How to Delete Genieo

 Posted on March 18, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  502 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

This wikiHow teaches you how to remove Genieo, which is a browser hijacker, from your computer and its installed browsers. Once you've deleted Genieo from your computer itself, you can safely disable it in any of your computer's browsers...

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Uninstalling Genieo on Mac

  • Picture 13 of How to Delete Genieo Consider using a Genieo removal tool. Removing all of Genieo's files can be tedious and, if improperly executed, dangerous for your computer. You can easily remove Genieo by downloading and running the Adware Removal Tool from Bitdefender:
  • Go to https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/adware-removal-tool.html in your browser.
  • Click Free Download.
  • Double-click the setup folder that downloads to unzip it.
  • Double-click the program's app icon.
  • Follow the installation prompts.
  • Run the installed Adware Removal Tool.
  • Follow any program prompts.
  • Picture 14 of How to Delete Genieo Quit Genieo. Click the Genieo icon in the upper-right section of the menu bar, then click Quit in the resulting drop-down menu. If this doesn't cause Genieo to quit, do the following to force-quit it:
  • Click the Apple menu Picture 15 of How to Delete Genieo .
  • Click Force Quit....
  • Select Genieo.
  • Click Force Quit, then confirm the decision if prompted.
  • Picture 16 of How to Delete Genieo Close any open web browsers. If you have any web browsers in which Genieo is active, close them before continuing.
  • You may have to force-quit these as well.
  • Picture 17 of How to Delete Genieo Open Picture 18 of How to Delete Genieo Finder. Click the Finder app icon, which resembles a blue smiley face, in your Mac's Dock.
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    Search for the "launchd.conf" file. Click the Finder search bar at the top of the window, then type in launchd.conf there.

  • Picture 20 of How to Delete Genieo Set Finder to display system files. Since "launchd.conf" is a system file, you'll need to do the following to prompt it to display in the Finder window:
  • Click the "Kind" drop-down box.
  • Click Other....
  • Check the "System files" box.
  • Click OK.
  • Click the drop-down menu next to "System files", then click are included.
  • Picture 21 of How to Delete Genieo Move the "launchd.conf" file to the Trash. Click and drag this file onto the Trash can icon in the far-right corner of the Dock, then release it there.
  • You may have to enter your Mac's Administrator password before proceeding.
  • Picture 22 of How to Delete Genieo Use the "Go to Folder" feature to delete other Genieo files. Click Go at the top of the screen and click Go to Folder, then go to each of the following folders in the "Go to Folder" text box and move the necessary file to the Trash:[1]
  • /Applications — Move "Genieo", "InstallMac", "Uninstall Genieo", and "Uninstall IM Completer" to the Trash.
  • ~/Library/Application Support — Move "com.genieoinnovation.Installer" and "Genieo" to the Trash.
  • ~/Library/LaunchAgents — Move "com.genieo.completer.download.plist", "com.genieo.completer.update.plist", "com.genieoinnovation.macextension.plist", "com.genieo.engine.plist", and "com.genieo.completer.update.plist" to the Trash.
  • /Library/LaunchDaemons — Move "com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client.plist" to the Trash.
  • /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/ — Move "com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client" to the Trash.
  • /usr/lib — Move "libgenkit.dylib", "libgenkitsa.dylib", "libimckit.dylib", and "libimckitsa.dylib" to the Trash.
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    Empty the Trash. Click and hold the Trash icon, click Empty Trash, and confirm the decision when prompted.

  • Picture 24 of How to Delete Genieo Restart your computer. Click the Apple menu Picture 25 of How to Delete Genieo , click Restart..., and click Restart when prompted. Genieo should now be gone from your computer, meaning you can safely change your browsers' search settings without Genieo changing them back.
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    Update 05 March 2020

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