

So lets touch on management through those methods, for organizations that haven’t quite made the move to Chrome Browser Cloud Management yet.įor starters, here are some of the most used options for managing extensions (some also apply to apps) via Windows Group Policy or via Plists on Macs: Installing or allowing extensionsĮxtension Install Allow List: These are the extensions that you have approved to be installed within your environment.Įxtension Install Force List: This will install the extension in the managed instance of Chrome. However, some enterprises may need to still use Group Policy on Windows or plists on Mac to manage extensions. In an earlier post in this series, we’ve detailed how Chrome Browser Cloud Management is the easiest way to audit installed extensions and manage them. However, some extensions can have the potential for far reaching rights to sites your users visit and devices they browse from, giving IT the desire to closely manage which extensions are in their environment and how they behave. Extensions themselves are a great tool for productivity and customization of Chrome. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Cmd + Delete.Many enterprises are looking to better manage extensions on their corporate devices. Then click on More Tools > Clear Browsing Data. To remove your browsing data, open Google Chrome and click on the three dot menu icon. That server information should be deleted if you want to permanently purge your Mac of Google Chrome and its data. Some data also stays on Google’s servers, or on other devices you own that are synced to your Google accounts and Google apps.

When you’ve done all that, now you’re ready to uninstall the app itself.Ī 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. You might also want to uninstall Google Drive from your Mac to prevent data from staying online and getting back onto your Mac that way too. Before You Uninstall the Google Chrome Applicationīefore you uninstall Google Chrome from your Mac, it’s a good idea to delete your Google Chrome Profiles and clear out your browsing data. Read on to learn how to uninstall Google Chrome and delete all of its data from your Mac in just a few steps.
