How to Remove Google Chrome from Any Device

Widely used and appreciated by the majority of people worldwide, Google Chrome can be found on almost every Android or non-Android device. On many devices, Google Chrome is a default app and pre-installed on them.

Delete Google Chrome Browser

Despite of being a decent web browser, many times you may want to remove Google Chrome from your device. Possible reasons for doing so may include:

• Google Chrome has started crashing abruptly and you want to install another version of Chrome.
• You no longer wish to use Google Chrome.
• You want to test an app that is not compatible with Google Chrome.
• You want to revert to the default settings of Google Chrome that you believe you can get by uninstalling and then re-installing the program.

Regardless of the reason, you may want to remove Google Chrome from any of the following devices:

How to Remove Google Chrome from Any Device

• How to Remove Google Chrome from Windows PC
• How to Remove Google Chrome from Mac
• How to Remove Google Chrome from Android Device
• How to Remove Google Chrome from iOS Device

A step-by-step guide on how to remove Google Chrome from each of the mentioned devices is given below:

1. Removing Google Chrome from a Windows PC

a. Log on to your Windows computer with an account holding admin rights.

b. Go to Control Panel.

c. From the top-right corner of the Control Panel window, ensure that View by is set to Category.

d. From under the Programs category, click Uninstall a program.

e. On the Uninstall or change a program page from the displayed list of installed programs, click to select Google Chrome.

f. From the border at the top of the list, click Uninstall.

g. On the Uninstall Google Chrome confirmation box, check the also delete your browsing data checkbox. (Optional)

h. Click Uninstall to remove Google Chrome from your Windows PC.

2. Removing Google Chrome from a Mac PC

a. Log on to your Mac computer with an account that has admin rights.

b. Open the Applications folder. (Default location where Google Chrome is installed.)

c. Once inside the Applications folder, click and drag Google Chrome in the Trash.

d. Provide your consent to any confirmation message that appears.

3. Removing Google Chrome from Android

Note: Because both Chrome and Android are products from Google, in most Android devices you cannot uninstall Google Chrome but you can disable it instead. If you have updated your Google Chrome, along with DISABLE, you will also see the UNINSTALL UPDATES button.

a. Turn on your Android device.

b. Open the Apps drawer.

c. From the displayed icons, tap Settings.

d. Once on the Settings interface, tap Application manager.

Note: Depending on the device, the term Application manager is used interchangeably with Apps, Apps Manager, or Applications.

e. From the displayed list of installed apps, tap Chrome.

f. On the App info interface, tap DISABLE and follow the instructions from there to remove Google Chrome from your Android device.

4. Removing Google Chrome from iOS

a. Turn on your iOS device. (iPhone 4S is used for demonstration.)

b. On the Home screen locate Chrome.

c. Once found, tap and hold the Chrome icon for a few seconds.

d. When all the icons start shaking, tap the X sign within a gray box at the top-left corner of the Chrome icon to remove the app from the device.

Part 2 How to Delete Extensions (Add-ons) from Google Chrome

Deleting add-ons, a.k.a., extensions from Google Chrome is more or less identical on all platforms. For simplicity, a Windows PC is used here to demonstrate.

1. Open Google Chrome.

2. Click the Menu button (button with three horizontal lines) from the top-right corner of the interface.

3. From the displayed menu, click Settings.

4. Once on the Settings window, from the left pane, click to select Extensions.

5. From the Extensions page in the right, click the Trash icon representing the extension that you want to remove.

Note: Alternatively you can uncheck the Enabled checkbox for the extension to temporarily disable it and leave it remain installed for future use.

6. Once done, close and re-launch Google Chrome for the changes to take place.

Part 3How to Delete Browsing History and Cookies from Google Chrome

To delete browsing history and cookies from the PC version of Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome on your Mac or Windows computer.

2. Click the Menu button from the top-right corner of the interface.

3. Go to Settings from the displayed menu.

4. From the bottom of the Settings page, click Show advanced settings.

5. Under the Privacy section, click Clear browsing data.

6. In the Clear browsing data box, ensure that the Browsing history and Cookies and other site and plug-in data checkboxes are checked.

7. Finally click the Clear browsing data button from the bottom.

To delete Google Chrome browsing history from Android:

1. Turn on your Android device.

2. Open the Apps drawer.

3. Go to Settings > Application manager. (As described above.)

4. From the list of installed apps, tap Chrome.

5. On the App info interface, tap CLEAR DATA from the bottom.

To delete Google Chrome browsing data from iOS:

1. Turn on your iOS device.

2. From the Home screen, locate and open Chrome.

3. From the opened interface, tap the Menu button (button with three vertical dots) from the top.

4. From the displayed menu, tap Settings.

5. Once on the Settings window, tap Privacy.

6. On the Privacy interface, tap the Clear All option.

7. From the box that pops up, tap Clear All to clear the browsing history, cache, and cookies from Google Chrome.

Note: Alternatively you can also tap the Clear Browsing History, Clear Cache, and Clear Cookies, Site Data options individually to clear the information from the browser.

Part 4 Google Chrome Tips and Tricks

• On Android smartphones, some streaming videos cannot be played on Google Chrome due to missing plug-ins. Installing Flash Player for Android on your device usually resolves the issue.
• While using Google Chrome on your mobile, if you are not familiar with the mobile version of a site, you can get its desktop version by tapping the Menu button, and then checking the ‘Request desktop site’ checkbox from the displayed options.
• On Google Chrome for Android, you can tap the Menu button, go to Settings > Site Settings and uncheck the Cookies checkbox to keep Google Chrome from saving and reading cookies on your device.
• On your Google Chrome for Android, you can tap the Menu button and go to Settings > Search engines to change the default search engine from Google to Yahoo!, Bing, etc.