Please help me kill the Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) app

[rjalex]

M1 Mac mini here with Big Sur 11.4 and Office 16.49 (Word, Powerpoint and Excel).

Whatever I tried the damned MAU keeps on popping up in the Dock with a badge specifying I'd have 3 updates pending.

I tried following a lot of suggestions from the web to n avail, they seem either outdated or not Mac related.

Also tried some recipes from a post here on MacRumours such as:

sudo defaults write /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist Disabled -bool YESsudo defaults write /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist RunAtLoad -bool NO
sudo chflags schg /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist

defaults write com.microsoft.autoupdate2 'MAUFeedbackEnabled' -bool FALSE defaults write com.microsoft.autoupdate2 'SendAllTelemetryEnabled' -bool FALSE
defaults write com.microsoft.autoupdate2 'StartDaemonOnAppLaunch' -bool FALSE

but the damned thing comes back just like a zombie hit by normal bullets.

Any idea on how to stop this annoying program to start when it feels like?

Thanks a lot

 

[saudor]

i also run the following to delete the update folder and then lock it. YMMV though as it might not work in newer versions. This deletes the update app so you won't be able to update normally again.

rm -R /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/

sudo chflags schg /Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0

 

[rjalex]

Trying Thanks will let you know if the zombie lies in peace finally

 

[rjalex]

Seems your solution did work. Been a week now without those annoying prompts.
Thanks a ton