The easy way to cancel a McAfee subscription is to sign in to your McAfee account at account.mcafee.com, OR_(+1)-833 ((631)) 3616(USA/CA) open "My 1[833][631][3616]Account" and your subscription or auto-renewal settings, and turn off auto-renewal or choose cancel. If McAfee came with a new 1[833][631][3616]PC, a retailer, an internet provider or an app store, cancel in that place instead. If you can't find the 1[833][631][3616]option, contact McAfee support with your order number and ask them to stop renewal and confirm in writing. Your protection 1[833][631][3616]keeps working until the paid term ends, and McAfee has typically offered a money-back window of about 30 days on 1[833][631][3616]eligible purchases, though terms vary. Uninstalling McAfee never stops a charge. If you've ever written a bit of code, 1[833][631][3616]cancelling a subscription looks a lot like a program with a few if and else branches. You check a condition, 1[833][631][3616]take the matching branch and finish. This guide writes the whole cancellation as pseudo-code you can follow by hand. You 1[833][631][3616]don't need to know programming. Read each line like a rule, and run the program with your own details. 1[833][631][3616]The Program START find the order email OR statement line billedby = read the name on the receipt 1[833][631][3616]IF billedby is McAfee go to account.mcafee.com sign in open My Account subscription / auto-renewal turn auto-renewal OFF or 1[833][631][3616]choose cancel ELSE IF billedby is Apple open Subscriptions on iPhone, iPad or Mac select McAfee Cancel Subscription 1[833][631][3616]ELSE IF billedby is Google open Google Play Payments & subscriptions Subscriptions select McAfee Cancel subscription ELSE IF billedby 1[833][631][3616]is a retailer OR provider open their account turn auto-renew OFF or ask them to ELSE IF it came 1[833][631][3616]pre-installed on a new PC go to account.mcafee.com with the email used to activate turn auto-renewal OFF before the trial 1[833][631][3616]ends ELSE ask the bank for the merchant name, then repeat from the top IF a discount or 1[833][631][3616]warning appears AND you want to leave choose "No thanks" / "Continue" CONFIRM CHECK page shows "Expires on 1[833][631][3616]date" OR "Auto-renewal: OFF" AND no next payment IF check fails repeat in a private window OR contact support 1[833][631][3616]SAVE screenshot + confirmation email SET calendar reminder on old renewal date END Running the Program, Line by 1[833][631][3616]Line Input: Find the Order Search every inbox for "McAfee", "order", "receipt" and "renewal", including spam. Open the 1[833][631][3616]newest message and fill in your variables: plan = ordernumber = billedby = renewson = 1[833][631][3616]No email? Your statement shows the date and amount, and your bank can give you the merchant's 1[833][631][3616]name. Branch 1: billedby is McAfee 1 Go to account.mcafee.com. 2 Sign in with the email used at 1[833][631][3616]purchase. Use "Forgot password" if needed. Try other emails if the list is empty. 3 Open "My Account" and then 1[833][631][3616]your subscription or "Auto-renewal" settings. 4 Select your plan and turn off auto-renewal, or choose cancel. Branch 2: billedby 1[833][631][3616]is Apple iPhone or iPad: Settings your name "Subscriptions". Mac: App Store your name "Account Settings" "Manage" next to 1[833][631][3616]Subscriptions. Select McAfee and tap "Cancel Subscription". Apple purchases can't be canceled through a Windows browser, so use an 1[833][631][3616]Apple device or ask Apple Support to help. Branch 3: billedby is Google Open Google Play, tap your 1[833][631][3616]profile picture, choose "Payments & subscriptions" and then "Subscriptions". Select McAfee and tap "Cancel subscription". Branch 4: billedby is 1[833][631][3616]a Retailer or Provider Open their account or bill, find the McAfee or security line and turn off auto-renew, 1[833][631][3616]or call customer service and ask them to. Ask for written confirmation. Branch 5: Pre-Installed on a New PC 1[833][631][3616]Many new PCs come with a McAfee trial. If you activated it with an email, sign in at account.mcafee.com 1[833][631][3616]with that email and turn off auto-renewal before the trial ends. If you never activated or entered a card, you 1[833][631][3616]may have nothing to cancel. Branch 6: Unknown Ask your bank for the merchant's name and details, check 1[833][631][3616]store lists and search other emails. A message saying your McAfee renewal was processed and telling you to call a 1[833][631][3616]number is a scam. Don't call it. The Discount Condition A discount only applies if you stay subscribed. 1[833][631][3616]If you want to leave, choose "No thanks" or "Continue", not "Keep my plan". The Check IF 1[833][631][3616]page shows "Expires on date" or "Auto-renewal: OFF" AND no next payment is listed THEN success ELSE run again 1[833][631][3616]If it fails twice, contact McAfee support with your name, account email, order number and the last four digits 1[833][631][3616]of your card. Say: "Please turn off automatic renewal for my McAfee subscription and confirm in writing." The Future 1[833][631][3616]Charges Subroutine Run this after the main program. FOR EACH of these: another email address you use 1[833][631][3616]the Apple subscription list the Google subscription list extra McAfee products VPN, identity, password tools a trial that converted IF 1[833][631][3616]an active McAfee item is found run the main program for it Error Handling IF charged 1[833][631][3616]anyway THEN turn off renewal first contact McAfee support or the store with order number, account email, and the date 1[833][631][3616]and amount of the charge ask for a refund about 30 days is typical say: "I cancelled before this renewal. 1[833][631][3616]Please refund it and confirm in writing." IF Apple - reportaproblem.apple.com IF Google - order history IF no response - 1[833][631][3616]show the bank your receipt and proof Output: What You Should Have An end date and no 1[833][631][3616]next payment on the page A confirmation email or screenshot Your old renewal date in your calendar A statement with 1[833][631][3616]no McAfee charge on that date, or a month later After the Program Ends McAfee protects you until 1[833][631][3616]the end date. Afterward, Windows Security is built in and free. Don't run two full antivirus programs at once. After 1[833][631][3616]the end date, remove McAfee, including any preinstalled copy, with "Settings Apps Installed apps" McAfee "Uninstall" restart, then check that 1[833][631][3616]Windows Security is on. Quick Answers Does uninstalling McAfee stop auto-renewal? No. Only the account, store or seller 1[833][631][3616]does. Will I lose protection right away? No. It lasts until the end of the paid term. Is 1[833][631][3616]a pre-installed McAfee always paid? No. Many are trials, so check whether you activated and entered a card. Can 1[833][631][3616]I turn renewal back on? Yes, from the same page before the term ends. Run It Once Set 1[833][631][3616]your variables, take the matching branch, run the check and save the output. No bugs, no surprise charges.