5 Easy Steps to Remove McAfee Antivirus from the Windows Registry

To protect your system against viruses, malware, and online threats, it’s necessary to have effective and trustworthy antivirus software installed on your system. However, you need to uninstall/update the program while it becomes outdated or its subscription service has been expired. In such circumstances, you need to remove your security program from the registry database of your system. If you’re using the McAfee antivirus and facing the similar problems, then you may require uninstalling the program to fix the issues. At such time, you can also avail the expert assistance at the McAfee customer service phone number to know the exact process of removing your antivirus software. Also, check the steps given below:

1. First of all, go to the Start menu, and then Control Panel, followed by the ‘Add/Remove program’ section. Navigate to the McAfee icon in the list. Once it’s found, right-click on the icon to choose the Remove/Uninstall option. When it’s uninstalled completely, restart your system.
2. Next, double-click the “My Computer” icon and go to the program folder. You can perform this step only when you see the program isn’t removed completely. Click the “Agent\App” folder and select the files that have the .adf extension. Remove them and then go to the first step again.
3. If the above step isn’t much enough to remove the McAfee from your PC, download the MCPR tool from its official website. When it’s downloaded, double-click the MCPR.exe file to install it on your system. Once the removal is complete, restart your PC.
4. The MCPR tool will show you a red ‘x’ symbol if it’s not able to eliminate all registry files of the software. At such time, choose the ‘View Log’ option that shows you the complete registry files that need to remove.
5. If the problem still exists, access the ‘Registry Editor’ option to remove the registry file of your antivirus program. Click ‘Start’ menu, and then enter ‘regedit’ in the ‘Run’ dialog box. Clean the registry files that display in the ‘View log’ section. When the file has been removed, restart your computer.

These are the best troubleshooting steps to delete your McAfee antivirus completely from your system. However, if you’re unable to remove the registry files which are now conflicting with your newly installed security program, then you should call McAfee Help number to seek the solution of experts to fix the several issues in no time.