How can i uninstall Google Chrome using Power Shell - google-chrome

Question

I am working towards writing a powershell script for uninstalling the current version 54.0.2840.99 m of Google Chrome from my machine but could not be able to do so. I am using the following piece of code in my script:
$app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object {
$_.Name -match “Google Chrome”}
$app.Uninstall()
The chrome is installed in my machine but the above code is not showing Google Chrome in the list. It is returning null value and it could not be able to uninstall.
Could you please tell me where i have been went wrong or any other alternative solution for uninstalling the Google Chrome via PowerShell?

Answer 1

Google Chrome doesn't use WMI when installing chrome. You can use the command below to find the version, and uninstall chrome using its setup package.
(Get-ItemProperty -path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Google Chrome').version | ForEach-Object {& ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Google\Chrome\Application\$_\Installer\setup.exe --uninstall --multi-install --chrome --system-level --force-uninstall}

Answer 2

I use this:
$GoogleChrome = [CimInstance](Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Product | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'Google Chrome'})
If ($GoogleChrome -ne $null) {
Write-Host 'Uninstalling Google Chrome'$GoogleChrome.Version
Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $GoogleChrome -MethodName 'Uninstall' | Out-Null
}
The search for the uninstaller takes longer than I would like, but it works for the 64-bit version of Google Chrome we use.

Answer 3

There might have been some changes with Chrome that gave me some trouble with the solutions above. This worked for me just recently, and it will work with some other software packages too. It also gives a good basis for confirming the package is no longer installed:
$target_computers='computer1','computer2','computer3'
$software_to_remove='chrome'
Get-PSSession | Remove-PSSession
$target_sessions=New-PSSession -ComputerName $target_computers
if ($software_to_remove -Like 'chrome') {
Invoke-Command -Session (Get-PSSession) -ScriptBlock{
$computer_name=$env:COMPUTERNAME
$chrome_installed_object=(Get-ItemProperty -path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Google Chrome')
if ($chrome_installed_object -ne $null) {
$chrome_version=($chrome_installed_object | select-object -ExpandProperty Version)
$chrome_uninstaller_string=($chrome_installed_object | Select-Object -ExpandProperty UninstallString)
$chrome_uninstaller_full_string=($chrome_uninstaller_string+" --force-uninstall")
Write-Host "For $computer_name, we have found the following version of Chrome: $chrome_version"
Write-Host "Removing version $chrome_version"
Write-Host "This is the Chrome uninstall string we are using: $chrome_uninstaller_full_string"
cmd.exe /c $chrome_uninstaller_full_string
}
}
}
Invoke-Command -Session (Get-PSSession) -ScriptBlock{
param($software_to_remove)
$computer_name=$env:Computername
#Look at installed programs
Write-Host ("Looking for a package matching this pattern: "+$software_to_remove+" on server "+$computer_name)
$program_to_remove = $(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object -Property Name -Like "*$software_to_remove*")
if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($program_to_remove)) {
Write-Host "These programs have been located: $program_to_remove"
$oktoremove=$(Read-Host "OK to remove these programs (y or n)?")
If (!($oktoremove -eq 'y')) {
Write-Host 'Exiting the entire script on server $computer_name since you do not wish to take any further action now'
exit
}
$program_to_remove.Uninstall()
}
#Look at installed packages
$PackageToRemove=$(Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller | Where-Object -Property Name -Like "*$software_to_remove*")
$PackageToRemove_name=$(Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller | Where-Object -Property Name -Like "*$software_to_remove*" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name)
if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($PackageToRemove)) {
Write-Host "$PackageToRemove_name"
$oktoremove=$(Read-Host "OK to remove software (y or n)?")
If (!($oktoremove -eq 'y')) {
Write-Host 'Exiting the entire script on server $computer_name since you do not wish to take any further action now'
exit
}
Uninstall-Package -Name $PackageToRemove -Verbose -Force
}
#Just in case the previous approach did not remove the package successfully, use the GUID this time
Get-Package -Provider Programs -IncludeWindowsInstaller | Where-Object -Property Name -Like "*$software_to_remove*" | Uninstall-Package
#Check again, just to make sure
$x86Path = "HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*"
$installedItemsX86 = Get-ItemProperty -Path $x86Path | Select-Object -Property PSChildName, DisplayName, DisplayVersion
$x64Path = "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*"
$installedItemsX64 = Get-ItemProperty -Path $x64Path | Select-Object -Property PSChildName, DisplayName, DisplayVersion
$installedItems = $installedItemsX86 + $installedItemsX64
$installedItems | Where-Object -FilterScript { $null -ne $_.DisplayName } | Sort-Object -Property DisplayName | ft
} -ArgumentList($software_to_remove)