
<Setup Name="Company" Value="Eastern NC School for the Deaf" />
<User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="51" Type="REG_DWORD" App="excel16" Id="L_SaveExcelfilesas" />
<User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="27" Type="REG_DWORD" App="ppt16" Id="L_SavePowerPointfilesas" />
<User Key="software\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" Name="defaultformat" Value="" Type="REG_SZ" App="word16" Id="L_SaveWordfilesas" />
</AppSettings>
<Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
</Configuration>

Where do I add these files...

<Remove>
<Language ID="es-es"/>
<Language ID="fr-fr"/>
</Remove>

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jdavis
June 20, 2023 16:10

Check out this blog post on setting up office. You can import your xml and tweak the languages in the customization tool.

How to deploy Office 365 the right way | PDQ

If you need to remove them for existing installs, I think you can do that using Get-InstalledLanguage and Uninstall-Language.

LanguagePackManagement Module | Microsoft Learn

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