How to uninstall (remove) Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac)

What is Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac)?

Search.hideyoursearch.com is a hijacker that infects Safari and other browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Search.hideyoursearch.com looks like an ordinary search engine, that allows the user to browse the web without leaving traces, improves browsing experience and filters out irrelevant search result, but it’s very annoying and brings a lot of difficulties. After penetration, the hijacker starts to annoy the user with a large amount of advertising (banners, coupons, links to ad sites, and so on). This ad can appear at any time during the browsing. Search.hideyoursearch.com changes browser settings, homepage, default search engine and more. This program can significantly reduce the performance of your browser, increase traffic and collect your private data. This personal information can be transferred to third parties. If you find Search.hideyoursearch.com on your Mac, then you urgently need to remove it from your computer.

How Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) gets on your PC?

Malicious software that is often among the potentially unwanted programs penetrates a computer with other free programs such as archivers, players, editors and so on. This happens without the user’s knowledge. The main reason for this – the user carelessness. Few people read the user agreement and other information during the installation. Sometimes ad sites create their download managers and hide therein potentially malicious software. If you want to prevent the infiltration of unwanted software, then you need to follow a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Select the advanced type of installation and make sure that you aren’t offered to install something to supplement. Do not agree to install unfamiliar software. You can also use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your PC is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of Search.hideyoursearch.com and all PUP.

How to remove Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) from your Mac or PC?

To uninstall Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) remove it from Applications, then delete all leftover files and folders.

In our view, there are 2 products that potentially have Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) in their database. You can try to use them for removing Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac).

Recommended Solution:

Bitdefender Antivirus- fully removes all instances of viruses, similar to Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) from Mac and Safari.

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Alternative Solution:

MacClean for Mac – finds Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) and can clean up leftover items after removal.

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Or uninstall Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) manually.

Step 1: Remove Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) from Mac

Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) may not have app associated with it in Application. However, we recommend you to inspect the list of installed applications and remove unknown or suspicious ones.

Mac OSX:

Open Finder
In the Finder sidebar, click Applications
If you see Uninstall Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) or Search.hideyoursearch.com (Mac) Uninstaller, double-click it and follow instructions
Drag unwanted application from the Applications folder to the Trash (located on the right side of the Dock)

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Mac OSX

To remove leftover items of unwanted application on Mac we recommend you to use AppCleaner. Just drag application you want to remove to AppCleaner window and it will search for residual data on your hard drive. This will save space of your memory and will help to remove stubborn applications from Mac systems.