Stop dialog popup "Microsoft respects your privacy"

Anonymous
2023-08-14T23:02:28+00:00

I'm on a Windows 11 PC

Every time I start outlook, word, excel, etc the below dialogs appear. Once I have clicked through all the options the toolbar has this notification under it;

For a start "Restart Office" is not very clear, because there is no office app. So I assume it means close and restart all running office applications. Which I did but the dialogs continue to appear each time I start one of the apps.

I have since tried;

  1. Restarting PC
  2. Office Repair
  3. Office Repair online (it uninstalled office and then couldn't go any further so I had to download and reinstall office)
  4. Reinstall of office

Does anyone know how to fix this so it no longer appears at the start of office 365 apps

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-13T21:26:19+00:00

    Thanks! that was my problem too.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-12T22:49:45+00:00

    If you have more than one OneDrive account, make sure you complete the message pop ups and then sign out of each account. I have two and although I followed the guidance because I have two OneDrive accounts, that pop up never was "satisfied".

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-12T21:55:58+00:00

    I have the same issue, I cant use my office, it just tells me I need to restart, this is affecting my work,

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-11T15:02:40+00:00

    This fixed the issue for me...had to check each 365 application and make corrections as required. Haven't seen the popup since.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-10T17:53:56+00:00

    That was the fix. Thanks!!!

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