| McAfee Security Center for better or worse comes | | | | program folders from your hard drive. Delete all folders |
| pre-installed or bundled on many new computers. While | | | | named McAfee and McAfee.com, which will most |
| some users love McAfee products, others could live | | | | likely be located in the Program Files folder and |
| without it. The question naturally arises then, whether | | | | Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data |
| you got stuck with it when you bought your new | | | | folder. Finally, remove all McAfee registry settings by |
| computer or you installed it yourself and now just want | | | | using the Registry Editor. Search for and delete every |
| to get rid of it, just how do you uninstall McAfee | | | | instance of "McAfee" you find. Be very careful when |
| Security Center? | | | | editing the registry, as incorrect settings can cause |
| Your first stop to uninstall McAfee Security Center, as | | | | major system errors. |
| with just about any other program, should be the | | | | Unfortunately, if the McAfee uninstall program |
| Windows Control Panel under Add/Remove Programs | | | | becomes corrupted or non-functioning (errors occur) |
| (or Programs and Features if you are using Windows | | | | for some reason, you will have to manually uninstall |
| 7 or Vista). Locate the application on the Add/Remove | | | | McAfee Security Center completely, which can be a |
| Programs list and choose the remove option. Follow | | | | daunting task and is beyond the scope of this article. |
| the on-screen instructions and make sure you place a | | | | A much easier option is to turn to a third-party |
| check mark next to every McAfee related program | | | | uninstaller program. Perfect Uninstaller is one of the |
| when prompted. If all goes well, McAfee Security | | | | best programs available because it of its Force |
| Center should be uninstalled after you reboot your | | | | Uninstall mode to deal with corrupted programs that |
| computer. | | | | cannot be uninstalled using the normal channels. If you |
| However, that's not quite the end of the road. A | | | | are unfamiliar with practices like editing the registry and |
| couple more steps may be required to completely | | | | unregistering DLLs, then a good uninstaller program like |
| remove all traces of the program even after you | | | | Perfect Uninstaller is your best bet to "manually" |
| uninstall McAfee Security Center from the Windows | | | | uninstall McAfee Security Center. |
| Control Panel. First, you need to remove any remaining | | | | |