How to completely uninstall Malwarebytes for Mac on Mac
Dragging Malwarebytes to the Trash removes the app itself, but its support files, caches and settings stay on your Mac. Here is where they are and how to remove all of them.
Malwarebytes installs background protection services with system privileges, so it should be removed with its own uninstaller: open Malwarebytes and choose Help > Uninstall Malwarebytes from the menu bar. Dragging the app to the Trash leaves those services in place and removes your access to the uninstall command.
Use Help > Uninstall Malwarebytes first and enter your password when asked. If the app is already gone, Malwarebytes' support site says to reinstall it and then uninstall from the Help menu.
com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.applicationRemove Malwarebytes by hand
- Quit Malwarebytes. If it has a menu bar icon or runs in the background, quit that too.
- Open the Applications folder and drag Malwarebytes to the Trash.
- In Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder (Shift-Command-G), paste each location below, and move what you find to the Trash. Not every location exists for every version.
- Empty the Trash, then restart your Mac so nothing from Malwarebytes is left running.
Where Malwarebytes keeps its files
/Applications/Malwarebytes.app~/Library/Application Support/com.malwarebytes.mbam~/Library/Caches/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.application~/Library/Preferences/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.application.plist~/Library/Saved Application State/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.application.savedState~/Library/Containers/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.application~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.application~/Library/WebKit/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.application~/Library/Logs/com.malwarebytes.mbam
Other places Malwarebytes uses
/Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/MBAMPrivileged helper~/Library/Application Support/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.*Data~/Library/Caches/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.*Data~/Library/Preferences/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.*Data
Items under /Library need your administrator password to remove.
The quick way
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