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Remove “McAfee Anti-Spam” From Outlook

Remove “McAfee Anti-Spam” From Outlook

By Mitch Bartlett 22 Comments

If you install McAfee Internet Security on your computer, it might add an annoying tab to Microsoft Outlook that says “McAfee Anti-Spam”. If you have no use for this feature that filters junk email messages, you can remove the tab from Outlook with these steps.

  1. From Outlook, go to “File” > “Options“.
  2. Select “Add-Ins” on the left pane.
  3. At the bottom of the window, set the “Manage” drop-down to “COM Add-ins“, then select the “Go…” button.
  4. Uncheck the check box next to “McAfee AddIn“, then select “OK“.
    Disable McAfee Tab Outlook

The “McAfee Anti-Spam” tab is removed from Outlook.

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Filed Under: Office, Software Tagged With: mcafee, Outlook 2013

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  1. skra says

    January 31, 2021 at 9:45 am

    From Outlook, go to “File” > “Options“.
    Select “Add-Ins” on the left pane.
    At the bottom of the window, set the “Manage” drop-down to “COM Add-ins“, then select the “Go…” button.
    Uncheck the check box next to “McAfee AddIn“, then select “OK“.

    Problem is when I choose the COM add ins I get a message telling me there are no add ins to be managed!

  2. Rose says

    January 20, 2021 at 4:25 pm

    I followed the steps but the folder is still there. Very annoying.

  3. Mary Linda Schwarzbart says

    December 8, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    Thank you! Somehow the add-in was added 11/30. I was missing client emails and then garbage was added to some outgoing emails. Your instruction were succinct and easy to follow. Found the missing emails in the spam folder that had been added.

  4. Jon says

    December 3, 2020 at 5:14 pm

    As others have mentioned, I do not have McAfee listed in the add-ins drop-down in Office 365. It is removing valid emails which I cannot get back into my inbox. Is there no solution?

  5. sultan says

    August 14, 2020 at 11:16 am

    For Windows 10 Office 365 users …
    Options > Add-ins > Manage: COM Add-ins > Go
    then follow instructions as per the article

  6. Michael Kirkpatrick says

    August 3, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    I’m having the same problem removing the McAfee Spam folder as many other people, above.

    Does not work on O365 as the addin is not displayed.
    McAfee moves many emails into its anti-spam folder, Some time after moving these emails to the inbox, they are filtered out yet again

  7. Menashe says

    August 3, 2020 at 10:55 am

    Martin – did you figure out a solution?? HAving the same problem.

  8. Martijn says

    July 24, 2020 at 6:05 am

    Does not work on O365 as the addin is not displayed.
    McAfee moves many emails into its anti-spam folder, Some time after moving these emails to the inbox, they are filtered out yet again

  9. Patrick says

    July 20, 2020 at 8:40 am

    Brilliant thanks for the help. I have not installed Mc Afee yet it was pulling emails from my inbox.

  10. Fred Sego says

    May 19, 2020 at 4:10 pm

    I have Windows 10 and Microsoft 365.
    This disruptive feature appeared sometime after activating my new Windows 10 Computer: When attempting to move an e-mail from the inbox to another folder, that effort is rejected with the message: “Cannot perform this operation as the message has been changed”, or words to that effect. This occurs only with some e-mails, when there is ‘no’ evidence that the message has been changed! Did a ‘new’ update occur which added this complication? How can I revert back so that all inbox e-mails can be either moved to a new folder, or deleted? Microsoft 365 had been activated for some time before installing the new computer.

  11. Fred Costello says

    April 18, 2020 at 9:04 pm

    McAffee was tagging as SPAM political emails that I wanted to receive.

  12. Jane says

    March 27, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    No. It did not tell me how to remove anti Spam folder which McAfee added in

  13. Mike says

    February 11, 2020 at 3:49 pm

    I tried this too. I don’t have McAfee on my laptop. Doesn’t show up anywhere in COM Add-ins.
    It just appeared in Outlook one day and started pulling messages from my inbox that were good and marking them as spam. Some were a year old and already read!

    Is this a McAfee virus?

  14. Philip Mulholland says

    November 28, 2018 at 7:36 am

    Followed the instructions and I get this Microsoft Outlook error message:-

    The end date you entered occurs before the start date

  15. Peter I. Katzenstein says

    May 20, 2018 at 10:57 am

    McAfee Anti-Spam is not an option on the TO.
    Howe else can I remove it from Outlook?

  16. Peter I. Katzenstein says

    May 19, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    It doesn’t show McAfee Anti-spam

  17. James says

    April 5, 2018 at 6:42 pm

    Perfect. Just what I needed. Thank you!

  18. amy says

    February 8, 2018 at 9:48 am

    Mcafee is not even an option in my list TO uncheck. Now what?

  19. immi says

    January 2, 2018 at 10:41 pm

    Thanks……. its works

  20. Diane says

    December 11, 2017 at 2:46 pm

    On older versions the addins are under ‘tools’, ‘trust centre’.

    So, I have found the addins but my computer will not let me remove the McAffee Addin because it says that I am not an administrator (which I am)!
    Any ideas?

  21. Isabel says

    November 17, 2017 at 4:52 am

    Hello
    can you please send me instrucitons on how to Remove “McAfee Anti-Spam” From Outlook in Spanish. Im unable to find for example “Add ins”.

    From Outlook, go to “File” > “Options“.
    Select “Add-Ins” on the left pane.
    At the bottom of the window, set the “Manage” drop-down to “COM Add-ins“, then select the “Go…” button.
    Uncheck the check box next to “McAfee AddIn“, then select “OK“.

    Thank you

  22. David says

    August 30, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    Yeah nice mate just a small question under File there is no options tab is it because we may have different versions mine is in Australia perhaps the American version is different.

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