Come Disinstallare Mackeeper Sul Mac

Macworld reader Michael Downend is having difficulty ridding his Mac of a utility he no longer desires. He writes:

How do I get rid of MacKeeper?

I won't go into why y'all'd desire to, but we become this question frequently. Information technology'south definitely worth going into detail about how to remove MacKeeper completely from your Mac. Versions of MacKeeper made in the terminal couple of years are actually pretty like shooting fish in a barrel to uninstall, only the process isn't entirely straightforward.

If you click on the MacKeeper menu in the Mac's bill of fare bar you won't find a Quit command, which might lead yous to believe that it can't be quit. Force-quitting doesn't seem to piece of work either.

To remove the MacKeeper icon from the menu bar:

Launch the MacKeeper app in the Applications folder.
Click on the MacKeeper menu and and so select Preferences.
Click on the General tab.
Uncheck the box for Show MacKeeper icon in carte bar.

mackeeper v.3.20 preferences menu bar — Disable MacKeeper from appearing in the menu bar.

Now you can quit MacKeeper. If this is your first time running information technology, no, you don't accept to activate MacKeeper or sign on for any of its services. Only choose Quit from the MacKeeper application carte du jour or printing Command-Q.

How to uninstall MacKeeper

MacKeeper has a YouTube video that provides an official solution for removing the downloaded MacKeeper app from your Mac.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S35os5gBSk

Become to the Applications folder on your Mac.
Drag the MacKeeper app to the Trash.
You may be prompted for your administrator's countersign. Enter information technology, click OK, and the MacKeeper app will motion to the Trash.
Another pop-up will announced that is very similar to the previous one. Information technology asks if you are sure you want to uninstall MacKeeper. Enter your password and click OK.
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Optional MacKeeper 'Sad to meet you get' survey

After yous uninstall MacKeeper, Safari will launch a page from mackeeper.com. It's a survey, asking why you uninstalled the software. You don't have to fill up information technology out. You lot can quit Safari and ignore it.

mackeeper 3.20 survey — The MacKeeper survey is optional.

How to remove the remaining MacKeeper $.25

Not all of the MacKeeper software bits are removed. Crumbs might remain.

A MacKeeper Backups folder isn't removed. You can find information technology in your Home folder (In the Finder, click on Go > Home or press Shift-Command-H.) You lot can toss this binder into the Trash.

There are a few other places you lot might desire to check to brand certain any remaining bits are removed. The nearly contempo version of MacKeeper (3.20.viii) as of this writing did get all of these on the uninstall, only it's all the same smart to double-check.

The following may exist found in y'all Mac's Library folder. To access this Library folder, hold downwards the Option key and, in the Finder, choose Go > Library. You lot can toss these files in the Trash if you find them.

~/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper Helper. Within this MacKeeper Helper folder is a NoticeEngine.plugin file. Go ahead and toss the MacKeeper Helper folder and this file will disappear correct along with it.
~/Library/Caches/com.mackeeper.MacKeeper
~/Library/Caches/com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.Helper
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
~/Library/Awarding Support/MacKeeper Helper
~/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist

Now just empty the Trash and vow to stay far, far away from MacKeeper forever and e'er.

Pop go the pop-ups

If you downloaded MacKeeper "legitimately" (every bit in, from MacKeeper.com), it'south possible you aren't seeing a ton of popular-up and pop-under ads in your browser. Only if you happened to pick up MacKeeper from downloading software through a third-party clearinghouse, your browsers may be infected by insidious ads that harass you to install MacKeeper and basically won't let you lot do annihilation else. It's the worst. But you lot can make it go away.

Stop popular-ups in Safari

Starting time, quit Safari. Fifty-fifty this might be harder than just pressing Command-Q. If a agglomeration of pop-ups keep appearing that don't go away when you click OK or Abolish, y'all'll take to force-quit Safari by pressing Command-Option-Escape, choosing Safari in the list, and clicking Strength Quit. At present if you lot relaunch Safari the normal mode, those pop-ups will come right back, so instead, launch information technology while property downwards Shift to preclude the final session'southward windows from reloading.

force quit safari — If Safari is going so basics with ads you can't even quit information technology, press Command-Option-Escape, force-quit, and then launch information technology again holding down the Shift key.

Now await for extensions and cookies MacKeeper has stashed on your organization. In Safari, go to Safari > Preferences > Extensions, and remove anything you don't recall installing. (If you're using macOS Sierra and yous become to the Extension tab in Safari, you may see a message that says, "Extensions can be enabled in the Develop menu." Click on the Avant-garde tab and then check the box for "Bear witness Develop menu in menu bar." Then go back to the Extensions tab.)

Next, popular over the Privacy tab, and either click Manage Website Data and search for MacKeeper to remove simply MacKeeper's cache and cookies.

mackeeper cookies — Toss the MacKeeper cookies.

Stop pop-ups in Chrome

In Chrome, go to Window > Extensions. You lot'll run into a listing of the extensions you have installed. If you see extensions yous didn't install and want to remove, click on the Remove button for that extension.

In the Settings menu, click Advanced, then click . Look for Articulate browsing data at the bottom of the Privacy and security section. Click it, and a Clear browsing information pop-upwards window appears. For Fourth dimension range, click it and select All time. Click the Clear Information button.

Use a utility to make clean you Mac

If that doesn't go it all, try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac, which is AdwareMedic utility that scans your Mac for known adware. Run a scan and check the boxes by anything y'all want to delete. It'll find the MacKeeper app and all its diverse parts wherever they are on your system.

malwarebytes mackeeper — This list could be longer or shorter, depending on how many of MacKeeper'south various parts you were using.

Did that set up it for you? MacKeeper tin be tricky to fully eradicate if you have an older version, perhaps one that was bundled with something y'all did want to install, since the parent company used to accept a generous affiliate program that incentivized sites to shove it at you lot whether yous wanted it or not. If yous are all the same having problems, read How to remove MacKeeper Part 2 (the pop-upwards edition).

Editor's note: Updated May 14, 2018. This is article originally published on December 19, 2014.

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