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CCleaner can't help me delete Google Sync (ie: Google Drive) program on my PC


Floridian

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CCleaner can't help me delete Google Sync (ie: Google Drive) program on my PC.
(Also called "Backup and Sync from Google")
https://www.google.com/intl/en_zm/drive/download/

I wanted to remove it and then do a clean reinstall because it stopped working

Windows can not find the source files for the installation, and therefore can not delete it. 
I can not re-install it until it is removed first.

I was hoping that CCleaner would help me fix my registry and help me delete the program and clean out the offending files, but it didn't.

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CCleaner is not meant to do that kind of task - and Chrome files can be hard to remove.

Synced data in particular is hosted on Googles servers and protected from deletion by anything but Google.

EDIT - See my next post.

*** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory ***

Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:
https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043

 

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@Floridian

It seems that you are not the only one with this problem completely uninstaling Google drive.

See here for a solution and the files and registry keys to delete (you'll have to do them manually):
https://support.google.com/drive/thread/3660256?hl=en&msgid=17068941

*** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory ***

Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:
https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043

 

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