MacKeeper: The program is so serious

The MacKeeper tool analyzes your Mac for problems and errors in the system. In this practical tip, we will tell you whether the program is serious.

Is MacKeeper serious? An assessment

The MacKeeper program is completely free to download.

• After starting the tool, your Mac will be analyzed and you will get an assessment from an alleged expert.
• In several tests, however, it turned out that this expert chat is an automated program.
• Also "serious errors" were found on a brand new Mac, which cannot exist at all.
• Correcting these "serious errors" then only works through payment.
• Thereby, advertisements are shown again and again, partly with "special offers", partly with the functions of the full version.
• Many test reports advise against downloading and installing the tool, since unwanted software or malware can also be installed here.
• Conclusion: Most tools from MacKeeper can be found pre-installed on your Mac, so that installation is not necessary. In addition, installing the tool could also install malware on your Mac. We therefore advise against installation.

How to uninstall the tool properly

There are a few things to consider when uninstalling MacKeeper.

1. Close the tool and move the program to the trash. To do this, open the "Programs" section in the Finder, search for the tool in the list and drag it to the trash.
2. To delete the program, you must click "Uninstall MacKeeper" in the dialog box that opens.
3. After uninstalling, there are still remnants of the program on your computer. You have to remove these by hand. To do this, go to the "Application Support" folder in the Finder menu under "Go> Go to folder".
4. Delete the "MacKeeper Helper" subfolder here.
5. We also recommend deleting your browser cookies. This will prevent you from receiving pop-ups of the tool in the future.