How to remove Cleancaptcha.top

What is Cleancaptcha.top

Cleancaptcha.top is an adware website displaying dubious content to phish inexperienced users. Such pages are usually entered as a result of clicking on suspicious ads or banners that hang on various websites. Also, another popular culprit for this tends to be Potentially Unwanted Programs. There is such software that installs on users’ PCs without consent via third-party re-packs, causing redirects to resources like Cleancaptcha.top. Depending on victims’ geolocation, different users will see different content on the visited page. However, usually, websites like Cleancaptcha.top display fake messages that ask users to click on the “Allow” button, for example, Click "Allow" to confirm that you are not a robot. This is ostensibly needed to pass “Robot verification” or other senseless actions. In fact, after following requests of the page, you will enable push notifications that will be sent to your desktop in form of the ads. Even if your browser is closed, you will see an endless stream of advertising content striking your desktop. Clicking on such ads may be dangerous to your privacy on the Internet. This is why it is better to get rid of them as soon as you spotted something suspicious. To do this, follow the instructions down below.

How Cleancaptcha.top infected your computer

The market of Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP) has been growing immensely. Numerous swindlers want to earn money by spreading unreliable software. Usually, they do it via other free programs advertised on the web. As they are getting installed, users do not know about additional offers that may be hidden inside a setup. Very often they are offered as sponsored or “you may also like” software under “Advanced” or “Custom” sections. If you want to disable their installation, you have to toggle them off manually during the setup. Otherwise, your PC will be imminently infected with an unwanted app. To learn more about system protection, read our guidelines below.

1. Download Cleancaptcha.top Removal Tool
2. Stop Cleancaptcha.top notifications in browsers
3. Remove/Uninstall Cleancaptcha.top from Control Panel and Applications
4. Remove Cleancaptcha.top extensions from browsers
5. Reset browser search and homepage settings
6. Block Cleancaptcha.top search redirects
7. How to protect from threats like Cleancaptcha.top

Remove Cleancaptcha.top manually for free

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

Disable push notifications from Cleancaptcha.top in browsers

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Google Chrome

1. Go to Google Chrome settings, by clicking 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
2. On the left side choose Privacy and security menu.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Site Settings.
4. Scroll down to Permissions section and click on Notifications (with the bell icon).
5. Go to the bottom list of sites named Allowed to send notifications.
6. Find Cleancaptcha.top in the list and click 3-dots icon near it. Click Remove button to delete the website permission.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to Mozilla Firefox options, by clicking 3-bars icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
2. On the left panel choose Privacy & Security menu.
3. Scroll down to Permissions section.
4. Near Notifications click Settings… button.
5. Find Cleancaptcha.top in the list and click Remove Website to remove it.
6. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Safari

1. Open Safari, and in the top menu click Safari, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences window, click on Websites tab.
3. On the left side, choose Notifications. You will see the list of websites and their settings for showing notifications.
4. Find Cleancaptcha.top in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Android (Chrome)

1. Open Google Chrome app on Android, and tap on three dots to open main menu.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, scroll down and under Advanced section tap on Site Settings.
3. In the Site Settings menu tap on Notifications.
4. In the Allowed list of websites allowed to show notifications find Cleancaptcha.top, tap on it and in the bottom of the window tap on Clean & Reset button.
5. Confirm your action by tapping on Clean & Reset again in opened dialog box.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge, and click on the three-dots menu, in the top-right corner.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings.
3. In the menu click Cookies and site permissions section, and scroll down to All permissions section.
4. Click on Notifications.
5. Find Cleancaptcha.top in the list under Allow, click on 3-dots icon and choose Remove.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from Control Panel or Applications

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

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find recently installed suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find recently installed suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top 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 recently installed suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Cleancaptcha.top 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 recently installed 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 recently installed suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Cleancaptcha.top 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 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 Cleancaptcha.top from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall Cleancaptcha.top in Windows

In some cases, program related to Cleancaptcha.top won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Cleancaptcha.top. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Cleancaptcha.top 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 AntiMalware or uninstall Cleancaptcha.top in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting type 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 recently installed suspicious program

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

Cannot uninstall Cleancaptcha.top in MacOS

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Cleancaptcha.top from Control Panel often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Cleancaptcha.top 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 Cleancaptcha.top 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 Cleancaptcha.top 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 Cleancaptcha.top 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 Cleancaptcha.top 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 Cleancaptcha.top from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Cleancaptcha.top, 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 or Cleancaptcha.top related extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

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

1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Extensions > Extensions.
3. Find Cleancaptcha.top related extension.
4. Click Details button and scroll down to the bottom.
5. Click Remove extension link and confirm the action by clicking Remove button on opened dialog window.
6. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Cleancaptcha.top may install a search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is an 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.

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.

How to block ads and pop-ups from Cleancaptcha.top

Cleancaptcha.top push-notifications, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or an add-on installed in browsers. However, sometimes it can appear on a clean computer when visiting a malicious website, using an advertising script. Also, apps that generate “Cleancaptcha.top” ads and banners are themselves installed from pop-ups. To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

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Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Cleancaptcha.top, may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats, like Cleancaptcha.top.