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Share How you Use Office PopUp - How can I turn this off?

Office 365 for MAC - Version 16.13, 180513

Every time I open Excel or Word, a pop up appears asking me if I want to 

SHARE HOW YOU USE OFFICE

No I do not want to share.  I do not want to see this pop up every time I open Word and every time I open Excel.

How can I stop this pop up from appearing?

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I don't have 16.13 to experiment on this but you can disable notifications from the apps

macOS Sierra: Receive or stop notifications - https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25747

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Sincerely yours,
Vijay A. Verma @ https://excelbianalytics.com

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The popup is not a notification.

Notifications appear in the upper right of the screen when, for example, there is an Office Update.

The Office problem - every time I open Word or Excel, a pop up appears asking me if I want to Share How I Use Office.

I don't want this pop up to appear.

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OK..Let's wait for other experts to respond as I am unable to experiment without 16.13.
Sincerely yours,
Vijay A. Verma @ https://excelbianalytics.com

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Hello, Optimist93

try this link and follow the instructions of the microsoft technical support

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/turn-o... 42bb-ba3e-c753fc748d8b? Ui = en-US & rs = en-US & ad = US

I hope it helps you
Wilfredo Soto

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https://support.office.com/en-us/article/turn-o...
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my apology had copied the link wrong, enter the second link that I sent
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The link refers to pop ups about Office 13 to Office 16 upgrades.  It refers to changing the registry.  Registries are found on Windows computers.  If a Mac has an equivalent to a registry it calls it something else.

The pop-up I see is new since I updated to the latest version of Office 365 on my Mac.  Screen shot below.

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Hi, Optimist93

Since your computer is a MAC, I recommend you contact Microsoft technical support, they will put you in touch with an agent specialized in office 365

  https://partner.support.services.microsoft.com/...
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I contacted technical support.  They gave the usual - Try it, you'll like it approach.  They wanted me to uninstall/reinstall Office on my MAC.

Note that it is never necessary to do anything that drastic on a Mac.

I asked them to add an option to say NO (no I do not want to share data) and they just said they will make a note of the problem.

When I update my MacOS, sometimes there is a pop-up asking me if I want to share data.  There is always an option to say no.  I am asked the question once and then I never see that question again.

So it looks like I either have to leave Word and Excel open all the time or just have to close that annoying pop up every time I open Word and Excel.

Thanks for trying to find a solution.

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Hello, Optimist93

We hope that you take into account your suggestion that they add an option to say NO (no, I do not want to share data)

I hope you have a happy day
Wilfredo Soto

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