How to remove Shopsave.me (ShopSave)

What is Shopsave.me

There can be a confusion between Shopsave.me adware and ShopSave iOS, Chinese application, however, according to user reviews both apps considered doubtful and it is recommended to remove them

Ads by Shopsave.me are generated by a browser-based add-on that can be installed to Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. Shopsave.me is adware designed to earn money on unlucky users. In particular, by showing various coupons, offers, and banners leading to dubious pages. Sometimes displayed banners can look useful or even legitimate, however, they are often meant to conceal underlying redirects to third-party pages. In other words, if you click on the eBay sale banner powered by Shopsave.me, you will see a chain of dozen websites opened before you end up on the intended page. Such ads are usually scattered around all websites you visit, so there is no way to evade them as long as Shopsave.me is present on your PC. All adware-related changes pose nothing, but performance decrease as well as security threats. This means an unwanted app is likely to slow down your system and wield access to your personal data (passwords, IP addresses, geolocations, etc.) entered during the browser session. Therefore, Shopsave.me is strongly advised to undergo thorough removal as it brings no positive value to your experience. If you struggle to do it on your own, feel free to follow our tutorial down below.

How Shopsave.me infected your computer

Shopsave.me is often delivered along with unwanted software that can be downloaded through other programs. This deceptive distribution technique is more known as “bundling”. The name comes from the fact that most cybercriminals bundle adware or hijacking programs into pirated, cracked, or freeware software. Most people skip over “Advanced” or “Custom” sections that store additional offers during the installation. As a rule, they are selected by default, so unless users make them disabled themselves, the offers will be installed without consent. This is why it is so important to keep your eyes on such tricks whilst installing third-party software. Note that even legitimate programs can promote additional products, which are definitely safer and trusted, but yet sometimes unwanted by users. It is also worth mentioning the risks of interacting with suspicious ads. Clicking on low-quality content on shady pages may also expose you to the risks of getting infected with malware. We have prepared some tips that can be followed below to protect your PC from threats like Shopsave.me in the future.

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

Remove Shopsave.me manually for free

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

Disable push notifications from Shopsave.me in browsers

Remove Shopsave.me 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. Open advanced settings by clicking Advanced in the bottom.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Content settings.
4. Click on Notifications menu (with the bell icon).
5. Set up preferred overall settings for push notifications and click Manage exceptions… button.
6. Find Shopsave.me in the list and click cross icon to remove it. Click Done button to confirm the action.

Remove Shopsave.me 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 Options.
2. Choose Content tab on the left side.
3. Under Notifications, set up preferred overall settings for push-notifications and click Choose… button.
4. Find Shopsave.me in the list and click Remove site to remove it.
5. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Shopsave.me 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 Shopsave.me in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Shopsave.me 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 Shopsave.me, 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 Shopsave.me 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, and in the left part click Advanced.
3. Under Website permissions section, click Manage permissions button.
4. Find Shopsave.me in the list and click on the cross sign to remove the setting and disable its notifications.

Remove Shopsave.me from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing ShopSave you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names, but usually it’s just “ShopSave”. 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, and Mac.

Remove ShopSave from Mac:

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

Remove ShopSave from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find ShopSave.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Shopsave.me from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find ShopSave and click Uninstall.

Remove Shopsave.me 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 ShopSave program, click Uninstall.

Remove Shopsave.me from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Shopsave.me 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 ShopSave 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 ShopSave program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Shopsave.me

In some cases, ShopSave won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall ShopSave. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Shopsave.me 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 Shopsave.me 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 ShopSave

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

and for Mac:

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling ShopSave 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 Shopsave.me related extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

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

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Shopsave.me related extension.
4. Click the trash can icon 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. Choose ShopSave extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. 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 ShopSave from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling a program from Control Panel. To disable ShopSave, 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 remove ShopSave extension.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Shopsave.me 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 ShopSave extension.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Shopsave.me installs 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.

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.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

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

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. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

How to block ads and pop-ups from Shopsave.me

Shopsave.me push notifications, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or 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 “Shopsave.me” 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:

Download AdGuard for Windows

Download AdGuard for Mac

Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Shopsave.me, 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 Shopsave.me.