How to remove Searchcalm.com

What is Searchcalm.com

Searchcalm.com is a deceptive website that masquerades as a legitimate search engine but in reality, it does not generate original search results. Instead, any queries entered into its search bar are redirected to Bing.com, often via an intermediary domain such as finesearcher.com. This redirection process is a hallmark of browser hijackers, which typically infiltrate browsers through unwanted extensions or add-ons. Users often unknowingly install these browser hijackers when downloading freeware or clicking on deceptive ads, resulting in unauthorized changes to browser settings like the homepage, default search engine, and new tab URL. The extensions associated with Searchcalm.com are designed to make these changes persistent, preventing users from easily reverting their browser settings. By forcing users to interact with Searchcalm.com, the operators can track search terms, gather personal data, and potentially expose users to further privacy risks or malicious content. Trusting or continuing to use this service can compromise personal information and degrade browsing experience due to frequent redirects and unwanted advertisements. Removing the associated extension and restoring original browser settings is crucial for regaining control and ensuring online safety.

How Searchcalm.com infects computer

Searchcalm.com infiltrates computers primarily through the deceptive bundling of software and misleading advertisements. Often, it is packaged with free software downloads from unofficial or third-party websites, where it is included as an additional offer that users might inadvertently agree to install by neglecting to customize or review the installation steps. This method exploits users who rush through installations without scrutinizing “Advanced” or “Custom” settings, which typically disclose bundled software. Additionally, Searchcalm.com can find its way onto computers via malicious advertisements and deceptive pop-ups, which can initiate downloads or redirect users to sites that install the hijacker without explicit consent. Once installed, the browser hijacker alters browser settings, including the homepage and default search engine, to promote the fake search engine, making it difficult for users to revert back to their preferred settings. These tactics allow Searchcalm.com to persist on a user’s system, gather browsing data, and potentially expose the user to further security risks.

1. Download Searchcalm.com Removal Tool
2. Remove Searchcalm.com from Control Panel and Applications
3. Remove Searchcalm.com extensions from browsers
4. Reset browser search and homepage settings
5. Alternative way to remove Searchcalm.com search redirects
6. Clean browser shortcuts from Searchcalm.com
7. How to protect from threats like Searchcalm.com

Remove Searchcalm.com manually for free

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

Note: Searchcalm.com can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy or Your browser is managed by your organization inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove Searchcalm.com from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Searchcalm.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Searchcalm.com”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, or Mac.

Remove Searchcalm.com from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Searchcalm.com-related or other suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Searchcalm.com from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Searchcalm.com-related or other suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Searchcalm.com from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Searchcalm.com-related or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Searchcalm.com from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Searchcalm.com from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Searchcalm.com-related or other suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Searchcalm.com-related or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Searchcalm.com from Windows 11:

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the Apps tab on the left side.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Searchcalm.com-related or other recently installed suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on 3-dots icon near it and then click Uninstall button near it.
6. Depending on the type of application (Windows Store app or classic Win32 app) it will be removed immediately or you will need to confirm the action and go through standard uninstall procedure.

Remove Searchcalm.com from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Searchcalm.com might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Apps from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Searchcalm.com in Windows

In some cases, Searchcalm.com won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Searchcalm.com. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Searchcalm.com folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Searchcalm.com in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Apps or other suspicious program

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Cannot uninstall Searchcalm.com in MacOS

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Searchcalm.com from Control Panel or Applications often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Searchcalm.com-related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Apps or other related extension.
4. Click the Remove button to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Find Apps or other related extension.
4. Click three-dots icon near it and choose Remove in the menu.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Apps or other related extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) edge://extensions.
3. Find Apps or other related extension.
4. Click Remove link under the name of extension.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Searchcalm.com from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Searchcalm.com, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Apps or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Searchcalm.com does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find Apps or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Searchcalm.com installs a search engine (search.Searchcalm.com) that hijacks your browsers. Here is the instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab, and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. On the left panel expand Advanced options.
4. Choose Reset and clean up.
5. Click on Restore settings to their original defaults link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Google Chrome > Settings > Advanced

Reset and clean up

Reset Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Refresh Firefox… button.
4. Click Refresh Firefox button in opened dialog window to confirm.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser
2. Click on 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choose Settings.
3. On the left panel find and click Reset settings option.
4. Click on Restore settings to their default values link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Settings and click Advanced on the left side and choose Browser.
3. Scroll down to the very bottom and click on Restore settings to their original defaults link.
4. Confirm by clicking Reset button.

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including related to Searchcalm.com. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Download Avast Browser Cleanup

Cleaning browsers shortcuts

You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

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