How To Uninstall McAfee Endpoint Security
by Harry Williams ManagerMcAfee Endpoint Security offers amazing and advanced protections. However, it may start conflicting with other apps, and you may want to remove it. McAfee Endpoint Security cannot be removed with a single click. Hence, for uninstalling McAfee Endpoint Security, you need to go through the given below tricks carefully and need to follow the same step by step.
Ensure to close McAfee Endpoint
Security before uninstalling it
- As soon as ‘McAfee Endpoint Security’ is installed, it
shall by itself get started on Mac. It might get a bit difficult to quit
it.
- Then, select Quit McAfee Endpoint Security for Mac device.
Note: McAfee Endpoint Security might
have few background processes working.
After that, for completely shutting
down this application, you need to start Activity Monitor using Spotlight,
highlight it, and press X. It shall be towards the upper right-hand side corner
and select the Quit option.
- Few people complain that ‘McAfee Endpoint Security’
does not get removed by this method as well. So you need to reboot the
device into Safe Mode. It will stop ‘McAfee Endpoint Security’ from
getting started by itself.
- Next, you should go for standard Uninstall.
Steps for uninstalling McAfee
Endpoint Security in Finder
- Firstly, go to the Finder.
- Then, you need to launch Applications folder. It shall
be located to the sidebar or else in the Go menu.
- After that, right-click the ‘McAfee Endpoint Security’
option.
- Next, press Move to Trash.
- After that, whenever asked, put the admin password.
Press on OK for allowing the removal.
- Then, do a right-click on the symbol of Trash, press on
Empty Trash. Click on Empty Trash one more time.
Note: This way is perfect for
uninstalling every third-party application on your device of Mac.
Use a tool for removing McAfee
Endpoint Security
- Firstly, you need to get the uninstall tool.
- Then, start the OSx Uninstaller.
- Next, go through the on-screen instructions for completing
the registration.
- After that, choose McAfee Endpoint Security, then press
Run Analysis switch for beginning scanning.
- Then, press Complete Uninstaller switch and select
‘Yes’ for giving the confirmation.
Ensure you remove all the McAfee
Endpoint Security data
- Firstly, go to the Finder window.
- Then, click Go and select Go to Folder.
- After that, click on the Library in the bar that gets
displayed.
- Next, press the Enter button.
- Go to search and enter ‘McAfee’.
- Next, clickLibrary. It shall be beneaththe Search bar.
- Then, Control-click on the files as well as folders
carrying the name of McAfee.
- Next, put it to the Trash.
- Lastly, find and remove related items in the Library
folder.
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