MyPlayCity Removal Guide

Do you know what MyPlayCity is?

If you want to download games for free you may already know about MyPlayCity. Have you acquired any games from this site already? Then it is likely that your home page and search engine have been changed to start.myplaycity.com and your desktop is now filled with various links to myplaycity.com, including MyPlayCity Games and Play Online Games. The website itself does not look suspicious and simply offers a great number of different online games which you can download and play on your personal computer. Unfortunately, there are some risks related to this website which may lead to desirable removal. So, should you delete MyPlayCity?

You may want to remove MyPlayCity after you discover that home page of your Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer browsers have been changed to start.myplaycity.com. This search engine is quite useless, especially if you wish to use the News module. Regardless, it is more important to understand what causes these changes. Even though some may say it is a must to have MyPlayCity deleted because it is a browser hijacker, in reality, you may be one to blame for the browser settings changes. You may leave your home page and search engine unchanged simply if you go through the installation of the presented games carefully and un-check the boxes which suggest you to modify the settings.
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Overall, it is far more important that the cookies related to the website can be used to track information which later on could be leaked to third party members. This data could even be used to produce various pop-up advertisements. Here is an excerpt from the Privacy Policy:

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website.

If you desire to remove MyPlayCity from your browsers, all you have to do is follow the instructions below. We also provide you with a guide which will help you to remove the unwanted games you have downloaded from the website from your personal computer.

Delete from the PC:

Delete from Windows 8:

1. Right-click on the Metro UI start screen and select All apps.
2. Open Control Panel and go to Uninstall a program.
3. To remove the unwanted game right-click it and hit Uninstall.

Delete from Windows XP:

1. Click on the Start menu icon.
2. Open Control Panel and double-click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Select the unwanted application and click Remove.

Delete from Windows Vista/Windows 7:

1. Open the Start menu and select Control Panel.
2. Go to Uninstall a program.
3. Right-click the undesirable program and click Uninstall.

Change browser settings

Google Chrome:

1. Open the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+F and select Settings.
2. Go to Appearance, mark Show Home button and click Change.
3. Remove/overwrite the provided URL and click OK.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+T and select Options.
2. Click on the General tab, change/remove the Home Page and click OK.
3. Click the drop-down menu icon on the left of the search box.
4. Select Manage search engines, then Remove the unwanted option and click OK.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open the browser, simultaneously tap Alt+T and select Internet Options.
2. Click on the General tab, change/remove the Home Page and click OK.
3. Now tap Alt+T again and select Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Search Providers, click the undesirable option and hit Remove.
5. Click Close.

In non-techie terms:

MyPlayCity or myplaycity.com is a website which offers you to download games for free. If you do not want your browser settings changed, you should install the promoted games with great care. Overall, we strongly recommend having the application deleted due to suspicious relations to third party members, and you can do this by following the manual removal instructions presented above.

Aliases: MyPlayCity.com.