{"id":522,"date":"2022-07-17T17:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/?p=522"},"modified":"2022-08-30T03:43:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T03:43:42","slug":"how-to-turn-off-mcafee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/how-to-turn-off-mcafee\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn off McAfee Antivirus?"},"content":{"rendered":"
This guide is all about How to Turn off McAfee antivirus software on your Windows or Mac laptops.<\/p>\n
With over five hundred million customers worldwide, McAfee<\/a> antivirus has a well-deserved reputation for security and reliability. When browsing the internet nowadays, it’s always a great idea to have an antivirus to protect your computer. From malware in spam emails to sketchy links and pop-up ads, there are many ways for malicious agents to infiltrate your PC. A strong antivirus like McAfee keeps you safe from all that.<\/span><\/p>\n However, a time may come when you want to disable your McAfee antivirus. Perhaps you’ve decided to switch to some competing antivirus product. Or, McAfee is erroneously blocking some apps or sites you want to access. Maybe you want to free up some space on your PC or are annoyed by the constant notifications! Either way, turning off your McAfee software is relatively straightforward. However, there are several steps you need to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n To make your life easy, we’ve sketched out a detailed process of how to turn off your McAfee antivirus. To know more, keep reading!<\/span><\/p>\n To turn off your McAfee antivirus software on a PC running the Windows OS, follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n McAfee Antivirus software’s services on your PC are now disabled! If the above process doesn’t work, you can go the scorched earth method of removing McAfee Antivirus from your PC entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n In the Settings Menu, go to the list of Apps. Scroll down until you find McAfee. If you click on it, you will be presented with the option to Uninstall. Click on Uninstall, and follow the instructions on your screen till the software is completely removed from your PC.<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to turn off McAfee Antivirus on a PC running the macOS, follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n If you can’t find this menu, click the Scheduled Scans tab on the top left side of the page. You should be able to find the menu now.<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to remove the McAfee software from your Mac altogether, you’ll have to uninstall it.<\/span><\/p>\n To do so, open Finder. Click the Applications folder on the left side of Finder, or click “Go,” and then from the drop-down menu which appears, select “Applications.”<\/span><\/p>\n Find and double-click the McAfee\u00ae Total Protection Uninstaller app. Click Continue, and enter your administrator password when asked to do so. Click OK, and then click Finish to complete the uninstall process.<\/span><\/p>\n McAfee Antivirus software should now be removed entirely from your PC!<\/span><\/p>\n Whenever you remove McAfee antivirus from your PC, you’ll need to turn off all the services offered by McAfee, from Real-Time Scanning to Scheduled Scans. And if you want to get rid of the software completely, you can always uninstall it entirely. Uninstalling the software entirely will also prevent it from showing unnecessary notifications!<\/span><\/p>\n Please remember that if you switch off McAfee without using an alternative antivirus, your computer will be very vulnerable to viruses and other forms of cyberattack. But, if you have found an alternative antivirus, you can use these steps to quickly turn off McAfee, whether you are on Windows or Mac.<\/span><\/p>\n We hope you found this guide on how to turn off your McAfee antivirus software helpful!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This guide is all about How to Turn off McAfee antivirus software on your Windows or Mac laptops. With over five hundred million customers worldwide, McAfee antivirus has a well-deserved reputation for security and reliability. When browsing the internet nowadays, it’s always a great idea to have an antivirus to protect your computer. From malware […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,4],"tags":[137,135,136],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",1280,743,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus-300x174.jpg",300,174,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus-768x446.jpg",768,446,true],"large":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus-1024x594.jpg",1024,594,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",1280,743,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",1280,743,false],"wpzoom-rcb-block-header":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",800,464,false],"wpzoom-rcb-block-header-square":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",530,308,false],"wpzoom-rcb-block-step-image":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",750,435,false],"wpzoom-rcb-structured-data-1_1":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",500,290,false],"wpzoom-rcb-structured-data-4_3":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",500,290,false],"wpzoom-rcb-structured-data-16_9":["https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/turn-off-mcafee-antivirus.jpg",465,270,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":" This guide is all about How to Turn off McAfee antivirus software on your Windows or Mac laptops. With over five hundred million customers worldwide, McAfee antivirus has a well-deserved reputation for security and reliability. When browsing the internet nowadays, it’s always a great idea to have an antivirus to protect your computer. From malware in spam emails to sketchy links and pop-up ads, there are many ways for malicious agents to infiltrate your PC. A strong antivirus like McAfee keeps you safe from all that. However, a time may come when you want to disable your McAfee antivirus. Perhaps…<\/p>\n","category_list":"How To<\/a>, iOS<\/a>, Windows<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Aronjit Roy","url":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/author\/aronjit-roy\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cult.technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Turn off McAfee Antivirus on Windows:<\/span><\/h2>\n
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