Office 365 software download (64 bit) says you don't have enough space to complete the download.
So 365 can be kind of a bear to install a fresh copy of if you already have a copy loaded into your computer. Sometimes it installs over the previous version perfectly, but then other times it decides it doesn't want to install over or alongside of a pre-existing install. It can cause issues with the new installation, but there are some methods to get around this problem
To note, you will generally have the option to download and install the software (and most software nowadays) as being either a 32bit program or a 64bit program. This refers mainly to the operating system of the machine in question and 32bit programs generally work on 64bit machines while 64bit programs will not work on a 32bit machine. For this reason, pretty much everyone can install a 32bit program so you may have at this point tried that download and been told that the 32bit is not compatible with your system (which is an incorrect error), and then proceeded to download the 64bit Office Suite and were told that you did not have enough space to complete the download. If this is not true, then you have already figured it out and probably aren't reading this or you may just be in the wrong place altogether
1. Uninstall your current Office version
Navigate to your control Panel:
- On Windows 8:On the 'Start' screen, type 'Control Panel' in the search bar and select 'Control Panel' from the results.
- On Windows 7:On the 'Start' screen, type 'Control Panel' in the search bar and select 'Control Panel' from the results.
Click 'Programs' and then 'Programs and Features.'
Right-click the Office application you want to remove, and then click 'Uninstall.'
2. Perform a 'Clean Reboot' on your machine
On Windows 8:
- On the 'Start' screen, type 'msconfig' in the search bar and select 'msconfig' from the results.
- On the 'Services' tab of the System Configuration box, select to 'Hide all Microsoft services' in the bottom left and select 'Control Panel' from the results, and then click 'Disable all.'
- On the 'Startup' tab of the Task Manager box, select to 'Open Task Manager,' then select each Startup Item and click 'Disable.'
- Close the Task Manager, and click 'OK' on the 'Startup' tab of the 'System Configuration' box.
- Restart your computer.
On Windows 7:
- Log in as a user with Administrator rights
- On the 'Start' screen, type 'msconfig.exe' in the search bar and hit Enter. Supply password if necessary.
- On the 'General' tab of the System Configuration box, select 'Selective Startup' and deselect 'Load startup items.'
- On the 'Services' tab of the System Configuration box, select to 'Hide all Microsoft services' in the bottom left and select 'Control Panel' from the results, and then click 'Disable all.'
- Click 'OK' and then click 'Restart.'