McAfee®

A way to uninstall McAfee® from your PC

McAfee® is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by McAfee, LLC. Further information on McAfee, LLC can be found here. Usually the McAfee® program is found in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.8.236.1 directory, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.8.236.1\mc-update.exe is the full command line if you want to remove McAfee®. The application's main executable file occupies 4.83 MB (5066344 bytes) on disk and is labeled mc-update.exe.

McAfee® is composed of the following executables which take 26.06 MB (27322184 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 (1.15 MB)
• mcappxinst.exe (975.86 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 information on this page is only about version 1.8.236.1 of McAfee®. You can find below a few links to other McAfee® versions:

• 1.7.222.1
• 16.052
• 16.053
• 16.046
• 1.8.256.1
• 16.029
• 1.7.209.1
• 1.7.201.1
• 16.032
• 16.051
• 16.027

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Quite a few files, folders and registry data will not be deleted when you remove McAfee® from your computer.

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\McAfee.WPS

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfee_zavepwoyay\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mc-wps-update\ImagePath

A way to uninstall McAfee® from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® is an application by McAfee, LLC. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best EASY 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find McAfee® or simply click the Search feature and type in "McAfee®". If it is installed on your PC the McAfee® app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click McAfee® in the list of programs, the following data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about McAfee®, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall McAfee®.


8. After removing McAfee®, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee® that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing McAfee® using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove McAfee® by McAfee, LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that McAfee® by McAfee, LLC is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove McAfee® supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.