Google Chrome is the best web browser, i had ever used. You might know that Google Chrome
gets updated very often. You may not have noticed it because Google
automatically updates and installs the latest stable version of
Chrome. Have you ever wondered what goes on when Google Chrome is being
updated? Will the new version overwrite the old version? Or does the old
version gets uninstalled automatically? The answer is the earlier
version of Google Chrome are kept and not removed. If you check the
folder where Google Chrome is installed, you would noticed that there
are 2 folders with different version numbers and two chrome executable
files (chrome.exe and old_chrome.exe).
Obviously chrome.exe with the newer version number are the most updated Chrome while old_chrome.exe and the folder with older version number is obsolete. One probable reason that the old version is still kept because of rollback purposes but the official Chrome FAQ page mentioned that they don’t recommend you to roll back Google Chrome to a previous version.
The old version of Chrome takes up about 80MB space from your hard drive and it is actually safe to remove the redundant old Chrome files since they are not being used at all. If you want to manually delete the outdated Chrome from your computer, here is how you do it. First you need to enable show hidden files, folders and drive from Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab. Then open the following location with Windows Explorer.
On Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application
On Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application
Delete old_chrome.exe file and the folder that shows an older version number. Alternatively, you can use a free and portable tool called OldChromeRemover which automatically detects the obsolete versions of Google Chrome and deletes it when the user press the Y button on the keyboard. OldChromeRemover requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and also Run as Administrator to work.
After following all above steps, you will definitely able to clear and Remove Outdated Google Chrome Files safely from your system and get some free space on your Hard Disk.
Obviously chrome.exe with the newer version number are the most updated Chrome while old_chrome.exe and the folder with older version number is obsolete. One probable reason that the old version is still kept because of rollback purposes but the official Chrome FAQ page mentioned that they don’t recommend you to roll back Google Chrome to a previous version.
The old version of Chrome takes up about 80MB space from your hard drive and it is actually safe to remove the redundant old Chrome files since they are not being used at all. If you want to manually delete the outdated Chrome from your computer, here is how you do it. First you need to enable show hidden files, folders and drive from Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab. Then open the following location with Windows Explorer.
On Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application
On Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application
Delete old_chrome.exe file and the folder that shows an older version number. Alternatively, you can use a free and portable tool called OldChromeRemover which automatically detects the obsolete versions of Google Chrome and deletes it when the user press the Y button on the keyboard. OldChromeRemover requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and also Run as Administrator to work.
After following all above steps, you will definitely able to clear and Remove Outdated Google Chrome Files safely from your system and get some free space on your Hard Disk.
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