Completely uninstalling Chrome

[Tony Vella]

Has anyone tried to completely uninstall Chrome after trying it out. I
am told that the only way is to create a restore point just before
installing Chrome and then returning to it after uninstalling. A local
friend tells me it is the same with Firefox. Why is this?

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

Has anyone tried to completely uninstall Chrome after trying it out. I
am told that the only way is to create a restore point just before
installing Chrome and then returning to it after uninstalling. A local
friend tells me it is the same with Firefox. Why is this?

I have uninstalled and reinstalled it when I wanted to move to the
developer line. No problems that I remember.

Steve

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[Ed Cryer]

I have uninstalled and reinstalled it when I wanted to move to the
developer line. No problems that I remember.

Steve

Me too; and on several machines. I used only the supplied uninstall
program for both.

Ed

 

[Wolf K]

Has anyone tried to completely uninstall Chrome after trying it out. I
am told that the only way is to create a restore point just before
installing Chrome and then returning to it after uninstalling. A local
friend tells me it is the same with Firefox. Why is this?

A restore point is not needed before a new install, but you may feel
safer setting it. The reason it would be useful is that the program's
uninstaller does not remove everything the install program created, such
as registry keys.

I use Revo to uninstall programs. It removes files and registry keys
that the Windows uninstaller leaves behind. Some programs have their own
uninstaller, but most AFAIK just call the one in Windows.

HTH
Wolf K.

 

[Nil]

Has anyone tried to completely uninstall Chrome after trying it
out. I am told that the only way is to create a restore point
just before installing Chrome and then returning to it after
uninstalling. A local friend tells me it is the same with
Firefox. Why is this?

I believe Firefox leaves behind your user profile when it's
uninstalled, but the program itself is nearly or completely gone.
Maybe that's what your informant is referring to. And maybe Chrome
is similar in that regard.

But using System Restore to uninstall a program seems to me to be
quite stupid. When you revert to an old Restore Point, you will undo
ALL the system changes since that time, not just those having to do
with Chrome. System Restore is intended as an emergency recovery
method, not a general uninstaller.

 

[Ken1943]

Has anyone tried to completely uninstall Chrome after trying it out. I
am told that the only way is to create a restore point just before
installing Chrome and then returning to it after uninstalling. A local
friend tells me it is the same with Firefox. Why is this?

It leaves behind their update program, which is very difficult to remove.


KenW

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

A restore point is not needed before a new install, but you may feel
safer setting it. The reason it would be useful is that the program's
uninstaller does not remove everything the install program created,
such as registry keys.

Going back to a system restore point doesn't remove everything either:
in fact, it only restores a very limited set of things. (In Windows 95,
ERU/ERD restored [by default] 12 files, which included the two that were
the registry; up through '98, XP, Vista, and now 7, more has been added,
but it's still only a limited restore, despite its name.) As Nil says,
it's intended very much as an emergency repair, and using it will also
undo all (or rather, a lot of) the other changes you've made since you
created it: if that was just before an install, and some days have
passed, that could be irritating.

I use Revo to uninstall programs. It removes files and registry keys
that the Windows uninstaller leaves behind. Some programs have their
own uninstaller, but most AFAIK just call the one in Windows.

HTH
Wolf K.

From what I've seen, it is better, though (the free version at least)
still relies on the (un)install information the prog. to be uninstalled
creates, such that if you try to uninstall something, and _then_ run
free Revo, it usually doesn't work (doesn't list the app. to be
removed).
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