I was just using my mac, and I noticed that a login item/background item automatically added itself to the list. What is Google LLC? Is this something I should be worried about?
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This happened to me too. It added itself without any action on my part, and without any Google crud open, to my knowledge. How can I determine what added it, so that I can remove it with prejudice?
Update:
Ran `sfltool dumpbtm`
#3:
UUID: E3C582DB-F60F-43FA-9A38-2325000511D8
Name: GoogleUpdater
Developer Name: Google LLC
Team Identifier: EQHXZ8M8AV
Type: legacy agent (0x10008)
Disposition: [enabled, disallowed, visible, notified] (9)
Identifier: com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake
URL: file:///Users/<snip>/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist
Executable Path: /Users/<snip>/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater
Generation: 2
Parent Identifier: Google LLC
Update 2:
Contents of `com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake.plist` show it's Google Chrome related:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.google.GoogleUpdater.wake</string>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<string>Aqua</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/<snip>/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/Current/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater</string>
<string>--wake-all</string>
<string>--enable-logging</string>
<string>--vmodule=*/components/update_client/*=2,*/chrome/updater/*=2</string>
</array>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>3600</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Still not sure how it got installed when I've got Google background services disabled.
If you delete the files, Google will just replace them and automatically enable them, not unlike malware. I've removed read/write permissions to the files. Untested in the long run, but should render them inoperable and unreplaceable:
chmod 000 ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.*
I came searching for answers and found more than I bargained for. I'll see myself out. Ciao
If you want to uninstall Google from your Mac, all you need to do is ask.
Posting a brand new question is the best way to elicit the individual attention you deserve. To do that, click the Ask the Community link above.
As recommended I've created a new question / topic here:
What is the "Google LLC" login item and what is it doing? It just added itself to my login items.
How does one install/uninstall Google? I do not have any google apps but got the Google LLC notification (and background login item) as well.
Completely agree! Nothing should be installed without my thumbprint or password. I turned it off. And some other things that I wasn't aware of.
Even though I’ve had a different search engine set in Safari, I noticed that Apple still uses Google search in some context (Apple Help or Spotlight maybe, but I’m not sure exactly where I saw it).
Exactly!
You clearly didn't read what the OP or others wrote did you. He didn't actively install anything.
truth2307 wrote:
You clearly didn't read what the OP or others wrote did you. He didn't actively install anything.
Wrong on both counts.
The only Google product I use is Google Earth Pro. I installed that almost a year ago. I guess that was enough to get these login items secretly installed just recently.
is this AI? No human could think that question was asking what Google is, right?
I have never "installed Google," nor would I, and still have had this added.
So you do not have a Google account?
How is this relevant to the statement that he/she didn't install any Google software?
Google LLC Running in Background on Mac
