How do I block Microsoft yellow info bar ads?

[roygern]

A few times per week I get these annoying ads from office 365.  I think the last one was advertising a free month if I change to monthly billing.  They show up in Excel and Word (and I assume the other applications as well - but I use Excel and Word much more often.)

I can find no documentation about how to get rid of these ads. 

I want them to go away.

Forever.

Thanks!  Screenshot of an example (advertising Word templates) below.

[#2]

In Word (Office 365), try disabling "connected experiences".

Go to Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings, then uncheck "Turn on optional connected experiences"

[#3]

This worked for me. Thank you.

[#4]

This does not do the trick. Annoying spam from MS still comes up and distorts document display until it is manually removed. Literally a "make work" error by Microsoft. (Teenage app designers?)

[#5]

I'm just getting horrible Microsoft adverts in the info bar...WTF honestly its a bloody paid product, ditch this stuff Satya if you want to keep selling Office...total stupidity!

[#6]

Has any one found a solution yet? I have a paid office 365 subscription and still get these annoying messages. I've looked under Trust Center Settings and see no options for connected experiences. These messages started appearing after a recent automatic Microsoft update.

[#7]

I keep getting this one anyone know how to get rid of it

[#8]

@garthy 

I agree that this is a "feature" that should be automatically disabled for paying customers.

The way I turned it off:

File > Options > Privacy Settings > Scrolll down...

Disable:  Connected experiences:

-Experiences that analyze your content
-Experiences that download online content
-All connected experiences

-Personalized Offers and Discounts for Microsoft Products:

Then press [OK] and make sure to restart your Excel.

[#9]

It IS SPAM!

[#10]

This works but unfortunately for TEAMS they still send annoying popup tips that never time out even with "Optional connected experiences" turned OFF.

[#11]

The only true solution is to get off of MSO get on Linux with Open Office Suite! Even though this is not realistic when working for a larger organization with tech illiteracy syndrome, it is palliative to have one's own laptop with a Linux OS installed in the same workspace. Then every time one gets annoyed by MS software, go on the Linux machine and play some music, make a meme, read some chat mail, etc.