How to prevent sideloading a manifest.xml on Excel for the Web?

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I have an MS. Office Excel add-in and I use it via sideloading of the manifest.xml file. it works and everything is good, until recently I've noticed that there are some issues when users try to sideload the add-in to Excel for the Web (X-Frame-Options issues that will take some time to fix)

My question: Is there a way to disable the add-in on the web version of Excel from the manifest.xml?

Rick Kirkham · Accepted Answer · 2025-02-17 20:18:15Z

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There is no systematic way of blocking some platforms in the manifest. The best you can do is have code at add-in start up that reads the Office.context.platform property and branches accordingly. If the value is OfficeOnline, then the add-in UI displays a message to the user saying that the add-in won't work in Office on the web and they should switch to desktop Office.

answered Feb 17 at 20:18

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