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Avast Mac Security is a software that is designed to protect your Mac from malware threats. Quite a number of people are using it. However, some users get unsatisfied with the software after some time. This is usually due to the Avast’s extremely slow scanning speed, distracting pop-ups and exorbitant resource consumption.
Uninstalling the software from your Mac frees more disk space and makes your device run better. So, if you are looking on how to uninstall Avast, then you are on the right page. This article covers the different ways of uninstalling Avast Mac Security without leaving any trace.
Before you uninstall…
You don’t just uninstall the software right away as it may lead to error messages popping up. First, you need to quit the program completely if it is running. The Activity Monitor will be really helpful in this case. Here is how to do it:
Quit Avast Mac Security from the dock
Go to Applications/Utilities folder, Spotlight or Launchpad
Click on the process named Avast Mac Security
Select the X icon
Click on Quit
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How to uninstall Avast Mac Security
There are several ways you can use to uninstall the software. Use any of them that you see fit:
Use the Avast provided uninstaller
Go to the Applications folder
Double-click on the Avast icon to open the application.
Ensure the Avast Mac Security window is active, then click on Avast in the menu bar (on the top-left of the screen).
Select Uninstall Avast Mac Security.
Click on Uninstall.
If prompted, enter your Administrator password or use your Touch ID.
Click OK to grant permission for the uninstallation.
Click Quit.
Uninstall it manually
Launch the Finder application on your Mac.
Click on Applications
Find Avast
Drag it and drop it in the Trash
Right-click on your Trash
Choose Empty Trash.
Use a third-party application
Apart from the two methods that mentioned above, there is another way in which you can remove Avast from Mac. This is by using a third-party application. It will allow you to uninstall Avast and get rid of the associated files and folders from your Mac.
Using third-party applications is simple. iMyMac Mac Cleaner and Osx uninstaller are examples of such apps.
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How to delete files and folders associated with Avast
Now, after you have uninstalled Avast Mac Security, you should now delete all the other data associated with it. To do so, follow the steps below:
On the Finder window, click on Go button from the menu bar.
Choose Go to Folder.
Type ~/Library in the field box
Click on the Return You will be directed to the Library folder.
Find the folders that are associated with the Avast application and right click on them. They include:
Macintosh HD > Users > [current user] >~Library > Application Support > Avast
Macintosh HD > Users > [current user] >~Library > Caches > com.avast.AM
Macintosh HD > Users > [current user] >~Library > LaunchAgents > com.avast.home.userpront.plist
Select the Move to Trash option for each folder
Empty the Trash.
Conclusion
Those are the different ways in which you can uninstall Avast. Choose one that suits you and use it. Hopefully, you have by now managed to remove Avast from your Mac successfully.
I once installed Avast software (anti malware, cleanup, security). Several corresponding programs were installed. Due to continuously asking to install the full program suite, I decided to uninstall the Avast software. Stupid move of Avast, because their free program never asked to install the full Avast suite.
So I used their Avast Uninstall.app to remove the programs. Honda umk 431 service manual pdf.
After a restart there was a leftover: 'Avast Cleanup'.
This app is a daemon process and it is not possible to trash it, because MacOs reports that it is 'open'.
You can show that it is running in the Activity Monitor. And a force quit does not work.
Command-Option-Escape shows the current apps and 'Avast Cleanup' is not displayed. So 'Avast Cleanup' cannot be closed or quit.
The only way to get rid of undeletable apps is to use Terminal and use a couple of shell commands.
The shell commands find and delete the directories and their contents.