McAfee

A guide to uninstall McAfee from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove McAfee for Windows. It was created for Windows by McAfee, LLC. More info about McAfee, LLC can be found here. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1 folder. Keep in mind that this location can differ depending on the user's decision. You can remove McAfee by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-update.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is titled mc-update.exe and its approximative size is 4.84 MB (5071576 bytes).

McAfee is composed of the following executables which take 28.56 MB (29945784 bytes) on disk:

• mc-appx-inst.exe (980.00 KB)
• mc-fw-host.exe (2.20 MB)
• mc-fw-uac.exe (349.37 KB)
• mc-inst-uihost.exe (879.24 KB)
• mc-launch.exe (627.81 KB)
• mc-oem-subjob.exe (1.88 MB)
• mc-update.exe (4.84 MB)
• mc-web-view.exe (4.19 MB)
• mc-dad.exe (4.16 MB)
• mc-sec-installer.exe (893.04 KB)
• mc-extn-browserhost.exe (1.11 MB)
• mc-neo-host.exe (606.55 KB)
• mc-sustainability.exe (759.49 KB)
• mc-vpn.exe (247.27 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1.08 MB)
• tapinstall.exe (90.14 KB)
• wireguard.exe (3.80 MB)

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The current web page applies to McAfee version 1.9.214.1 only. Click on the links below for other McAfee versions:

• 1.14.212.1
• 1.11.184.1
• 1.8.256.1
• 1.24.167.1
• 1.17.226.1
• 1.22.200.1
• 1.21.162.1
• 1.19.187.1
• 1.10.252.1
• 1.16.194.1
• 1.12.299.1
• 1.24.162.1
• 1.10.231.1
• 1.20.239.1
• 1.11.282.1
• 1.20.228.1
• 1.13.209.1
• 1.18.255.1
• 1.22.203.1
• 1.8.236.1
• 1.12.340.1
• 1.9.253.1
• 1.16.195.1
• 1.7.222.1
• 1.23.176.1
• 1.25.208.1
• 1.15.206.1
• 1.20.236.1
• 1.23.177.1
• 1.12.335.1
• 1.11.260.1
• 1.11.279.1

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\McAfee
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.mcafee.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\McAfee

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\analyticsmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\eventmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\logicmodule.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\lookupmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\resource.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\servicehost.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\settingmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\taskmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\uihost.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\uimanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\wataskmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\x64\wssdep.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\browser_helper.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-alertmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-analytics.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-analytics15.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-av-engine.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-av-trust.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-bridge-server.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-cloudsdk.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-csp.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-da.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-extn-module.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-fw-host.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-fwl.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-ngm-client.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-oobe.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-rmt-cmd.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-sec-core.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-sec-kernel.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-sec-plugin-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-sec-plugin-x86.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-sec-quarantine.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-sensor.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-shredder.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-sync.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-systray.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-taskscheduler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-tracker-remover.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-ui-support.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-vpn-module.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\mc-wac-viewer.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\neo\core\mc-neo-host.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\neo\core\mc-neo-proxy.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\neo\core\mc-neo-rules-engine.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\neo\mc-neo-unpacker\mc-neo-unpacker-gzip.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\neo\mc-neo-unpacker\mc-neo-unpacker-rar.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\neo\mc-neo-unpacker\mc-neo-unpacker-upx.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\neo\mc-neo-unpacker\mc-neo-unpacker-zip.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\daConfig.cab
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\DAConfig.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\DADataRetentionPolicy.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\dataConfig.cab
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\aviary_client.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\common.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\config_manager.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\csp_client.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\da_definitions.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\data_collector.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\data_items.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\dataset.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\dataset_da.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\datasets_catalog.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\dictionary.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\emitter.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\engine.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\error_transmitter.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\event_handler.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\events.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\hash128.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\json2.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\logging.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\mappings.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\mcutil.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\observability_datasets.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\observation_analytics.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\operations.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\preprocessors.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\profile.json
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\registry.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\rest_transport.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\rules.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\sha256.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\subdb.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transmitter_template.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_api_endpoint.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_aws_apigateway_v1.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_da.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_eng_observability.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_event_hub.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_ga.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_mosaic_api_v2.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_msgbus.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\transport_template.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\wa_settingsdb.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\ALEStatic\Scripts\wmi.js
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\mc-sustainability.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\mc-sustainability-core.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WPS\1.9.214.1\sustainability\wps-log-collector.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\McAfee.Neo.Unpacker.GZip.GZipUnpackerFactory
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\McAfee.Neo.Unpacker.Zip.ZipUnpackerFactory
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\McAfee
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\mcafee.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\messages.mcafee.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\McAfee Trust
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\webadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Edge\NativeMessagingHosts\siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Edge\NativeMessagingHosts\webadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\McAfee.WPS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\webadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\webadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\McAfee
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Edge\NativeMessagingHosts\siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Edge\NativeMessagingHosts\webadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\webadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfee WebAdvisor

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfee WebAdvisor\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfee WebAdvisor\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mc-fw-host\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mc-fw-host\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mc-fw-host\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mc-wps-update\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mc-wps-update\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mfeelam\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mfesec\DisplayName

How to erase McAfee from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee is an application released by the software company McAfee, LLC. Sometimes, users decide to remove this application. This is hard because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill related to PCs. One of the best EASY manner to remove 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 on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available 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 program will be found automatically. When you select McAfee in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding McAfee, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove McAfee.


8. After removing McAfee, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing McAfee using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall McAfee by McAfee, LLC from your PC, 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 uninstall McAfee supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.