office 2024 home edition without onenote app

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office 2024 home edition without onenote app

Tomislav Ostroški 20

Hello, is it possible to install office 2024 home edition without onenote app ?

Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-23T20:11:39.7033333+00:00

Hi, I learnt something new, don't know why Office Home 2024 comes including OneNote App. Anyhow, it is not possible to not install any of the Office Apps. But, you do not need to create a shortcut to the OneNote App, and if one is created you can just delete it. Then you should not be bothered with it. Just has you can do the same with the other Apps.
Charles Kenyon 170.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-07-23T20:22:17.3433333+00:00

@Ron Barker That had been my belief as well, but see TaoLi's response about the Deployment Tool. Office 2024 Home is included as a supported product. I learned something new, as well!
Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-23T20:41:18.71+00:00

Hi Charles, OneNote does come with earlier versions of Office, or it did not do so. BUT it has now been added. I have just checked and it is there. I did not notice it. I knew it was on my system, but I have never used it. NOTE you cannot uninstall individual Apps with perpetual versions of Office.
Charles Kenyon 170.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-07-24T03:44:50.7866667+00:00

@Ron Barker

NOTE you cannot uninstall individual Apps with perpetual versions of Office.

I shared that belief for many years; I have not tried for years to do so.
However, according to the support page linked by TaoLi, you can use the Deployment Tool to do just that.

I have not tested this. I do not know if the procedure has to be redone after each updated. I would hope not.
Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-24T08:46:12.47+00:00

Hi Charles, they have just got mixed up. It has never been possible to use the deployment tool with perpetual versions of Office. You can delete an App, but not recommended. It could cause all sorts of problems, and as you intimate it may be reinstalled by updates. It the OP want to try it>In Windows search box>OneNote>This will bring up>OneNote App>Right click>Open file location>There will be a shortcut to>OneNote>Right click>Open file location>There you will find the>OneNote App.exe. You can delete it. I have no idea how it will affect Office.

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Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-23T20:11:39.7033333+00:00

Hi, I learnt something new, don't know why Office Home 2024 comes including OneNote App. Anyhow, it is not possible to not install any of the Office Apps. But, you do not need to create a shortcut to the OneNote App, and if one is created you can just delete it. Then you should not be bothered with it. Just has you can do the same with the other Apps.
Charles Kenyon 170.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-07-23T20:22:17.3433333+00:00

@Ron Barker That had been my belief as well, but see TaoLi's response about the Deployment Tool. Office 2024 Home is included as a supported product. I learned something new, as well!
Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-23T20:41:18.71+00:00

Hi Charles, OneNote does come with earlier versions of Office, or it did not do so. BUT it has now been added. I have just checked and it is there. I did not notice it. I knew it was on my system, but I have never used it. NOTE you cannot uninstall individual Apps with perpetual versions of Office.
Charles Kenyon 170.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-07-24T03:44:50.7866667+00:00

@Ron Barker

NOTE you cannot uninstall individual Apps with perpetual versions of Office.

I shared that belief for many years; I have not tried for years to do so.
However, according to the support page linked by TaoLi, you can use the Deployment Tool to do just that.

I have not tested this. I do not know if the procedure has to be redone after each updated. I would hope not.
Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-24T08:46:12.47+00:00

Hi Charles, they have just got mixed up. It has never been possible to use the deployment tool with perpetual versions of Office. You can delete an App, but not recommended. It could cause all sorts of problems, and as you intimate it may be reinstalled by updates. It the OP want to try it>In Windows search box>OneNote>This will bring up>OneNote App>Right click>Open file location>There will be a shortcut to>OneNote>Right click>Open file location>There you will find the>OneNote App.exe. You can delete it. I have no idea how it will affect Office.

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TaoLi 112.1K Independent Advisor

Hello,

Office Home 2024 includes OneNote by default, and the normal installer does not let you select individual apps.

On Windows, you can install it without OneNote by using the Office Deployment Tool: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=49117

Create a configuration.xml file containing:

<Configuration> <Add OfficeClientEdition="64"> <Product 
ID="Home2024Retail"> <Language ID="en-us" /> <ExcludeApp 
ID="OneNote" /> </Product> </Add> </Configuration>

Place it beside setup.exe, open Command Prompt as administrator, and run:

setup.exe /configure configuration.xml

Microsoft confirms that Home2024Retail is supported and OneNote can be excluded through the ExcludeApp setting: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/microsoft-365-apps/office-suite-issues/product-ids-supported-office-deployment-click-to-run
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/deploy/deployment-guide-onenote

If Office is already installed, uninstall the complete Office suite first, because individual bundled Office apps usually cannot be removed separately.

Tomislav Ostroški 20 Reputation points

2026-07-25T11:13:05+00:00

Ty, worked like a charm
Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-25T13:12:00.57+00:00

Hi For future reference can you please confirm that you can update Office, without reinstalling OneNote. It will be great if that is the case. File Account>Updates:
Tomislav Ostroški 20 Reputation points

2026-07-25T13:47:45.8333333+00:00

Hi, says im on latest update, checked the build its 2607
Ron Barker 2,245 Reputation points

2026-07-25T15:01:05.1+00:00

Thanks. I just hope a repair is the same.
Kaleem Ullah 10 Reputation points

2026-07-25T18:11:10.34+00:00
"Hello,

Office Home 2024 includes OneNote by default, and the normal installer does not let you select individual apps.

On Windows, you can install it without OneNote by using the Office Deployment Tool: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=49117

Create a configuration.xml file containing:

TypeScript

<Configuration> <Add OfficeClientEdition="64"> <Product ID="Home2024Retail"> <Language ID="en-us" /> <ExcludeApp ID="OneNote" /> </Product> </Add> </Configuration>

Place it beside setup.exe, open Command Prompt as administrator, and run:

setup.exe /configure configuration.xml

Microsoft confirms that Home2024Retail is supported and OneNote can be excluded through the ExcludeApp setting: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/microsoft-365-apps/office-suite-issues/product-ids-supported-office-deployment-click-to-run

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/deploy/deployment-guide-onenote

If Office is already installed, uninstall the complete Office suite first, because individual bundled Office apps usually cannot be removed separately."

Thank you very this help me a lot