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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Finally un-installed chrome on Windows.

Is this enough to remove traces?

  1. Go to this location: C:\Users\YOUNAME\AppData\Local\Google
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\
  2. And delete that "Chrome" folder (for both location, if there is a Chrome folder)

https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/29816481/how-do-i-fully-uninstall-chrome?hl=en

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Worrying about traces is usually not necessary.

[–] gndagreborn 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A friend of mind in IT suggested revouninstaller. I have never used it in practice but he says it might be helpful in this case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use that everytime I go to uninstall something. You can configure it to scan your system registry and local files for residual files that the software's uninstaller won't remove.