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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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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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
    2017-10-02T16:37:49+00:00

    What is IObit?

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-02T08:25:52+00:00

    Hi Bianca

    Sorry to read your update. I'm begining to believe that this is beyond the tech knowledge of the community, and that's disturbing to say in it's self.

    Why is there no direct help from the likes of Microsof surely with all their Tech knowledge they could help the thousands and thousands that are affected by this pain in the a***.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-02T08:22:05+00:00

    It was back on mine.

    I used IObit portable (a free download. God knows what I have let into my computer now lol) and hope it is finally gone.

    I removed it I thought successfully through control panel etc ![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/26409991-6624-44e6-b8c9-a5eda1ec508d?platform=QnA)only to find that it tried to get back onto my machine today.

    Aggressive software for sure!!!

    IObit removed the last of it I hope. 67 pieces which were left behind after my first uninstall.

    Let's hope this has been done with forever!!!

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