Google Desktop

How to uninstall Google Desktop from your system

Google Desktop is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Google. You can find out more on Google or check for application updates here. Please follow http://desktop.google.com/?hl=en if you want to read more on Google Desktop on Google's page. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search folder. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling Google Desktop is C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe -uninstall. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Google Desktop's primary file takes about 29.05 KB (29744 bytes) and is called GoogleDesktop.exe.

The following executable files are contained in Google Desktop. They occupy 1.95 MB (2048096 bytes) on disk.

• GoogleDesktop.exe (29.05 KB)
• GoogleDesktopSetup.exe (1.82 MB)
• pdftotext.exe (109.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 5.8.0806.18441 of Google Desktop. Click on the links below for other Google Desktop versions:

• 5.9.0909.08267
• 5.9
• 5.7.0807.15159
• 5.9.1005.12335
• 5.7.0802.22438
• 5.7.0805.16405
• 5.8.0809.23506
• 5.9.0909.30391
• 5.7.0808.07150
• 5.7.0806.10245
• 5.9.0906.04286
• Unknown
• 5.8.0811.04345
• 5.9.0909.02235
• 5.9.0911.03589
• 5.8.0809.08522

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A way to erase Google Desktop from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Google Desktop is a program marketed by the software company Google. Sometimes, computer users choose to remove this program. This can be efortful because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY manner to remove Google Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Google Desktop or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Google Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the Google Desktop app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Google Desktop in the list of apps, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Google Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Google Desktop:

• The publisher is: http://desktop.google.com/?hl=en
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktopSetup.exe -uninstall

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Google Desktop.


8. After uninstalling Google Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Google Desktop that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Google Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Google Desktop by Google from your PC, nor are we saying that Google Desktop by Google is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Google Desktop in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.