Google Photos

A guide to uninstall Google Photos from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Google Photos for Windows. It is developed by Google\Chrome. Check out here for more info on Google\Chrome. The program is often installed in the C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application directory. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. You can remove Google Photos by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. chrome_pwa_launcher.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 1.55 MB (1624408 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Google Photos. They occupy an average of 16.02 MB (16793960 bytes) on disk.

• chrome.exe (2.50 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (960.34 KB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.55 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (1.42 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.14 MB)
• setup.exe (4.23 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0 of Google Photos. Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Google Photos.

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications\_crx_ncmjhecbjeaamljdfahankockkkdmedg\Google Photos.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Applications\_crx_ncmjhecbjeaamljdfahankockkkdmedg\Google Photos.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Chrome Apps\Google Photos.lnk

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\a8cdcc1edbcbf782327a96a178045872

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleChromeElevationService\ImagePath

A way to delete Google Photos from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Google Photos is a program marketed by Google\Chrome. Sometimes, users try to remove this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY solution to remove Google Photos 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press 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 find Google Photos or simply activate the Search field and type in "Google Photos". If it exists on your system the Google Photos program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Google Photos in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Google Photos, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Google Photos.


8. After removing Google Photos, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Google Photos which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Google Photos with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Google Photos by Google\Chrome from your PC, we are not saying that Google Photos by Google\Chrome is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Google Photos in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.