Can't Uninstall Google Chrome Mac
If you use a Mac and Windows together, you’re likely to end up with a bunch of hidden .DS_STORE files all over your Windows drives. You can easily search and destroy them all using this command:
(Open the command line first of course. You can do this by mashing Win + R, then typing “cmd”. Or just type “cmd” in the Start Menu search box.)
Archive Extractor is a small and easy online tool that can extract over 70 types of compressed files. Supports password-protected archives. Can unpack multi-part archives (zip.001, rar.part1, z01, etc). Drag the Chrome application itself and not the dmg to the Applications folder, launch it from the Applications folder, control-click it in the Dock, and choose Keep in Dock. If you're running Google from a disk image, yes, you need to copy it to your Applications folder (if, indeed, it is a disk image file). Check the options you want to delete. The site data you can clear is as follows: Browsing history: This deletes the record of sites you have visited on your computer and all other devices you are signed in to. Cookies and other site data: This option deletes cookies from sites you have visited.
That will find every instance of this Mac resource file and delete it. Good times. But wait there’s more. In addition to DS_STORE, OSX will also put a bunch of other junk every where starting with “._”. Kill those like this.
Uninstall or Reinstall Google Chrome from Mac. To uninstall and re-install Chrome from a Mac, first, you will have to delete the application then the application folder to uninstall, and then you can install Chrome again by dropping the DMG file into the Application folder. Feb 18, 2021 Remove Calendar spam virus in Google Chrome. Open Chrome, click the Customize and control Google Chrome (⁝) icon in the top right-hand part of the window, and select Settings in the drop-down. When on the Settings pane, select Advanced; Scroll down to the Reset settings section. Confirm the Chrome reset on a dialog that will pop up.
(Why not use “._*'” instead? Apparently, you can sweep up legit files from other things such as Chrome by doing that. Thanks, commenters.)
Important note! This will only search inside the folder you’re in, as well as every folder below that. So, if you wanted to search and clean an entire drive, make sure you’re in the root folder. Get there with this:
You could also put all of this into a .bat file for great automation.
Pro tip: copy-pasting into your command window
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Windows 10 will let you CTRL-V paste into the command line. Friggin sweet. But did you know you can do it in other versions of Windows too? Just right-click on the command window and click Paste. That will save you a little work.