How to remove McAfee in Windows 10, 8.1 and Windows 7

If the McAfee antivirus (Total Protection or other) or other) was preset on your computer or laptop or it was installed "myself" after any other action, it is possible that you want to remove it. However, it does not always go smoothly: especially with some errors when deleting.

In this manual, it is detailed how to completely remove McAfee from a computer or a laptop with the system tools and using the official utility for removing McAfee products, as well as the frequent reasons for the fact that the antivirus is not deleted. A similar topic: how to completely remove the avast from the computer.

• Simple removal of McAfee from a computer and why there are problems when removing
• How to completely remove McAfee using the McAfee Consumer Product Removal utility (MCPR)
• Video instruction

Simple removal of McAfee with Windows tools and about why it may not get

McAfee antivirus and other developer products are easily deleted through the control panel - programs and components. The most frequent causes of problems with full removal of McAfee:

• Use third-party default programs. They can be useful when removing other programs, but they are better not to use them for antiviruses, in any case, before using the official uninstaller and reboot the computer. Cause: The removal of antivirus is a process of more than one stage and after the official uninstaller has been worked out, it is not necessary to clean the data and residues and is sometimes harmful. The completion of the removal of the antivirus passes after the compulsory reboot of the computer. And third-party uninstallasts often begin to do it before the real completion of the removal (that is, before rebooting), which leads to problems.
• Sometimes, using the removal of McAfee in the control panel without performing a reboot (and it is required to restart, and not completing the work and inclusion, it may be important in Windows 10), it starts to delete the folders left from the antivirus or immediately install a new one (which will be announced, that you already have McAfee and will not be installed). It is not necessary to do this, first reboot to complete the removal.

Thus, if you consider the points described above, you usually remove McAfee using the following steps:

1. Go to the control panel (in Windows 10 you can use the search in the taskbar), open the item "Programs and Components", select the desired McAfee product and click "Delete" or "Delete / Change". If you are displayed multiple products, select "Main", for example, McAfee Total Protection.

   

2. Complete all the removal steps, noting that you need to remove everything on the computer.

   

3. After completing the process, be sure to restart Windows. And after that you can already manually delete the antivirus folders.

   

As a rule, if you use this method, you will not start manipulating folders or "automatic tail cleaning" before rebooting, the removal will be successful. If it did not work, we use the second method using the official McAfee removal utility.

How to completely remove McAfee with McAfee Consumer Product Removal (MCPR)

In case of problems when removing McAfee from a Windows 10, 8.1 and Windows 7 computer, you can use the Official McAfee Consumer Product Removal utility that completely removes all McAfee products. Ideally - run the utility in safe mode, but usually works without it:

1. Download McAfee Consumer Product Removal from the official site https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?locale=ru_ru&articleid=TS101331 (sometimes it opens for a long time, direct link download MCRP - us.mcafee.com/apps /SupportTools/mcpr/mcpr.asp)
2. Run the utility, click "Next" in the main window, where you will be reported that all McAfee products will be completely removed, and in the next window, confirm an agreement with the conditions (select "Agree").

   

3. Enter the confirmation code removal. ATTENTION: In this code, the capital and lowercase letters differ.

   

4. Wait for the removal process to complete.

   

5. Be sure to restart the computer.

This McAfee will be removed from your computer or laptop.

Please note: if after various unsuccessful attempts to remove McAfee, you stopped to work and branded utility, the reason may be that the installation and entry files in the registry were redeemed by your actions. Then possible solution may be - re-install the same McAfee antivirus, restart the computer, and then use the utility to delete.

Removing McAfee in Windows - Video Instructions

That's all. I hope in your case everything went successfully, and you finally got rid of McAfee on your device.