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How to remove invisible googleupdate.exe or google updater from windows

GoogleUpdate.exe is small program which get installed with any google product you download and use. GoogleUpdate comes update comes bundled with google picasa, google desktop search, as in latest it comes embedded with google chrome.

GoogleUpdate seems to be hidden process, does not even show up when you install google chrome

What is GoogleUpdate.exe?  

“GoogleUpdate.exe is a software component that acts as a meta-installer and auto-updater in many downloadable Google applications, including Google Chrome. It keeps google programs updated”

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Above is the snapshot of the googleupdate.exe running and shown at the task manager.

GoogleUpdate.exe automatically runs in the background and automatically connects to google servers, use system resources all the time, downloads and install these updates.

It also reports some data usage to the google servers which includes version numbers, language, operating system etc.

Many people may ask why should I remove googleupdate.exe, Let’s see why

Why you should stop googleupdate.exe?

Because it downloads the updates even when you don’t need them and it also consumes the some part of your internet bandwidth without asking any permission from you.

Let’s see how can you remove googleupdate.exe from your computer.

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Recover stored passwords in google chrome with ChromePass

It has been not quite long after google released their browser google chrome, most of us are using google chrome. I am using google chrome from day 1.

We have recently written a lot about various themes for google chrome like firefox theme for google chrome , safari theme for google chrome and other google chrome tips and tricks.

Today we have come up with another hack for google chrome, A freeware utility ChromePass which is a free password recovery tool for google chrome.

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ChromePass can display all the stored password in google chrome across all the web sites which you visited and remembered the username and password

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Download Safari theme for google chrome

There has been lot of buzz going to google chrome these days, everyone wants to use google chrome as it quite fast and has a better look and feel as compared to old bored interfaces of firefox and internet explorer.

Previous we posted about how can you get firefox theme for google chrome, today we have come up with new safari theme for google chrome.

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Safari theme for google chrome not only change the look and feel but also the shape of the tabs in google chrome.

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Google Chrome Backup – Free Google Chrome Profile Backup and Restore

Google Chrome Backup is a small free tool to simply take the backup of your google profile and also lets you restore the same. It will let you backup all the data in your google chrome profile like history, bookmarks, remembered password etc and every single customization you made in google chrome.

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This free google chrome backup tool allows you to backup any google chrome user profile or even the default user profile.