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A guide to uninstall Google Chrome from your computer

Google Chrome is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Google LLC. Open here for more info on Google LLC. Usually the Google Chrome program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The complete uninstall command line for Google Chrome is C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Installer\setup.exe. The program's main executable file has a size of 2.07 MB (2169840 bytes) on disk and is labeled chrome.exe.

Google Chrome installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 11.46 MB (12013968 bytes) on disk.

  • chrome.exe (2.07 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (770.48 KB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.22 MB)
  • elevation_service.exe (1.34 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (959.48 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.57 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 86.0.4240.75 of Google Chrome. You can find below info on other versions of Google Chrome:

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Google Chrome.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Google Chrome:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb3052.707\Google.Chrome.109.0.5414.120.x64

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\86.0.4240.75.manifest
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\chrome.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\chrome.exe.sig
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\default_apps\docs.crx
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\default_apps\drive.crx
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\default_apps\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\default_apps\gmail.crx
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\default_apps\youtube.crx
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\elevation_service.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\mojo_core.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\nacl_irt_x86_64.nexe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\swiftshader\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\swiftshader\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\Logo.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\LogoBeta.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\LogoCanary.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\LogoDev.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\SmallLogo.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\SmallLogoBeta.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\SmallLogoCanary.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\VisualElements\SmallLogoDev.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64\widevinecdm.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\WidevineCdm\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\86.0.4240.75\WidevineCdm\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.VisualElementsManifest.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\SetupMetrics\20231029125254.pma
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\AutofillStates\2020.11.2.164946\_metadata\verified_contents.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\AutofillStates\2020.11.2.164946\AD

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3D5E2191BF5425C3B9BB16EB341649E9
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Google Chrome.IEGFUEOVLQARQMMKVOVP5H5C54
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Chrome
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{1912E5D3-45FB-3C52-9BBB-61BE4361949E}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Google\Chrome

Additional registry values that you should delete:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\APPLIC~1\chrome.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3D5E2191BF5425C3B9BB16EB341649E9\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{1912E5D3-45FB-3C52-9BBB-61BE4361949E}\


A way to uninstall Google Chrome using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Google Chrome is an application marketed by the software company Google LLC. Frequently, people decide to uninstall it. This is troublesome because uninstalling this manually requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall Google Chrome is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
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  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Google Chrome or simply click the Search field and type in "Google Chrome". The Google Chrome app will be found very quickly. When you select Google Chrome in the list of apps, some data about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Google Chrome, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Google Chrome.
Uninstall Google Chrome


8. After uninstalling Google Chrome, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Google Chrome that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Google Chrome with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Google Chrome by Google LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that Google Chrome by Google LLC is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Google Chrome in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2020-10-07 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-10-06 21:38:34.720