The Grammarly add‑in for Microsoft Word on macOS has been discontinued. Grammarly has removed support for:

• Word for Mac add‑ins (Office 365 / Microsoft 365)

• Word 2019 / 2021 standalone on macOS

• Word desktop integration via the old Grammarly Editor plugin

This is why:

• The Insert → Add‑ins → Store search shows nothing

• The Grammarly installer no longer offers Word integration

• The DSA Grammarly EDU licences do not include Word‑for‑Mac support
  

• The "sidebar" is no longer avail;able.
  

Why it was removed

Grammarly’s official reasoning (summarised):

1. Microsoft changed the add‑in architecture for macOS, breaking legacy integrations.

2. Grammarly shifted to browser‑first and OS‑level writing assistance, not app‑specific plugins.

3. Maintaining Word‑for‑Mac compatibility required separate development pipelines that were no longer viable.

This applies to:

• Grammarly EDU → English‑only

• Grammarly Free → lower resource usage

• Grammarly for Mac → system‑wide typing assistant, not app‑specific

What Mac users get instead

Grammarly Desktop App (macOS)

Works across:

• Word (via system‑wide typing suggestions, not embedded add‑in)

• Pages

• Notes

• Safari/Chrome/Edge

• Email clients

Grammarly Web Editor

Full feature set, including:

• Tone detection

• Plagiarism checker (if licence includes it)

• Rewrite suggestions

• Citations

Grammarly Browser Extensions

Chrome / Edge / Safari Supports:

• Word Online

• Outlook Web

• Google Docs

• VLEs / LMS platforms

Grammarly Browser Extensions — Direct Install Links

Chrome (Chrome Web Store)

Safari (Apple App Store – macOS Safari Extension)

Ios

Microsoft Edge (Edge Add‑ons Store)

Firefox (Mozilla Add‑ons)

What Mac users do not get

• No Word ribbon button

• No side‑panel Grammarly editor inside Word

• No inline Word‑specific grammar engine

• No document‑sync Grammarly panel
  

When did this happen?

Earliest confirmed public evidence

March 20, 2024

Grammarly/Superhuman discontinued its native Editor apps for macOS and Windows. This is not the Word add‑in itself, but it marks the beginning of Grammarly’s retirement of legacy desktop integrations.

This is the first major retirement event in the chain.

By early 2026 — the Word for Mac add‑in is fully discontinued

The Grammarly Support page explicitly states:

“We have discontinued Grammarly for Microsoft Word on Mac.”

This page does not include a date, but we can anchor the change using external references:

February 2026

Multiple Microsoft Q&A posts show users reporting that the Word‑for‑Mac Grammarly add‑in had already been retired:

• Feb 28, 2026: “I was just informed that the Grammarly app has been retired.”

• Mar 1, 2026: Moderator confirms: “Grammarly appears to have discontinued its Word-specific add-in on the Mac platform.”

March 2026

Another user reports the plugin was retired, and the moderator links to the discontinuation page.

This confirms the retirement was already in effect.

Because:

• The discontinuation page existed by Feb–Mar 2026,

• Users were already unable to install the add‑in,

• Moderators were already pointing to the retirement notice,

• Grammarly had begun retiring legacy desktop integrations in 2024,

The Word‑for‑Mac add‑in was discontinued sometime between mid‑2024 and early‑2026, with the change becoming publicly visible and widely acknowledged by February 2026.

The Grammarly for Word add‑in on macOS was discontinued before February 2026, with public confirmation appearing between February 28 and March 1, 2026. The retirement likely occurred in late 2024 or 2025, but the earliest confirmed public evidence is Feb–Mar 2026.