Switch Office Update Channel

Switch Channels

Below are the steps to switch channels:

1. Identify the channel which you would like to switch to. Features and updates by channel are documented here.
2. Launch Command Prompt as an administrator.
3. Navigate to “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\”
4. Run the following command to change the desired channel, let’s say Monthly Channel Targeted “OfficeC2RClient.exe /changesetting Channel=Insiders” (When running in powershell the command will be “.\OfficeC2RClient.exe /changesetting Channel=Insiders”

or if you want to switch to the Montly channel:

“OfficeC2RClient.exe /changesetting Channel=Monthly”

Note – You can use this command to switch to any channel using the corresponding Channel keyword listed below:

To start the switch Channel process, run “OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user” from the cmd prompt path “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun>” This should be followed by a series of windows which will take you through the process of downloading and installing updates for the new channel that you have switch to.