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how do i remove/uninstall chromium?

Anonymous
2015-08-08T08:31:57+00:00

I installed chromium out of curiosity but found I prefer google. chromium is not listed in my control panel  to uninstall and google is not listed either. google chrome was listed and I successfully uninstalled that.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-18T22:34:47+00:00

    I have remove it without any problems on Windows 10 Chromium was not showing in Control Panel or listed in Add/Remove Programs for uninstalling.

    Click Start> Settings> File Explorer Options > tab View then select> Show Hidden Files, Folders or Drives.

    Click File Explorer> (C: ) Drive> Users >Your Personal Named folder >AppData> Local.

    You should see the Chromium folder just delete it.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-08-20T16:14:47+00:00

    I had the problem where uninstalling from Control Panel's Program Files (regular or safe mode), or using CCleaner as an intermediate would do nothing after clicking Uninstall. Nothing was ever running in task manager to delete (probably because I'd somehow managed to remove part of it but not all and was left with a bad state). Then I tried the Fixit program mentioned above and it couldn't find "Chromium". CCleaner found some of the Chromium registry stuff, but the program still lived in some level in Program Files.

    The way I was able to finally get rid of it was like above in the C: > Users >{Personal Named folder} >AppData> Local (I'm also on Windows 10). But with a catch; I'd already previously deleted the "Chromium" folder, but it was either there or somewhere near that I also found two folders with GUIDs for folder names, also installed on the same date that something gave me Chromium. I deleted those two folders and then was able to finally uninstall Chromium (or more accurately, went to uninstall from Program Files and it finally responded to click, saying that the program was no longer there).

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-02-13T23:17:04+00:00

    What about Windows 10? Microsoft FixIt said it wasn't compatible? Chromium autostarts and I don't want it even on my system. Can't find it to uninstall nor do I see it in the startup files.  Please advise.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-27T07:14:23+00:00

    Uninstalled via control panel. Still pops up with the stupid Dregol search when I start my computer. Tried to download the Fix It program. Chromium is not listed. I chose the option "not listed", it then asked for a product key. There is no product key! I dont even know how it got downloaded onto my computer (as in, I dont know which program snuck it in!). Dead end. 

    Using Windows 7 Pro 64bit if that matters...

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-27T12:23:45+00:00

    Sorry to hear that.

    I suggest downloading the free version of Malwarebytes and then running a full system scan: https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/

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