Google Photos

How to uninstall Google Photos from your computer

Google Photos is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Google\Chrome SxS. Open here for more info on Google\Chrome SxS. Google Photos is normally installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application folder, depending on the user's option. The full uninstall command line for Google Photos is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe. Google Photos's main file takes about 2.66 MB (2788640 bytes) and its name is chrome.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with Google Photos. They take about 11.89 MB (12471488 bytes) on disk.

• chrome.exe (2.66 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (1.03 MB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.32 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (1.59 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.25 MB)
• setup.exe (4.04 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0 of Google Photos. If you're planning to uninstall Google Photos you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_photos.google.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_photos.google.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_photos.google.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_photos.google.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_photos.google.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_photos.google.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\1c0d97fdd456ea07287371abcb17dac3

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

Google Photos is a program by the software company Google\Chrome SxS. Some users want to remove this program. This is efortful because doing this manually takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE solution to remove Google Photos 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green 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 number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Google Photos or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Google Photos". If it exists on your system the Google Photos program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Google Photos in the list of programs, some information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Google Photos, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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


8. After uninstalling Google Photos, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Google Photos that have been left behind will be found and you will be able 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 serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Google Photos by Google\Chrome SxS from your computer, nor are we saying that Google Photos by Google\Chrome SxS is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.