Complete Uninstall of Google Chrome from Mac

I was researching the Apple Support Forums and noticed most of the posts related to this subject are closed, so I figured I might open up a new 'Question' to help others who may also be trying to completely void Google Chrome from their Apple Mac machine.


Here is the link for the GitHub source I used to perform the steps:

https://github.com/wendyliga/mac_chrome_uninstaller


This is being performed on a gold MacBook 12-inch with Ventura 13.7.5 build (22H527)


I tried the following steps from a git-hub source and had the following results:


How to Use:


open terminal, and paste it.


cd ~/Downloads/
git clone https://github.com/wendyliga/mac_chrome_uninstaller.git
cd mac_chrome_uninstaller
sudo ./chrome_uninstaller.sh


*Note: require sudo to grant access to remove folder on system level access like /Library


LICENSE


MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020 Wendy Liga

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.


I must have already manually removed the chrome files because the terminal returned these results after downloading the .git files and rerunning the main script again.


adahlenb@Katherines-MacBook ~ % cd ~/Downloads/


git clone https://github.com/wendyliga/mac_chrome_uninstaller.git


cd mac_chrome_uninstaller


sudo ./chrome_uninstaller.sh


xcode-select: note: No developer tools were found, requesting install.


If developer tools are located at a non-default location on disk, use `sudo xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app` to specify the Xcode that you wish to use for command line developer tools, and cancel the installation dialog.


See `man xcode-select` for more details.


cd: no such file or directory: mac_chrome_uninstaller


sudo: ./chrome_uninstaller.sh: command not found


adahlenb@Katherines-MacBook Downloads % sudo xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app


xcode-select: error: invalid developer directory 'path/to/Xcode.app'


adahlenb@Katherines-MacBook Downloads % sudo cd /Library/


adahlenb@Katherines-MacBook Downloads % sudo cd ~/Downloads/


git clone https://github.com/wendyliga/mac_chrome_uninstaller.git


cd mac_chrome_uninstaller


sudo ./chrome_uninstaller.sh


Password:


Cloning into 'mac_chrome_uninstaller'...


remote: Enumerating objects: 24, done.


remote: Counting objects: 100% (24/24), done.


remote: Compressing objects: 100% (22/22), done.


remote: Total 24 (delta 10), reused 10 (delta 2), pack-reused 0 (from 0)


Receiving objects: 100% (24/24), 4.90 KiB | 4.90 MiB/s, done.


Resolving deltas: 100% (10/10), done.


rm: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone*: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome*: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone*: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome*: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/Preferences/Google Chrome*: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/Caches/com.google.Chrome*: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/Saved Application State/com.google.Chrome.savedState/: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/Actives/com.google.Chrome: No such file or directory


rm: /Users/adahlenb/Library/Google/Google Chrome*: No such file or directory


adahlenb@Katherines-MacBook mac_chrome_uninstaller % 

MacBook, macOS 13.7

Posted on Apr 16, 2025 11:09 AM

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