How to completely remove Macfee ?

Mathieu_Marion wrote:

Just bought a new computer and migrated from the old one via migration assistant. Both on macOC Big Sur 11.1. I got rid of Macfee long time ago and forgot how exactly. Still there is a shadow on the top menu and on my new computer I get every 10 minutes this bogus alert. How do I get rid of this nightmare? Useless advice includes buying it anew to reinstall it, but Macfee considers macOC Big Sur 11.1 as not supporting its software and won't allow to download it. Anothe useless advice is to go through Terminal

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/c23bc9e3-d57b-4856-a717-9b347e548e27

Look in-app for the official uninstaller... from the McAfee menu, Preferences, or About McAfee... for example.

If in doubt visit the developers website, Support, Help, FAQ, or search,

Third party AV is not recommended— it typically does nothing but add issues to the macOS and competes directly with Apples own built in security:

macOS - Security - Apple https://www.apple.com/macos/security/

Apple Platform Security - Apple https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web

Mathieu_Marion wrote:

Alas, this is not helpful. I know that one does not need Mcafee, that is why I got rid of it first place. But there is this ghost on the top menu and nothing else and I keep receiving these alerts. Therefore there is no menu to find what you are talking about. And no helpful info on Macfee's site either.

A few things—

Check >System Preferences>Users & Groups>Log in items if any McAfee there use the +/- to delete it.

You maybe able to hold the Command key and drag the ghost off the menu bar.

I have not searched McAfee— but there has to be something there—did you contact their support?

And lastly I will say, sometimes you have to re-install the software in order to uninstall it. In this way once you see McAfee in the menu bar,(like any other app, ) click on the name to see the menu.

Sometimes the Official uninstaller is sitting right there.

Here is an un-related app "Safari.app" simply as an example—you get the idea of the drop down menu..(?)

Mathieu_Marion wrote:

first two hits:

How to install or uninstall McAfee software on ... - McAfee KB

Re: How to Uninstall McAfee Internet Security from a Mac

if in doubt

https://service.mcafee.com/