Photos Exif Editor - How to remove

Photos Exif Editor is a photo metadata editor by Systweak. Although it seems to be a regular program, its installer is flagged by multiple reputable anti-malware scanners. This happens because Photos Exif Editor bundles potentially unwanted programs, among other reasons. If you have Photos Exif Editor installed, you might want to remove it – or at least check your computer for other potentially unwanted apps.

About Photos Exif Editor:

Classification	Potentially unwanted program (PUP), adware.
Problems and issues	Anti-malware vendors consider Photos Exif Editor to be a PUP and adware, the app is made by a suspicious company, it might result in more ads being shown and unwanted programs being installed, some of the programs that are installed with Photos Exif Editor are paid and subscription-based.
How Photos Exif Editor is installed	Downloaded from the App store, downloaded from the Microsoft store, downloaded from Photos Exif Editor’s website.
How to remove Photos Exif Editor	Uninstall Photos Exif Editor, Disk Speedup, and other potentially unwanted programs, cancel unwanted subscriptions, remove them with anti-malware programs, such as Malwarebytes.

Why is Photos Exif Editor detected by antivirus programs?

Photos Exif Editor, found on Exifedit.com, is a tool to edit the metadata of batches of photos.

It seems useful, the website is nice, but when I uploaded Photos Exif Editor’s installer on VirusTotal, this is what I saw: Virustotal.com.

A few anti-malware vendors consider Photos Exif Editor to be a potentially unwanted program – a PUP.

This means that Photos Exif Editor is not harmful, but it could be installed without permission, install other programs without permission, show misleading user interface, use emotional manipulation, etc.

So, does Photos Exif Editor do any of these things?

Problems with Photos Exif Editor

Photos Exif Editor does work, but the reviews (such as those on the App Store) widely agree that it’s very buggy and unstable. That isn’t why it gets flagged as a PUP, but it’s something to be aware of.

A bigger issue is that Systweak is the company behind Photos Exif Editor. Systweak is infamous for publishing potentially unwanted programs: various PC and Mac cleaners and optimizers, such as Super TuneUp and Regclean Pro. Anti-malware scanners detect many of Systweak’s products as Riskware, Adware, Malicious, etc.

It’s not just that Photos Exif Editor is associated with a certain company. The problems with the editor are apparent on their own. If you try to buy Photos Exif Editor, it bundles another app, PhotoStudio, as well as something called “Special Disk Cleaning Tools” – Disk Speedup (Virustotal.com).

Photos Exif Editor hides the cleaner under a checkbox, then signs you up for its subscription. The editor itself also charges a yearly subscription, which is indicated by the blue text “Auto-renewal”. Needless to say, Photos Exif Editor makes it very easy to accidentally sign up for two yearly subscriptions.

This sort of thing – bundling – is the main reason why Photos Exif Editor and other programs are detected as Adware and as PUPs. Because they can lead people to buy and install programs unintentionally.

How to uninstall Photos Exif Editor

Mac users can remove Photos Exif Editor from their Launchpad or their Applications folder.

Windows PC users can uninstall Photos Exif Editor from their Settings -> Apps and features or their Control Panel.

If you have other potentially unwanted programs, like Disk Speedup, you can remove that, too. It’s very unnecessary, it just removes junk files, which you can do with free Windows tools, and defragments the drive, which Windows does automatically.

If you remove Photos Exif Editor and other subscription programs, you also need to cancel these subscriptions. Otherwise, your card will be charged 12 months from now.

It might be worth scanning your computer with a trusted anti-malware program, like Malwarebytes. Security programs can find suspicious programs and files that might still remain on your system.

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How to remove Photos Exif Editor from macOS

Delete Photos Exif Editor from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Photos Exif Editor app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

How to remove Photos Exif Editor using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Photos Exif Editor install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Photos Exif Editor . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Photos Exif Editor easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.