Windows 10: Google Chrome in my computer's regitry when I never downloaded it or installed it.

Hello Microsoft Community,


I have a question.


Recently I installed a software called "CCleaner" on my computer. When I installed it there was a check box on the installer that asked if I wanted google chrome installed too, and to make it my default browser. I very specifically unchecked the box because I don't like the lack of privacy controls in chrome. However, after installing ccleaner I found a google chrome key in my registry. (see image below)





When I tried to delete it, this is what I got. (see next image)





Not only that, but when I run ccleaner, it shows google chrome as one of the browsers that it is cleaning.


So my question is; Why does google get away with putting their key in my registry when I very specifically unchecked the box?


Next question; Why can I not remove it, when pretty much everything else in the registry can be deleted?


I do not like google, or their browser and I want everything having to do with google removed from my computer. There should be a way to block them from putting anything on my computer that I didn't ask for.


Any help with this would be very much appreciated.


Edward

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Google Chrome download

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

I suggest you to uninstall the application and download the setup files or install directly from Internet explorer by following the steps below:

• Open Internet explorer and type ‘www.google.com’ in the address bar.
• To will get a notification on the right side of the browser to download and install Google Chrome.
• Click on the notification and follow the prompts to download and install the Google Chrome application.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to
write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Google Chrome not installing on Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

In order to assist you better could you please confirm a couple of things:

• Which version of Google Chrome are you trying to install on your computer?
• Do you receive any error message?

You could face this issue when the installation was not done successfully. Follow the steps given below to install Google Chrome.

Download and install Google Chrome

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en

If you still face any issues, you can post the issue on Google Chrome Support Forum.

Google Chrome Forum

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!categories/chrome/windows



Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

problem uninstalling google chrome

Hi,

Since you already uninstalled Google Chrome using the Programs and Features, Google notifications may still be running in the background processes. We suggest that you follow these steps on how to end the Google Chrome process:

• On your keyboard, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
• Select Task Manager.
• Under Processes, locate Google Notifications or Google Chrome.
• Right click on them and select End Task.
• Double check under Programs and Features if Google Chrome is completely gone.

Let us know if these steps worked.