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Help Deactivate Malwarebytes Premium trial in Android

athegn

Android Expert
I had free Malwarebytes on my Galaxy TabS but I accidentally started Premium trial.

How do stop premium trial and revert to free.

All Google instructions refer to Windows Dashboard; Andriod Dashboard does not seem to contain a deactivate option.

Any advice please?
 
You might need to completely remove it before re-installing the free version. Try this.
-- Start up the Malwarebytes app and go into its Settings menu. Disable all its features, especially those auto-detection and constant monitoring options.
-- Now go into your Tab's Settings menu, start up the Application manager, and find the Malwarebytes app in the list. Open it and tap the 'Force stop' button, then the 'Clear data' button, and then the 'Uninstall' button. It's important to do that 'Clear data' button before actually uninstalling the app, if not when you reinstall the free version it may try to re-use the previous settings and configuration.
-- Now if you want go to the Play Store and install the free version again. Think about going into its Settings menu and disabling any of those intrusive active scanning features. Instead of having Malwarebytes always running in the background using up system resources and interfering with the operating system functionality, just do a manual scan every few months or so.
 
I seem to have my tablet sorted but not my wife's. Gone through the instructions but the only screen I get from Malwarebytes ends with "Not all good things have to end" with only buttons for "Buy Premium" or "Got it". Got it seems to trigger Premium Trial???

What am I doing wrong?
 
Odd that it's not working out. Try rebooting her tablet and then going through the whole process (Force stop, then Clear data, then Uninstall).
 
Will have to wait till tomorrow; having got her tablet back she ain't letting me have anymore tonight:-)
 
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