You’ve really thought about it and decided that Google Chrome for Mac just isn’t the browser for you. You have other browsers you prefer, which makes sense, as there are many great browsers for Mac out there.

So, you now want to uninstall Chrome from your Mac and make sure it’s fully gone. We’re here to help you with that. Read on to learn how to uninstall Google Chrome and delete all of its data from your Mac in just a few steps.

Before You Uninstall Google Chrome

Before you uninstall Google Chrome from your Mac, it’s a good idea to delete your Google Chrome profiles and clear all your browsing data. You may also want to uninstall Google Drive from your Mac to prevent data from staying online and getting back onto your Mac that way too.

When you’ve done all that, now you’re ready to uninstall the app itself.

A lot of data is deleted when you uninstall the Google Chrome app from your Mac, though not all of it, as the next section illustrates. Some data also stays on Google’s servers or on other devices you own that are synced to your Google accounts and Google apps.

That server information should be deleted if you want to permanently purge your Mac of Google Chrome and its data.

To remove your browsing data, open Google Chrome and click the three-dot menu icon. Then click on More Tools > Clear Browsing Data. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Cmd + Delete.

The Google Chrome More tools menu open on a MacBook Pro with Clear Browsing Data selected

However you get there, a window will appear for clearing all your browsing data. Select All time from the Time range dropdown and check every box in the list of data types. You should consider clicking on the Advanced tab and checking all the boxes there too.

Hit the Clear data button, and your data will be gone from Chrome, your Mac, and even Google’s servers!

Clear Browsing Data window in Google Chrome Settings is open, with the All Time time range selected and everything checked in the Advanced tab

Uninstalling the Google Chrome App From Your Mac

Now, we can go over how to uninstall the Chrome app from your Mac. Quit the app entirely by pressing and holding Cmd + Q or Control-clicking the Chrome app in your Dock and hitting Quit from the menu that appears. You can Force Quit the app as well.

Next, head to your Applications folder in Finder and find Google Chrome. Click and drag it onto your Mac’s Trash icon in the Dock. Note that if you drag Chrome from your Dock into Trash, you’ll only remove it from the Dock; you need to get into the Applications folder to actually uninstall the app.

You can also Control-click on the Chrome app and select Move to Trash to do this.

The Google Chrome application being moved to Trash within a MacBook Pro's Applications folder

Now, open your Trash and click the Empty button. The Google Chrome app will now be uninstalled from your Mac! If you still see the app, restart your Mac. It should disappear completely.

Empty button in Trash on a MacBook Pro

How to Remove Google Chrome’s Data From Your Mac

Though uninstalling the Google Chrome app removes a lot of its data, some parts still remain on your Mac, taking up storage space and potentially slowing down your Mac. Chrome also drains your battery life, so getting its data off your Mac is pretty important.

To remove the data Chrome leaves on your Mac after you uninstall it, open a Finder window and click Go > Go to Folder from the menu bar, which will open a window. You can access this window with the shortcut Shift + Cmd + G as well.

Go to Folder selected within Go menu of Finder

In the Go to Folder window, type ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome and click the Go button.

Go to Folder text box open in Finder with input for finding Chrome data on a Mac

You’ll be taken to the folder on your Mac where Google Chrome has stored its data. Select everything in this folder by hitting Cmd + A. Then drag it all to the Trash icon, or Control-click on the highlighted files and select Move to Trash.

Chrome data in Finder all highlighted and right clicked on, with Move to Trash selected

Just like when uninstalling the Chrome app, open the Trash and hit the Empty button. All of Google Chrome’s data will now be completely deleted from your Mac!

Also, like with the application, if you still see some data in the Chrome folder, restart your Mac and check again. After the restart, it should be totally gone.

Uninstall Google Chrome With Other Mac Apps

Another way to uninstall Google Chrome from your Mac is to download and use a cleaner app like CleanMyMac, which can help optimize your system besides removing Chrome.

Cleaner apps can be used to clear out junk files and free up space on your Mac, but they can also often let you uninstall apps with a single click of a button, including all of that hidden background data apps like Chrome accumulate.

With this method, it’s still necessary to delete your Google Chrome profile. And learning to use a new application just to uninstall Chrome seems just as difficult as following the steps for manual uninstallation we’ve outline above.

But a cleaner app does help you uninstall Chrome with just a few clicks. If you’d prefer to keep things absurdly simple, there are several Mac apps that can help you delete and clean out other unwanted apps. We’d encourage you to stick to our recommended Mac cleaner apps, as some of them can really be malware in disguise.

Uninstalling Chrome on Mac Is Easy When You Know How

Uninstalling the Google Chrome app from your Mac is a pretty basic process. But residual files get left behind if you don’t follow every step we outlined above. You only need to know where to go to purge that data from your Mac and Google’s servers to prevent it from affecting your Mac again.