How to completely remove mcafee from windows 10
If you bought a computer with Windows 10 pre-installed, there is a high probability that you will find McAfee antivirus pre-installed there. To begin with, I still advise you to get to know it better; perhaps, in terms of the level of protection and functionality, this program will suit you 100%.
If not, it is advisable to get rid of it, and there are several reasons for this. First of all, it takes up a lot of hard drive space. Accordingly, it loads the system, and the performance of the computer decreases. In addition, when you try to install, you may experience incompatibility between the two programs. But how to completely remove mcafee from Windows 10? In principle, nothing complicated, and now you will see for yourself.
How to remove McAfee from your computer
In general, the process of removing this program is no different from others. You just need to do the following:
Removal using the utility
If you did not find the specified antivirus in the list of programs available for removal, or some error occurred during the process, or another circumstance arose, download the McAfee Software Remover utility. By the way, even if the process went smoothly and the above points were completed, I still advise you to run the utility. It will “clean up” possible traces that remain after uninstallation, including files and registry entries.
- Close all McAfee-related windows.
- Run the utility .exe file, check in the agreement, enter the verification code and wait for the removal to complete.
- At the end the computer will ask you to reboot, do so. Now, when the computer turns on, the McAfee antivirus program will no longer be on it.
Then you can install any anti-virus system on your computer, fortunately, the choice today is wide. There are both free and paid antivirus programs, popular and not very well known, in general, everyone can find something for themselves. Or you can use the built-in Well, so that you are not tormented by the agony of choice, I invite you to read my article dedicated to this particular topic.
