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.

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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:

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

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.

Remove Google Chrome from a Windows PC

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.

Remove Google Chrome from computer

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.

Uninstall Google Chrome from a 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.

Remove Google Chrome from Android

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.

Delete Google Chrome from Android

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

Uninstall Remove Google Chrome from Android

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

Disable Google Chrome from Android

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.

Remove Google Chrome from iOS

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.

Delete Extensions from Google Chrome

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.

Remove Extensions from Google Chrome

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

Delete Add-ons from Google Chrome

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.

Delete Browsing History and Cookies from Google Chrome

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

How to Remove Google Chrome browsing history

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

How to Remove Google Chrome Cookies

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.

How to Clear Google Chrome browsing data

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.

Delete Google Chrome browsing history from Android

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.

Remove Google Chrome from Phone

5. Once on the Settings window, tap Privacy.

How to Remove Google Chrome from Any Device

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

Remove Google Chrome from Any Device

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

How to Delete Google Chrome from Device

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.

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