Microsoft Office 2013 has a close integration with Microsoft services and if you use a Microsoft Account on Windows 8/8.1, it automatically signs in to it without asking you. Once you are signed in, Office 365 and OneDrive cloud features are enabled in the product.
If you do not want cloud services integration in Office 2013, you might want to know how to disable the automatic sign in it performs. In this article, we will look at how to disable it with a simple registry tweak.
- Open the Registry Editor (see our detailed tutorial about Windows Registry editor)
- Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\SignInTip: You can access any desired Registry key with one click.
- Create a new DWORD value named SignInOptions and set its value to 3. This will disable the sign-in feature of Office 2013 completely.
The other possible values of the SignInOptions value are as follows:
value RESULT 0 Users can sign in and access Office content by using Microsoft Account or Domain Account/Organization ID. 1 Users can sign in using Microsoft account only. 2 Users can sign in using Organization ID only. 3 Users cannot sign in with any cloud account. - Restart your Office apps.
That's it.
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Yeah, it’s stuff like this that really hassle me a lot. I simply got Office 365 Home Premium when I found out about it first at Tek-Micro.Com because of the way it connects my PC’s as I own a small-medium business.
For me, it’s all about what you use it for. In my work, there’s no difference whether I get Office Home Student 2011 or Office Home Business 2013.
All I care about is making ends meet.
Hello.
This registry trick disable signin office 2013 with Microsoft account.
I found out that office 2013 signin also with active directory user (AD user). It is available allways when active directory domain services is available (computer in e.g. corporate network).
I tried to turn it off (change setting for signin, roaming… in registry) but without success. I can’t remove it (office denied to remove it becouse it is windows account) and i can’t stop signin when office application start. Is there any other way to skip or disable signin with user AD account? Maybe i have to stop somekind of service in operating system (Windows 7)?
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Really helpful, thanks a lot.
I don’t have that registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\SignIn\SignInOptions
Under common i only have “language”. Any ideas?
Create the missing subkey and value
I ordered a laptop on ebay which has already windows 8.1 pre-installed. What happens if i accidentally press the windows activator. What will happen? Will it affect my genuine OS in any way?
Thank you, great info.
Is there a way to make so the end user cant sign out after they are signed in.
I discovered that office 2013 signin additionally with dynamic index client (AD client). It is accessible allways when dynamic index space administrations is accessible (PC in for example corporate system).
I attempted to turn it off (change setting for sign in, wandering… in vault) however without progress. I can’t evacuate it (office denied to expel it because it is windows record) and I can’t stop signin when office application begin. Is there some other method to avoid or cripple signin with client AD account? Perhaps I need to stop smoking of administration in working framework (Windows 7)?