remove google updater

How to remove?


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jan 19, 2023 9:09 PM

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Mar 3, 2023 6:42 AM in response to Mr. Bacon

I hope it will be helpful for those who continue to have this problem.
I solved this problem as follows.
1-Open the terminal
2- Enter this command -> "cd Library"
3-Enter this command -> "rm -rf Google" (If you're not going to use Google again.)
4-Then open Finder.
5-Choose Git from the top menu and type "Library/LaunchAgents".
6-Delete anything that has to do with Google in the window that opens.
7-Restart your Mac. If you get the same notification again, click the notification (Most likely, the notification will come from Google Software, not Google Updater.)
8-Click the info icon next to Google in the background items in the settings tab that opens. Then delete all Google related files in the Finder tab that opens.

Congratulations, you made it ;)


Jan 20, 2023 12:04 AM in response to Mr. Bacon

Delete Chrome and Keystone:

/Applications/Google Chrome.app

Delete all the Google folders, and anything else that starts with com.google... and com.google.keystone... from:

/Library/Application Support

/Library/Caches

/Library/LaunchAgents

/Library/LaunchDaemons

/Library/Preferences

~/Library/Application Support

~/Library/Caches

~/Library/LaunchAgents

~/Library/Preferences

Empty the Trash, and restart your computer.


Use some other browser like Firefox, Brave etc. Google Earth.app might also install the updater so use it via the browser.

Jan 22, 2023 2:13 AM in response to Mr. Bacon

Oh, your initial question referred to this issue:


Perpetual "Background Items Added" - Apple Community


...hmm maybe you could try this:


https://www.droidwin.com/remove-google-updater-from-allow-in-the-background-on-mac/


...but it seems to do the same as in my initial reply, such as:


https://chromeisbad.com


If all else fails, you could backup, cleanly reinstall and restore (without Google stuff). Or wait if this is fixed in some update.

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