How to remove Easy Mac Care

What is Easy Mac Care

Easy Mac Care is a fake system optimization tool designed for Macintosh. Developers claim their software to speed up the system by eliminating cache, logs and other unnecessary data that can slow down your PC. Whereas it may seem useful, research shows that Easy Mac Care brings no promised value, on the contrary, it creates a list of fake issues displayed after running a scan. This is made to force inexperienced users into buying the Premium version to activate PRO features and rectify these issues as a result. Being classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program, Easy Mac Care is supposedly designed to extort money. It is much better to use trusted and official tools like Spyhunter for Mac or others that have been testified by most users and deserved integrity in the market. On top of that, we are not sure about Easy Mac Care, but some PUPs can put your privacy under risk by stealthily gathering personal data and selling it to third-parties. Either way, we recommend uninstalling Easy Mac Care from your computer since it is suspicious and not effective.

How Easy Mac Care infected your computer

Potentially Unwanted Applications can be distributed either alongside adware or browser hijackers. This malware can, therefore, be downloaded via fake push-notification pop-ups, malicious banners or bundled software. Bundling is used to incorporate additional offers alongside main programs in repacks and other installation kits. Because users tend to skip monotonous installation steps, they forget checking “Advanced” or “Custom” sections that often contain unwanted programs. As statistics shows, gambling on users’ carelessness successfully pays off as a result. When overlooked, users get startled when seeing an unexpected program that imposes shady ads or modifies settings for collecting personal data. Of course, when it comes to fake system optimization tools like Easy Mac Care, people usually take it for granted and continue using it on a regular basis. To remove Easy Mac Care, follow the instructions that are mentioned below.

Remove Easy Mac Care manually for free

Note: Easy Mac Care sets up to start on Mac OS startup. Therefore, before starting the removal, perform these steps:

1. Open System Preferences, choose Users & Groups.
2. Choose your account (set up as Current User).
3. Click Login Items tab.
4. Find “Easy Mac Care” entry. Select it, and click the “-“ (minus) button to remove it.

Note 2: Easy Mac Care won’t quit just by closing it, therefor use Force Quit to end the process.

1. Press 3 buttons at the same time: Option, Command, and Esc (Escape). This is similar to Control-Alt-Delete on a Windows PC.
2. Choose Easy Mac Care in the list.
3. Click Force Quit button.

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full Easy Mac Care removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Easy Mac Care installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Remove Easy Mac Care from Applications

Remove Easy Mac Care from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Easy Mac Care might have an Uninstaller. If you see Uninstall Easy Mac Care or Easy Mac Care Uninstaller, double-click it and follow the onscreen instructions.
3. Otherwise, drag Easy Mac Care from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Easy Mac Care

If you can’t uninstall Easy Mac Care using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Easy Mac Care. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Easy Mac Care from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Easy Mac Care.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove following files and folders of Easy Mac Care


~/Library/Application Support/Easy Mac Care
~/Library/Easy Mac Care
~/Library/Logs/Easy Mac Care.log
~/Library/Easy Mac Care
~/Library/Preferences/com.techyutils.Easy-Mac-Care.plist
~/Applications/Easy Mac Care.app


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