How to uninstall Chromium Browser

[Geone]

Hi all,

I just installed Chromium browser a few days to compare it with Chrome. After installing I don't see it in the Startup menu

and it's not in the control panel/program removal.

Where is it installed and how do I remove it?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

[krtulmay]

Hmm.... I think you may need to provide some more details, perhaps like where you downloaded the Chromium installer from, or if you are using Linux.  Chromium is just development builds used for testing during Google Chrome development, and the Chromium devs do not produce installers for Chromium nor provide executables for Chromium.

Perhaps you are talking about the Chromium snapshots or continuous testing builds?  But as far as I know, they don't have installers.  They are just zipped up exe's you download, test run, and just delete from where you extracted them if you don't want them.  I don't think you will ever find a Chromium entry for Windows start menu nor Add/Remove Programs.

Unless perhaps you're talking about the installation routine from some Linux distros which have packaged Chromium exe's?  I think you can manage/delete installs from your Linux distro update manager, or some form of "sudo apt-get remove ....." from the command line.

[Geone]

You are right. I just downloaded the zip file and extract it; there was no usual installation instruction as to where to install it. I just go the extracted file and click the chromium icon to run it. So I just delete the files and that's it?? 

I'm using Vista. Thanks!

[PhistucK]

Delete the extracted files and the Chromium folder you find in Start-->Run...-->%LocalAppData% (it is your user profile data folder).

Note that there might be some registry entries as well.

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[Geone]

Thanks for the help.

[Kathy Moore]

Hi. I had the same problem. chromium was not in programs or my start menu. This is what I did:

 "open file location" in the task manager
found that it was I.d.l.e.c.r.a.w.l.e.r by Saddleback corp.

Went to programs and uninstalled that and chrome.

Reinstalled Chrome.exe

Now it is fine.

[Evan Tamborini]

THANK YOU!!! This program doesn't work and it opens automatically at startup. But it isn't on the list of startup programs and won't load the settings tab to change that feature; it isn't in program files, doesn't show up in the uninstall list, didn't come with an uninstall feature or instructions, and it's almost unsearchable through Windows Explorer. I've had malware that was less intrusive and easier to get rid of. I never would have looked there. Again, thank you dearly.

[Nhân Nguyễn Trí Thành]

Just run in CMD with /uninstall flag. 
Hope this help

Sincerely,

Nguyen Tri Thanh Nhan

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[Becky Bembry]

Oh thank you! That helped me too! What a nuisance!

[Zak Martin]

Could you explain that in non-tech English? How do you "just run" in CMD? (run what?)
Chromium somehow installed itself om my PC and I'm finding it very hard to get rid of. I uninstalled it from my list of installed software, but the Chromium search page still appears every time I boot up. This software is obviously hidden to make it difficult for people to remove, and surely qualifies as spam/malware.
I'd appreciate a simple, plain English explanation of how to remove it.
Thanks.

[Dario Dorando]

If you use Windows open the task manager while chromium (or the program, that seems to be it) is open (using Ctrl-Alt-Del and clicking on Task-Manager).
Try to find in the tab processes a chromium.exe or chrome.exe... if there is none you've got obviously malware.
If there is no chromium.exe/chrome.exe can you send us a list of your processes?

Good luck.

[Jakob Kummerow]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Zak Martin <z...@isis.ie> wrote:

Could you explain that in non-tech English? How do you "just run" in CMD? (run what?)
Chromium somehow installed itself om my PC and I'm finding it very hard to get rid of. I uninstalled it from my list of installed software, but the Chromium search page still appears every time I boot up. This software is obviously hidden to make it difficult for people to remove, and surely qualifies as spam/malware.

If you had any recollection of how exactly this may have happened (did you maybe download/install something else?), that would be helpful.

The Chromium project doesn't even create or distribute installers, just source code. So genuine Chromium never "installs itself", and getting rid of it (if you have downloaded it) is as easy as deleting it. However, as this thread proves, clearly *someone* out there is building malware *based on* Chromium, and pushing it onto people's computers against their will. This makes us, the Chromium developers, pretty angry, and we would love to stop this from happening, but that's hard since we don't even know who's doing it and how/when it's getting installed on machines that don't want it.

[Dario Dorando]

And... this is not chromium... it's just chrome, if it was in the list of installed programs.
Try to open the path, where the program is saved (Let it open, then Taskmanager -> Processes -> Right click on chrome.exe (or chromium.exe) -> open path...).
Delete it.
If there is no chrome.exe listed then send us a list of your processes plz.

-Dario

[Judith Sinnard]

Thank you for this. I downloaded a PDF converter program from iOrgSoft 2 days ago and in the process of loading it I declined about 7 "add on" products that they gave you your option of having installed as part of the program install.  I declined every one of them and don't recall Chromium ever being mentioned so it must have been an unstated stow-away that piggy-backed on that installation. I've spent 2 days trying to get rid of it .. using the control panel uninstall took away the icon from the uninstall menu but not the program. By following directions posted here and using task manager to locate it and delete it --- that finally worked.  It was installed on my c drive users/ local apps /dictionary when I finally found it. I had looked in local apps and it didn't show up, it was only using task manger open file location that it was revealed.  Maddening!  Thanks for your help.   J

[Thea Robertsen]

I ran into this program after I had problems installing Pivot Animator. Why problems you might ask? Because both Norton Internet Security and Malwarebytes detected threats on both the download site and in the file (Multiple threats like Viruses, malwares, trojans, etc.), do you know what happened multiple times? The downloaded file got removed from the system, because Norton and Malwarebytes detected threats.

I'm running multiple scans to make sure any remaining threats have been removed. I deleted Chromium from my %LocalAppData% and now I'll be restarting my computer until I'm sure Chromium is gone.

[PhistucK]

chrome.exe is the Chrome (as well as Chromium) application. It usually exists multiple times (to keep it simple, approximately every tab you have open has its own chrome.exe entry, same goes for every extension you have installed).

So you should not end any of them, unless their command line (View menu>Select columns...>Tick Command line) is not of Google Chrome.

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On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Amber Anderson <nkotb...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have never posted on a Google discussion thread so please feel free to critique... I have been reading through all posts and replies and I am very happy to have possibly found a way to get my old normal chrome back! However, when I was searching through Task Manager>Processes> I had about approx 10 "chrome.exe 32* processes running with these numbers to the right of them that ranged from 88,000K to 1,032K, with that said do I go ahead and delete all of these chrome.exe 32*?? With such large numbers beside them which I am assuming that is "usage" so to speak will the old chrome be back and running better??

Thank you in advance for helping..

On Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 7:36:20 PM UTC-5, Geone wrote:

On Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 7:36:20 PM UTC-5, Geone wrote:

On Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 7:36:20 PM UTC-5, Geone wrote:

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[Chris D]

I used the method as described here: http://superuser.com/questions/933649/how-can-i-get-rid-of-chromium

It didn't work, because I couldn't find the files in the given location. I found the chromium folder by right clicking the chromium process in task manager and opening file location, or in C -> user -> App data -> Local. I used file shredder to delete the chromium folder (http://www.fileshredder.org), but I got the message that one file (.exe) was being used. So I downloaded a free program called unlocker (http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/download/portable-applications/unlocker-191-64-bit-3249298/) to quit this unremovable program. After a reboot chromium was finaly removed.

Op maandag 15 oktober 2012 02:36:20 UTC+2 schreef Geone:

[Ramesh Srigiriraju]

Chris,

There's a 32-bit file unlocker that also performs deletion:

http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html

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[Ballistic Chris]

Hm I would not trust Chromium. I have it on my laptop now and it came with the Palikan virus (a web hijacker) which I managed to remove with malwarebytes. However it didn't pick up chromium as a virus. However other users on my computer haven't got chromium including the 'admin'. This applied to me when i was affected by palikan (it only affected me). I have done some research and wikipedia says it is a development of chrome however other websites say that it is a virus just like palikan. I say remove chromium or it could do damage to your PC. Also to remove it try searching 'Chrom' (without the quotation marks) and it may find it. Hope this helps! (PS: I went into the removal menu and it said a weird code which is more reason to remove it!)

[PhistucK]

Simplistically, you can think of Chromium as a testing application that has most of the functionality of Chrome. It is open source, which means anyone can see its code and create applications based on it, they may even look exactly the same as either Chromium or Chrome.

Malware use it (probably trying to set it as a default browser and monitor you? Who knows) sometimes.

The rule is generally - unless you wanted to install Chromium (and downloaded it from a website owned by the Chromium project), you do not need it and you can just remove it, as it may or may not be malicious.

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[Stuart Jenneker]

I fould the Chromium browser under a pseudonym called Internet Quick Access. Guess I should have looked for the icon when I could not find the Chromium entr.

[Ektar]

I was going to a page & I got a pop-up that FlashPlayer needed to be updated...I went through the steps BUT after the download & before you actually
download & run the program...I noticed in the download box that there was "NOTHING" there...no Adobe so I cancelled & did not
proceed...however a "Reimages" popped up & I closed those...then Chromium showed up & I closed that...went to programs & features
& I saw the Chromium in there...then when I close the browser page to run MalwareBytes I saw the Chromium icon on the background page.
I deleted it & when I opened my browser FireFox a yahoo page was opened...never happened before. I went back to Programs & features &
the Chromium did not show up there again. So I tried closing my browser & reopening & still was redirected to the web page with yahoo.

The yahoo page does not look like a real yahoo page...only shows a search bar. Here's the contents of the FlashPlayer download...
FlashPlayer_Update.exe
911 KB - giftflashchuckle.com - 12:09pm

I ran MalwareBytes & SpyBot & they did not p/u anything that said "Chromium". Do I just do what you suggested with the
Windows Key+ R...enter "%localappsdata% & click ok & delete the folder? or do I have another problem as well....
Thank you for your time.
Cheers
Ektar

[Joe]

On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 2:54:46 PM UTC-5, Ektar wrote:

I was going to a page & I got a pop-up that FlashPlayer needed to be updated...I went through the steps BUT after the download & before you actually
download & run the program...I noticed in the download box that there was "NOTHING" there...no Adobe so I cancelled & did not
proceed...however a "Reimages" popped up & I closed those...then Chromium showed up & I closed that...went to programs & features
& I saw the Chromium in there...then when I close the browser page to run MalwareBytes I saw the Chromium icon on the background page.
I deleted it & when I opened my browser FireFox a yahoo page was opened...never happened before. I went back to Programs & features &
the Chromium did not show up there again. So I tried closing my browser & reopening & still was redirected to the web page with yahoo.

The yahoo page does not look like a real yahoo page...only shows a search bar. Here's the contents of the FlashPlayer download...

I ran MalwareBytes & SpyBot & they did not p/u anything that said "Chromium". Do I just do what you suggested with the
Windows Key+ R...enter "%localappsdata% & click ok & delete the folder? or do I have another problem as well....

What you have here is some malware that disguised itself as a Flash update and installed several things. One of those was the actual malware program, which hijacks the search page of every browser it can find on your system, and the other is a copy of Chromium, which is like Chrome except that it doesn't have as much anti-malware protection. (There are other differences but that's the one malware distributors care about.) The malware distributor is hoping that users of Chrome will get confused and start using Chromium instead, making their job of hijacking the system easier. (Since your main browser is Firefox, that wouldn't affect you.)

You can get rid of Chromium from the Windows "Uninstall Programs" control panel like any other program. (How to get there depends on which version of Windows you're using - Microsoft keeps moving or renaming it.) Hopefully MalwareBytes got rid of the rest of the malware, but it wouldn't list Chromium because that's not actually malware. It's a perfectly legitimate browser, just missing some things that Chrome has.

Hope this helps,

Joe

[Ektar]

Thank you for getting back to me. The Chromium I deleted on the background page & when I went back to get rid of
it on the programs & features it was no longer there....I will do the fix for Chromium listed here...then I will close out
of browser & restart computer & see what happens. Thank you for your time.
Cheers
Ektar

[Ektar]

OK sorry it took me a while...some times when I turn off the laptop it doesn't always start...even when it isn't hot
it may come on right away...after 10 min & as you see this time took 130...wish I knew why
Anyway everything seems normal now, meaning the start up page back to normal & etc.
Thank you so much for your help, time & patience, you are greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Ektar

[Black Rose]

The last time I tried to uninstall chromium, it ended up uninstalling every single web browser I have and I could not access the internet on the device. Every computer I have now has this "Chromium" and it just sits there opening everytime I start my computer.

[ramachandran povara]

I tried various things which of course did not work. Then I downloaded iobit and uninstalled chromium with it.

Try iobit . http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/iobit_uninstaller.html

[James Veenstra]

i installed a pivot animation program and the next day discovered i had chromium on my computer. i have a windows 10 tablet pc. i went to 'all apps', found chromium, and pressed delete on the task bar. it took me to the uninstall programs page, so i attempted to uninstall it. it said it required another program in order to uninstall, by the name of SYNCVE~1.exe. what is it, and is it safe?

thanks

[Abell Morliss]

This whole thread is deeply depressing.

i have the 'virus' Chromium. It's all very well you geeks droning about cmd, task manager etc...
BUT- Why is it sooooo hard for a bunch of geeks to deliver a simple REMOVE script we can download.?

Why do i want rid of Chromium? because in itself it drones about being un-supported, and not up to date etc..
I'm just a muppet, i don't need this coblas in my life, i just want boring normal simple Chrome on my amstrad........

y soooo hard?



MS

[PhistucK]

While a script can be created for the basic case (Chromium is installed using normal permissions in the default installation path), this usually does not help those that have Chromium installed by malware, but to those that explicitly installed Chromium. However, if you explicitly installed Chromium, it is usually very easy to remove it, using the usual means of uninstalling an application.

☆PhistucK

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[Mellissa Webster]

I hope this message finds you well Abell & that you have already uninstalled Chromium on your own, but if not I was going to offer my help.

I am not a "geek" in the sense that I understand and speak in binary & have taken every computer class under the sun, but I am self-taught when it comes to computers, so I still speak in layman's terms when I am explaining an issue or helping someone with a problem that they are having. 

If you still need help, please feel free to send me a message on here, or you can look me up on Facebook and drop me a line & friend request.... You can even delete me after we have successfully kicked Chromium's ass together if you like.... All I know is that I spent the last 4-5 hours trying to delete each and every trace of this worthless piece of open-source junk off of my usually quick and responsive laptop and I finally was successful...

So you if you need help, I am offering my services, if you can call them that----

I will make the process as painless as I possibly can, since I was my own guinea pig when it came to finding a process for removal that actually worked for me.....

Here is a link to my Facebook: www.facebook.com/mellissa.webster.14

or if want, you can look me up by name and search the old fashion way---- Mellissa Webster from Minnesota USA

Or I will wait to see if I get a notification that you or someone else needs help with removing this vile, hateful, and complete waste of my Saturday night off of their computer if they reply to this message...

I hope that I am able to help a few people at least who may not be the most PC savvy or up on their lingo, but still want to be able to learn to do this kinda stuff on their own, so they don't have to have a computer geek on call 24/7 in case of a situation like this one here were to arise again in the future....

Have a great night/day (depending on where you are in the world) and let's hope that we can help one another in eradicating the open-source markets of disgusting Mal-ware such as this filth!!

Take Care!

Mellissa "MJ" Webster

[Dana]

Hi Mellissa,

I could really use your help. I've always been on my own wehen it came to computers but now I seem to be stuck. Chromium is really blowing up my sister's laptop and I wanted to ask you to help me get rid of it. The program came with CDBurnerXP. I was trying to save DVDs on my laptop. Since then the CD/DVD drive stopped working. I'm not sure if both issues are linked. Could you maybe get in touch with me? I'd really appreciate it.

Dana

[Abell Morliss]

no one is ACTUALLY answering the question = HTF do i expel Chromium from my amstrad 100% (without needing a degree in computing (1st Class)).

The inability of the geeks to answer speaks volumes about this crepe.

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[Geetha Stachowiak]

I downloaded the Freemake converter (mp3 to wav, etc). During installation the page did appear giving me options as to what else I could get for free (just lovely) and before I could uncheck the boxes, it scrolled right through and installed a bunch of pup's and chromium along with the program, and also changed my home page to a yahoo search page.



On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 7:03:56 AM UTC-4, Jakob Kummerow wrote:

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Zak Martin <z...@isis.ie> wrote:

Could you explain that in non-tech English? How do you "just run" in CMD? (run what?)
Chromium somehow installed itself om my PC and I'm finding it very hard to get rid of. I uninstalled it from my list of installed software, but the Chromium search page still appears every time I boot up. This software is obviously hidden to make it difficult for people to remove, and surely qualifies as spam/malware.

If you had any recollection of how exactly this may have happened (did you maybe download/install something else?), that would be helpful.

The Chromium project doesn't even create or distribute installers, just source code. So genuine Chromium never "installs itself", and getting rid of it (if you have downloaded it) is as easy as deleting it. However, as this thread proves, clearly *someone* out there is building malware *based on* Chromium, and pushing it onto people's computers against their will. This makes us, the Chromium developers, pretty angry, and we would love to stop this from happening, but that's hard since we don't even know who's doing it and how/when it's getting installed on machines that don't want it.

 

I'd appreciate a simple, plain English explanation of how to remove it.
Thanks.


On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 5:41:39 AM UTC+2, Nhân Nguyễn Trí Thành wrote:

Just run in CMD with /uninstall flag. 
Hope this help

Sincerely,

Nguyen Tri Thanh Nhan

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Evan Tamborini <ryogat...@gmail.com> wrote:

THANK YOU!!! This program doesn't work and it opens automatically at startup. But it isn't on the list of startup programs and won't load the settings tab to change that feature; it isn't in program files, doesn't show up in the uninstall list, didn't come with an uninstall feature or instructions, and it's almost unsearchable through Windows Explorer. I've had malware that was less intrusive and easier to get rid of. I never would have looked there. Again, thank you dearly.

On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:36:56 AM UTC-4, PhistucK wrote:

Delete the extracted files and the Chromium folder you find in Start-->Run...-->%LocalAppData% (it is your user profile data folder).

Note that there might be some registry entries as well.

☆PhistucK

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Geone <gadi...@gmail.com> wrote:

You are right. I just downloaded the zip file and extract it; there was no usual installation instruction as to where to install it. I just go the extracted file and click the chromium icon to run it. So I just delete the files and that's it?? 

I'm using Vista. Thanks!

On Monday, October 15, 2012 12:15:02 PM UTC+8, krtulmay wrote:

Hmm.... I think you may need to provide some more details, perhaps like where you downloaded the Chromium installer from, or if you are using Linux.  Chromium is just development builds used for testing during Google Chrome development, and the Chromium devs do not produce installers for Chromium nor provide executables for Chromium.

Perhaps you are talking about the Chromium snapshots or continuous testing builds?  But as far as I know, they don't have installers.  They are just zipped up exe's you download, test run, and just delete from where you extracted them if you don't want them.  I don't think you will ever find a Chromium entry for Windows start menu nor Add/Remove Programs.

Unless perhaps you're talking about the installation routine from some Linux distros which have packaged Chromium exe's?  I think you can manage/delete installs from your Linux distro update manager, or some form of "sudo apt-get remove ....." from the command line.

On Sunday, October 14, 2012 5:36:21 PM UTC-7, Geone wrote:

Hi all,

I just installed Chromium browser a few days to compare it with Chrome. After installing I don't see it in the Startup menu

and it's not in the control panel/program removal.

Where is it installed and how do I remove it?

Thanks in advance.

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On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 6:22:43 AM UTC-7, Abell Morliss wrote:

no one is ACTUALLY answering the question = HTF do i expel Chromium from my amstrad 100% (without needing a degree in computing (1st Class)).

The inability of the geeks to answer speaks volumes about this crepe.

Hi Abell,

Is your Amstrad connected to your TV? If so, it might be running a custom version of Chromium provided by your satellite service provider. Try contacting them because they are typically the only ones who can provide updates in such cases. You can also try contacting Amstrad.

Thanks!

-Brian

[Lunannie D.Hallows]

Chromium, specifically, is a malware. In general, most people try to UN-install, like me, but even though it does not show up in your programs its still there. You have to go to the computer's factory apps and programs. Typically that is where the little bugger is hiding.  

[Deakin]

please help! i was downloading an icon file from iconarchive.com and it somehow automatically downloaded chromium and an internet explorer bar appeared on the top of my screen and it goes over other browsers PLEASE HELP!!! 

thanks.

[Siddharth Bhagat]

Do you installed any of this app ?

Clipgrab or copytrans ?

Today I formatted win7 and i suspicious on 2 this software..!

[Teresa Waters]

The normal steps to remove Chromium browser:

Step 1: End processes of the fake browser from Task Manager.

1. Move the cursor to the taskbar, right click it and then select Task Manager from the list.

2. When the Task Manager is open, click the Processes tab, and then scroll down to looking for the suspicious processes. Under the Image Name column, you may find several processes named by chrome.exe. 

3. One by one, highlight these processes, and click on theEnd Process button.

Step 2: Uninstall the related program from Control Panel.

1. Move the cursor to the lower left corner of the computer screen, click the Windows menu and then select Control Panel.

2. In the open window, find and click the Uninstall a program option.

3. In the Program and Features window, find the program named Chromium, which is installed without your permission. Highlight this program and then click the Uninstall button.

4. You will receive a popup window asking if you are sure to uninstall the program. Just click the Uninstall button to confirm the uninstallation.

Step 3: Delete related files & registry entries.

1. Open the folder of C:\Program Files, find the fake browser’s folder, right click it and click the Delete option. This step will delete all files contained in the folder.

2. Navigate to the folder of C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local, find and delete the fake browser’s folder.

3. Then, use the Search function to check if still there are other folders & files related to the fake browser. If you find some, delete them completely.

4. After deleting the files, now you should open the Registry Editor to delete the unwanted registry entries. Click Windows menu, type regedit in the search box, and click the program named regedit from the result list.

5. When the Registry Editor is run, follow these two paths to find and delete the Chromium folder.

HKEY_Current_User\Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software

6. You also need to search for any other entries related to the fake browser and delete them all. Click Edit menu, and select Find option from the list.

7. Now a search window will open, type the fake browser name into the Find what field, and click Find Next button. Then the searching will start automatically.

8. Within seconds, the related entries will be listed at the right side, right click these entries and then click Delete. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

9. To make sure all entries related to fake browser are deleted all, please repeat the “find-search-delete” step several times until all associated entries are found and removed.

10. Till now, you have finished all manual removal steps. Please restart computer and check if this unwanted browser has been totally removed.

Source: http://guides.uufix.com/how-to-remove-chromium-browser-from-pcs

[Kathy Muhammad]

I am going through the same thing. It got installed on my computer about a month ago and i cant get it off...it pops up instantly when i log into my computer...driving me crazy! I dont know what to delete or uninstall to get rid of it.

[Amanda Nolff]

Pleeeease help me get rid of this Chromium thing!!!! Now it's an "Automatic Update Window" flashing on my desktop. This has gone on for months! It's not in my programs or in task manager. 

[Spangler Art]

I found this.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5DWKXaAjA  

  So far so good.

[Джуба нов]

You may follow this guide to get rid of    http://www.besttechtips.org/how-to-remove-chromium/ 

воскресенье, 18 декабря 2016 г., 10:44:30 UTC+4 пользователь Amanda Nolff написал:

[rahim4411]

Greetings, I am Rahim, but I am having trouble finding what you are talking about on how to uninstall Chromium Browser. It's like a freakin default and I want to get rid of it completely. I am using Win 10. Thanks. Can you show me where to go on Win 10

On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 1:50:11 PM UTC-4, Kathy Moore wrote:

Hi. I had the same problem. chromium was not in programs or my start menu. This is what I did:

 "open file location" in the task manager
found that it was I.d.l.e.c.r.a.w.l.e.r by Saddleback corp.

Went to programs and uninstalled that and chrome.

Reinstalled Chrome.exe

Now it is fine.

[Ashlea Bradley]

I am having the same issue, but don't see a chromium under the processes on my task manager.

On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 12:11:05 PM UTC-4, Dario Dorando wrote:

If you use Windows open the task manager while chromium (or the program, that seems to be it) is open (using Ctrl-Alt-Del and clicking on Task-Manager).
Try to find in the tab processes a chromium.exe or chrome.exe... if there is none you've got obviously malware.
If there is no chromium.exe/chrome.exe can you send us a list of your processes?

Good luck.

On Jul 18, 2015 5:22 PM, "Zak Martin" <z...@isis.ie> wrote:

Could you explain that in non-tech English? How do you "just run" in CMD? (run what?)
Chromium somehow installed itself om my PC and I'm finding it very hard to get rid of. I uninstalled it from my list of installed software, but the Chromium search page still appears every time I boot up. This software is obviously hidden to make it difficult for people to remove, and surely qualifies as spam/malware.

I'd appreciate a simple, plain English explanation of how to remove it.
Thanks.


On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 5:41:39 AM UTC+2, Nhân Nguyễn Trí Thành wrote:

Just run in CMD with /uninstall flag. 
Hope this help

Sincerely,

Nguyen Tri Thanh Nhan

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Evan Tamborini <ryogat...@gmail.com> wrote:

THANK YOU!!! This program doesn't work and it opens automatically at startup. But it isn't on the list of startup programs and won't load the settings tab to change that feature; it isn't in program files, doesn't show up in the uninstall list, didn't come with an uninstall feature or instructions, and it's almost unsearchable through Windows Explorer. I've had malware that was less intrusive and easier to get rid of. I never would have looked there. Again, thank you dearly.

On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:36:56 AM UTC-4, PhistucK wrote:

Delete the extracted files and the Chromium folder you find in Start-->Run...-->%LocalAppData% (it is your user profile data folder).

Note that there might be some registry entries as well.

☆PhistucK

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Geone <gadi...@gmail.com> wrote:

You are right. I just downloaded the zip file and extract it; there was no usual installation instruction as to where to install it. I just go the extracted file and click the chromium icon to run it. So I just delete the files and that's it?? 

I'm using Vista. Thanks!

On Monday, October 15, 2012 12:15:02 PM UTC+8, krtulmay wrote:

Hmm.... I think you may need to provide some more details, perhaps like where you downloaded the Chromium installer from, or if you are using Linux.  Chromium is just development builds used for testing during Google Chrome development, and the Chromium devs do not produce installers for Chromium nor provide executables for Chromium.

Perhaps you are talking about the Chromium snapshots or continuous testing builds?  But as far as I know, they don't have installers.  They are just zipped up exe's you download, test run, and just delete from where you extracted them if you don't want them.  I don't think you will ever find a Chromium entry for Windows start menu nor Add/Remove Programs.

Unless perhaps you're talking about the installation routine from some Linux distros which have packaged Chromium exe's?  I think you can manage/delete installs from your Linux distro update manager, or some form of "sudo apt-get remove ....." from the command line.

On Sunday, October 14, 2012 5:36:21 PM UTC-7, Geone wrote:

Hi all,

I just installed Chromium browser a few days to compare it with Chrome. After installing I don't see it in the Startup menu

and it's not in the control panel/program removal.

Where is it installed and how do I remove it?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

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[Nitin]

Just look at this article, about how to uninstall chromium. hope it will help you :)

[Riah Workman]

I'm confused because I never installed Chromium and I can't uninstall it now. Will someone help me with this?

On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:15:01 AM UTC-4, krtulmay wrote:

Hmm.... I think you may need to provide some more details, perhaps like where you downloaded the Chromium installer from, or if you are using Linux.  Chromium is just development builds used for testing during Google Chrome development, and the Chromium devs do not produce installers for Chromium nor provide executables for Chromium.

Perhaps you are talking about the Chromium snapshots or continuous testing builds?  But as far as I know, they don't have installers.  They are just zipped up exe's you download, test run, and just delete from where you extracted them if you don't want them.  I don't think you will ever find a Chromium entry for Windows start menu nor Add/Remove Programs.

Unless perhaps you're talking about the installation routine from some Linux distros which have packaged Chromium exe's?  I think you can manage/delete installs from your Linux distro update manager, or some form of "sudo apt-get remove ....." from the command line.

[Denise Moore]

the IObit Uninstaller worked for me. Just downloaded it and forced uninstalled it. 

[Tejas Khachane]

Thank YYou Bro Its works

[rich seidner]

I installed Google Chrome Canary from what looks like an official Google website (https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html).  Does that mean that this is NOT in fact a Google product?  It sure looks like its official.

[PhistucK]

It is official, but it is not the stable version, so it might crash a lot. But it has nothing to do with Chromium in this context, though.

☆PhistucK

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 6:32 PM, rich seidner <richs...@gmail.com> wrote:

I installed Google Chrome Canary from what looks like an official Google website (https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html).  Does that mean that this is NOT in fact a Google product?  It sure looks like its official.

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[Ian McGuire]

HELP! It just showed up overnight, and now there's this ugly-ass toolbar permanently at the top of my screen!

[Joe Mason]

It sounds like you have malware. Try the Chrome Cleanup Tool (https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/) or an antivirus program.

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 7:29 PM, Ian McGuire <ian.t....@outlook.com> wrote:

HELP! It just showed up overnight, and now there's this ugly-ass toolbar permanently at the top of my screen!

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[foto...@gmail.com]

I noticed Chromium browser installed itself on my laptop months ago. A few times a week I try looking for a way to UNinstall it. It's not listed in programs in control panel. Not listed in MS or WIN10 features. I can find NO app startup in my programs department. It shows up as a process in the task manager, but I don't want to just close it, BUT to get it off my laptop forever!

[pieisb...@gmail.com]

I am having the exact opposite problem, I have a acer Chromebook and I have Chromium downloaded as chrome.exe in my drive. How would I make it possible to open for my Chromebook?

[PhistucK]

The opposite problem should be posted to a new thread, then. And not here, but in http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-os-discuss.

(Spoiler - Chromebooks cannot run EXE (Windows binary) files, (a) because Chrome OS is based on Linux and (b) because Chrome OS runs only web applications, native client modules and Android applications (also Linux based). Switching to the Developer Mode would (a) wipe out your disk and (b) let you use your Chromebook as a basic Linux machine, on which you could install the Linux flavor of Chromium.)

☆PhistucK

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 3:39 PM, <pieisb...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am having the exact opposite problem, I have a acer Chromebook and I have Chromium downloaded as chrome.exe in my drive. How would I make it possible to open for my Chromebook?

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[Kyle Graff]

I tried downloading a game Fortnite but clicked a sketchy site but thought nothing of it considering it was the first website to pop up and was in an ad. I'm still trying to figure out how to get rid of it and the search bar 

On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 7:03:56 AM UTC-4, Jakob Kummerow wrote:

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Zak Martin <z...@isis.ie> wrote:

Could you explain that in non-tech English? How do you "just run" in CMD? (run what?)
Chromium somehow installed itself om my PC and I'm finding it very hard to get rid of. I uninstalled it from my list of installed software, but the Chromium search page still appears every time I boot up. This software is obviously hidden to make it difficult for people to remove, and surely qualifies as spam/malware.

If you had any recollection of how exactly this may have happened (did you maybe download/install something else?), that would be helpful.

The Chromium project doesn't even create or distribute installers, just source code. So genuine Chromium never "installs itself", and getting rid of it (if you have downloaded it) is as easy as deleting it. However, as this thread proves, clearly *someone* out there is building malware *based on* Chromium, and pushing it onto people's computers against their will. This makes us, the Chromium developers, pretty angry, and we would love to stop this from happening, but that's hard since we don't even know who's doing it and how/when it's getting installed on machines that don't want it.

 

I'd appreciate a simple, plain English explanation of how to remove it.

Thanks.


On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 5:41:39 AM UTC+2, Nhân Nguyễn Trí Thành wrote:

Just run in CMD with /uninstall flag. 
Hope this help

Sincerely,

Nguyen Tri Thanh Nhan

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Evan Tamborini <ryogat...@gmail.com> wrote:

THANK YOU!!! This program doesn't work and it opens automatically at startup. But it isn't on the list of startup programs and won't load the settings tab to change that feature; it isn't in program files, doesn't show up in the uninstall list, didn't come with an uninstall feature or instructions, and it's almost unsearchable through Windows Explorer. I've had malware that was less intrusive and easier to get rid of. I never would have looked there. Again, thank you dearly.

On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:36:56 AM UTC-4, PhistucK wrote:

Delete the extracted files and the Chromium folder you find in Start-->Run...-->%LocalAppData% (it is your user profile data folder).

Note that there might be some registry entries as well.

☆PhistucK

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Geone <gadi...@gmail.com> wrote:

You are right. I just downloaded the zip file and extract it; there was no usual installation instruction as to where to install it. I just go the extracted file and click the chromium icon to run it. So I just delete the files and that's it?? 

I'm using Vista. Thanks!

On Monday, October 15, 2012 12:15:02 PM UTC+8, krtulmay wrote:

Hmm.... I think you may need to provide some more details, perhaps like where you downloaded the Chromium installer from, or if you are using Linux.  Chromium is just development builds used for testing during Google Chrome development, and the Chromium devs do not produce installers for Chromium nor provide executables for Chromium.

Perhaps you are talking about the Chromium snapshots or continuous testing builds?  But as far as I know, they don't have installers.  They are just zipped up exe's you download, test run, and just delete from where you extracted them if you don't want them.  I don't think you will ever find a Chromium entry for Windows start menu nor Add/Remove Programs.

Unless perhaps you're talking about the installation routine from some Linux distros which have packaged Chromium exe's?  I think you can manage/delete installs from your Linux distro update manager, or some form of "sudo apt-get remove ....." from the command line.

On Sunday, October 14, 2012 5:36:21 PM UTC-7, Geone wrote:

Hi all,

I just installed Chromium browser a few days to compare it with Chrome. After installing I don't see it in the Startup menu

and it's not in the control panel/program removal.

Where is it installed and how do I remove it?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

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[liam froeschle]

idk how i got it it just appeard while i was playing ROBLOX

[losd...@gmail.com]

It got installed in the downloads folder or temp folder.

[Dylan De Jong]

To anyone out there or in this group looking to get rid of the Chromium browser at the top of your screen at all times it is quite simple. All you need to do is this:

Press your windows button and type Control Panel

Click on the option (was towards the bottom for me) to Uninstall A Program

After this scroll down and click on the program called WebDiscover

This should give you a screen prompt that is asking you to allow this program to make changes to your device. Press Allow.

Click uninstall and the browser at the top of your screen should be gone. 

[Jim Butler]

  CHROMIUM IS MALWARE !!!  BE CAREFUL AS IT OFTEN TO FREE APPS !!! 

    I WAS ON MESSENGER AND ENDED UP WITH CHROMUIM ON MY WINDOWS 10 … 

TRIED ALL THE USUAL METHODS TO REMOVE PROGRAMS, BUT NONE WORKED … FINALLY GAVE UP AND DID A FRESH START !! 

                     THAT WORKED ! 

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF STICKING PEOPLE WITH THIS BROWSER … IF IT WAS EASY TO TRY AND EASY TO OPT OUT, THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER REPUTATION …  AS OF NOW, ALL I CAN SAY IS IT IS EVIL !!!

   

    STAY AWAY FROM CHROMIUM !!!  

[PhistucK]

The idea of the attackers is to hack you up.

The is definitely not of the Chromium project, as the project does not distribute Chromium, let alone not a rogue version of it that cannot be uninstalled. It is indeed sad that bad players take advantage of this.

☆PhistucK

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[Jon Perryman]

It's silly to say chromium is evil or malware. You chose to install it from an untrustworthy web site. You should warn user's of those websites of the malware disguised as chromium. In the future, be careful where and how you install software.

Chromium executables are not distributed from it's web site (except developer versions). I would not consider most of the download sites trustworthy. Do these people understand how to build an uninstaller (as you sadly found out). Instead, the average user should obtain well known chromium (e.g. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, ???) which have an interest in being error free. No guarantees but far less likely have malware.

Regards, Jon.

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3 Haziran 2019 Pazartesi 11:00:37 UTC+3 tarihinde Jim Butler yazdı:

Are you alright? Your Caps Lock seems to be on. And also, yes Google tracks and stores your information but they would never do something like that. If they did that kind of thing, their reputation as a company would go downhill. And second of all, Google made Chromium as a beta version of Chrome and Chromium doesn't have an installer. It is just an executable file in a .zip file. An individual might've packed Chromium in their software for a reason (like aTube Catcher packing Chromium so that aTube Catcher could rip YouTube videos (since downloading YouTube videos is aTube Catcher's premise)) but that's not their fault that they put the file in their installer.*sigh* Some people are so unimformed that it somehow gives me that the person writing this kind of thing is a part of Anti-Vaccine or some other stupid and unreasonable thing (no offense to you, though.).

[Yint Gamer]

I was just trying to download a mod app and it installed chromium and i tried deleting it from settings, i tried deleting the file, i tried control panel and none of them worked.

[Jon Perryman]

If you installed a reputable Chromium such as MS Edge, Chrome, Vivaldi or ???, then the "about" will tell you which one you installed. The uninstall instructions should be documented on their website.

If not a reputable version, then good luck in uninstall. They could have done anything (e.g. multiple copies or multiple startup names).

Jon.

[no no]

Can someone PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me how to get this off my computer. I never downloaded the browser, but for some reason chromium is running in my activity monitor on my apple. I tried deleting it and the files associate with it but it keeps reinstalling itself!!!!

[Jon Perryman]

Chromium is source code only. It does NOT have an installer for any platform. Someone compiled the source code and built an installer. You downloaded something that included that person's compiled version. To solve your problem, you need to find someone who knows about all the different installers. I suggest you start with a news group for your OS. 

Good luck.

Jon.