Force Office 365 Click to Run client to switch channel and/or update/revert version

Step 1:

Retrieve latest version from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office365-proplus-by-date?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fae942449-1fca-4484-898b-a933ea23def7

Download the Office Deployment Tool

Create new xml with the Office 365 configuration and save as an XML file.

<Configuration><Updates Enabled=”TRUE” TargetVersion=”16.0.11328.20420″ /></Configuration>

or

<Configuration> <Updates Enabled=”TRUE” TargetVersion=”16.0.11328.20420″ Channel=”Broad” /> </Configuration>

<Configuration> <Updates Enabled=”TRUE” TargetVersion=”16.0.11328.20480″ /> </Configuration>

Run setup.exe /configure newconfig.xml

From <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/delay-receiving-feature-updates-from-deferred-channel-for-office-365-proplus>

Step 2:

Force update with the following command

“C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe” /update user updatepromptuser=true forceappshutdown=true displaylevel=true

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2770432/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2013-or-office-2016-clic