Google Chrome

A guide to uninstall Google Chrome from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Google Chrome for Windows. It was created for Windows by Google LLC. More information on Google LLC can be seen here. Usually the Google Chrome program is placed in the C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling Google Chrome is C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. chrome.exe is the Google Chrome's primary executable file and it occupies close to 2.85 MB (2990688 bytes) on disk.

Google Chrome contains of the executables below. They occupy 21.41 MB (22448384 bytes) on disk.

• chrome.exe (2.85 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (1.08 MB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.39 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (1.74 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.32 MB)
• os_update_handler.exe (1.50 MB)
• setup.exe (5.76 MB)

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The current web page applies to Google Chrome version 131.0.6778.265 only. You can find below info on other versions of Google Chrome:

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Several files, folders and Windows registry data will be left behind when you want to remove Google Chrome from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Google Chrome from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\131.0.6778.265.manifest
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\chrome.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\chrome_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\default_apps\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\dxcompiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\dxil.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\elevation_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\optimization_guide_internal.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\os_update_handler.exe
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\Logo.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\LogoBeta.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\LogoCanary.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\LogoDev.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\SmallLogo.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\SmallLogoBeta.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\SmallLogoCanary.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\VisualElements\SmallLogoDev.png
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64\widevinecdm.dll
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\WidevineCdm\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\131.0.6778.265\WidevineCdm\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

Generally the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Google Chrome
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Chrome
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Google Chrome
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mozilla\NativeMessagingHosts\com.google.chrome.wdwedpro

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• 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

How to erase Google Chrome from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Google Chrome is a program offered by Google LLC. Sometimes, people want to uninstall it. This can be easier said than done because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK action to uninstall Google Chrome is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Google Chrome or simply click the Search field and type in "Google Chrome". The Google Chrome application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Google Chrome in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Google Chrome, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Google Chrome.


8. After removing Google Chrome, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Google Chrome which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Google Chrome using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

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