

~/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper Helper ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.plist ~/Library/Logs/JustCloud ~/Library/Logs/MacKeeper.log ~/Library/Logs/ ~/Library/Logs/SparkleUpdateLog.log ~/Library/Preferences/.3246584E-0CF8-4153-835D-C7D952862F9D ~/Library/Preferences/.plist ~/Library/Preferences/ ~/Library/Saved Application State/ ~/Downloads/MacKeeper* ~/Documents/MacKeeper*Library/Application Support/MacKeeper Helper ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.plist ~/Library/Logs/JustCloud ~/Library/Logs/MacKeeper.log ~/Library/Logs/ ~/Library/Logs/SparkleUpdateLog.log ~/Library/Preferences/.3246584E-0CF8-4153-835D-C7D952862F9D ~/Library/Preferences/.plist ~/Library/Preferences/ ~/Library/Saved Application State/ ~/Downloads/MacKeeper* ~/Documents/MacKeeper* Applications/MacKeeper.app /Applications/JustCloud.app /Library/Preferences/.3FAD0F65-FC6E-4889-B975-B96CBF807B78 /private/var/folders/mh/yprf0vxs3mx_n2lg3tjgqddm0000gn/T/MacKeeper* /private/tmp/MacKeeper* If you want to manually remove MacKeeper app, associated files and applications, the accompanying launch agents, and anything else associated with MacKeeper, you’ll want to target the following locations, files, and directories (via the Kitzmiller bash script): You can either run the script again, or head to the locations below to take a peak and see if MacKeeper and any remnants remain on the Mac.
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You’ll likely want to reboot the Mac at this point, and many users may want to poke around to be sure everything has been deleted as intended.
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That’s it, MacKeeper should now be removed from Mac OS X.

Now you just need to run the removal script:.Next, launch the Terminal application (found in /Applications/Utilities/) and make the script executable.Get the raw deleteMacKeepersh script from here on Github and save it to the Mac as a plain text file, put it somewhere easy to find like the Desktop.The script is rather short and verbose so if you want to get a look at what it’s going to be doing, take a peak at the. This simple process will use a downloaded bash script to remove MacKeeper, JustCloud, and all associated items and apps.

Uninstalling MacKeeper with a Delete MacKeeper Bash Script
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This works in all modern versions of Mac OS X system software too, as the script is version agnostic. Since he already went through the process of uncovering every associated MacKeeper item and file (like the JustCloud stuff), why reinvent the wheel? First we’ll focus on using the automated script to ditch MacKeeper, then we’ll show you the file locations of associated items just in case you want to do the removal yourself, or if you want to verify that everything has been uninstalled and deleted from a Mac. As I started down this road myself with a Mac recently, I stumbled across another option, an automated removal script from fellow Mac IT worker, John Kitzmiller, available here. Typically removing MacKeeper (or any software) manually involves navigating around various system and user level directories, and removing associated files as necessary when they’re found, this can be done with the assistance of various command line utilities to find app and file associations, but it is tedious and can take some time.
