Removing Malwarebytes icon from my top menu

I wonder why people insist to uninstall (the right way) when it's pretty obvious that the OP is already beyond that point.

If you have already deleted all the malwarebytes package files in your mac (& trash), you will also have to delete the malwarebytes plist files in:

1. Library > LaunchAgents
2. Library > LaunchDaemons

Restart mac. Delete the malwarebytes folder in:
1. Library > Application Support

Empty trash for good measure; just to be sure the demon was exorcised.

Restart mac. You should no longer see the icon of the uninstalled malwarebytes on your status bar.

Just click on the Malwarebytes icon in your menu bar and select Settings.

In the Settings window select the checkbox "Hide application icon".

That will remove the icon from the menu bar but keep MalwareBytes installed for use as needed.

You've apparently deleted the MalwareBytes application. So download the donation ware Find Any File and search for each of these items with the option Name contains malwarebytes.

Most of them are located where Spotlight can't search. You can drag them from the search results window to the Trash bin in the Dock. You might have to enter your Admin password on some of them.

If an update appears for Malwarebytes a notification , will come on top right corner of screen stating close or download .

Click on download it will start downloading once completed , double click .dmg file to install and follow some upcoming steps .

To remove the icon of the app , press command and comma to open its preferences check the box of hide application icon .

For free version of Malwarebytes Anti -Malware for Mac .

Click on finder > Applications > right click on Malwarebytes Anti - Malware.app & move to trash , if it is in download folder , remove it from there also .

To enter in system library > click on Go > Go to folder & type /Library

Find folders : Launch Daemons > com.malwarebytes.Helpertool.plist

PrivilegedHelperTools > com.malwarebytes.Helper.Tools

To enter in user library > click on Go > Go to folder & type ~/Library

Find folders : Application support > Malwarebytes

Caches > com.malwarebytes.antimalware

com.malwarebytes.Malwarebytes-xpc- service

Preferences > com.malwarebytes.antimalware.plist

After update the new files that are found in system library .

LaunchAgents > com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist

LaunchDaemons > com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist

>com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist

PriviledgedHelperTools > a folder named com.malwarebytes.HelperTool

In user library .

Preferences > com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist

Right click on these items inside the folders and move to trash .

Restart the computer & empty the trash .

Restore your Mac from a Time Machine or equivalent backup created prior to installing "Malwarebytes".

Excerpted from Effective defenses against malware and other threats:

Never install something without first knowing what it is, what it does, how it works, and how to get rid of it when you don't want it any more.

Assuming you did NOT uninstall correctly such that you deleted the malwarebytes package under the Applications folder, you might also need to delete any malwarebytes-related files in the following folders:

• Library > Caches
• Library > Preferences
• Library > PreferencePanes
• Library > StartupItems

See CT's answer for the uninstall. Since the application doesn't automatically update it definitions of adware/malware unless you have the paid version, you would need to download it again if required.

Follow the directions in CT's post, which was the very first one on this topic. You have to use the uninstaller to remove the software. Dragging the app to the trash does not do the job. If you don't have the disk image containing the installer and uninstaller anymore, go to the Malwarebytes website and download it again, then run the uninstaller.

It is absolutely NOT necessary to restore your system from a backup. That's a quite ludicrous suggestion when the real solution won't take you more than maybe a minute of your time.

this was great, its finally gone. For some reason that got installed without me even noticing it and all of a sudden a lot of weird adds start appearing. from my point of view its just really toxic...

zeinc40 wrote:

this was great, its finally gone. For some reason that got installed without me even noticing it and all of a sudden a lot of weird adds start appearing.

That is not at all related to Malwarebytes.

Thanks but this did not work for me. I went to library, but there were no malwarebytes entered there. I did delete all new and unrecognized launch agents. There was no launch daemons file. I restarted and went to library application support. Again no mawarebytes, but deleted all new and unrecognized. (In both cases these were jake cares). Emptied trash. It's still there. Thoughts? Thanks. James