McAfee®

How to uninstall McAfee® from your computer

This web page is about McAfee® for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by McAfee, LLC. More information on McAfee, LLC can be seen here. Usually the McAfee® program is placed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.8.256.1 directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling McAfee® is C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.8.256.1\mc-update.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. mc-update.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 4.83 MB (5066344 bytes) on disk.

McAfee® contains of the executables below. They take 26.07 MB (27338784 bytes) on disk.

• mc-fw-host.exe (2.19 MB)
• mc-fw-uac.exe (348.37 KB)
• mc-inst-uihost.exe (879.24 KB)
• mc-launch.exe (626.24 KB)
• mc-oem-subjob.exe (1.87 MB)
• mc-update.exe (4.83 MB)
• mc-web-view.exe (1.16 MB)
• mcappxinst.exe (977.93 KB)
• mc-dad.exe (4.14 MB)
• mc-sec-installer.exe (893.06 KB)
• mc-extn-browserhost.exe (1.11 MB)
• mc-neo-host.exe (605.05 KB)
• mc-pco-scanner.exe (708.65 KB)
• mc-sustainability.exe (757.99 KB)
• mc-vpn.exe (247.27 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,008.00 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (90.14 KB)
• wireguard.exe (3.80 MB)

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The current web page applies to McAfee® version 1.8.256.1 alone. Click on the links below for other McAfee® versions:

• 1.7.222.1
• 16.052
• 16.053
• 16.046
• 16.029
• 1.7.209.1
• 1.8.236.1
• 1.7.201.1
• 16.032
• 16.051
• 16.027

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How to remove McAfee® from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® is an application marketed by McAfee, LLC. Frequently, computer users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK approach to uninstall McAfee® is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate McAfee® or simply click the Search feature and type in "McAfee®". If it exists on your system the McAfee® application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click McAfee® in the list , the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about McAfee®, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove McAfee®.


8. After uninstalling McAfee®, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee® which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing McAfee® with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove McAfee® by McAfee, LLC from your computer, we are not saying that McAfee® by McAfee, LLC is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove McAfee® supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.