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A way to uninstall McAfee from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove McAfee for Windows. It was developed for Windows by McAfee, LLC. Further information on McAfee, LLC can be seen here. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\wps\1.15.208.1 directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall McAfee by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\McAfee\wps\1.15.208.1\mc-update.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. McAfee's primary file takes around 4.99 MB (5235656 bytes) and is named mc-update.exe.

McAfee installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 35.28 MB (36994176 bytes) on disk.

  • mc-appx-inst.exe (1.09 MB)
  • mc-fw-host.exe (2.39 MB)
  • mc-fw-uac.exe (369.00 KB)
  • mc-inst-uihost.exe (898.94 KB)
  • mc-launch-sparse.exe (785.99 KB)
  • mc-launch.exe (786.49 KB)
  • mc-update.exe (4.99 MB)
  • mc-web-view.exe (4.36 MB)
  • mc-dad.exe (4.35 MB)
  • mc-dad.exe (2.58 MB)
  • mc-sec-installer.exe (949.28 KB)
  • mc-extn-browserhost.exe (1.15 MB)
  • mc-wns-client.exe (897.84 KB)
  • mc-neo-host.exe (740.01 KB)
  • mc-pco-scanner.exe (774.56 KB)
  • mc-sustainability.exe (985.95 KB)
  • mc-vpn.exe (259.88 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (944.28 KB)
  • tapinstall.exe (99.16 KB)
  • wireguard.exe (3.80 MB)
  • mc-sync-agent.exe (2.26 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 1.15.208.1 of McAfee. For more McAfee versions please click below:

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A way to erase McAfee from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee is a program released by McAfee, LLC. Sometimes, users decide to erase this application. This can be hard because performing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY solution to erase McAfee is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate McAfee or simply click the Search field and type in "McAfee". If it exists on your system the McAfee app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select McAfee in the list of applications, the following information about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about McAfee, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall McAfee.
Uninstall McAfee


8. After uninstalling McAfee, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional 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 asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove McAfee by McAfee, LLC from your computer, we are not saying that McAfee by McAfee, LLC is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove McAfee supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2025-07-31 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-07-31 08:57:04.227