# Microsoft Autoupdate hangs Excel 16.47.21032301

DevFeed: [Microsoft Autoupdate hangs Excel 16.47.21032301](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/microsoft-autoupdate-hangs-excel-16-47-21032301-36887.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/microsoft-autoupdate-hangs-excel-16-47-21032301/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2021-03-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terminal.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/file.md>)

Tags: [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/file.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [using](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/using.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains that Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac repeatedly prompts to update Excel 16.47.21032301 but fails to install the update. It suggests locating and running the corresponding Delta package from a terminal.

## Source excerpt

Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac has gotten exceptionally aggressive about running. Even if you use launchctl to disable it, you get a pop up roughly every 15 minutes of using an Office program.