Downgrade and Install Older Version of Chrome

First off, you will have to uninstall the currently installed build of Chrome as well as its associated data. After that, you may download and install an older version of this browser. Finally, you would then have to disable Chrome’s automatic update process. Follow along for the detailed instructions.

Step 1: Uninstall Chrome

We can easily uninstall the Google Chrome browser from the Windows Control Panel since it’s not a system app like Microsoft Edge for Windows or Safari for macOS.

Here are the steps to uninstall the Google Chrome browser from the computer:

1. Bring up the Run dialog box via Windows + R shortcut keys.
2. Type in appwiz.cpl and hit Enter.
   
3. This shall take you to the list of all the installed apps.
4. Select Google Chrome from the list, and hit on the Uninstall command.
   
5. Follow the onscreen instructions and the browser shall now be removed from your PC.

Step 2: Delete Chrome Data

While you have successfully uninstalled Chrome, some of its data might still be present. This might lead to a conflicting situation when you would be installing an older build of the browser. Hence it is recommended to delete these old data files.

Here are the steps to delete chrome local data from windows OS:

1. Open File Explorer on your Windows PC.
2. Head over to the below location: 

   %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data

   You find any remaining files and folders after uninstalling the Chrome browser

3. Delete all files/folders and send them to Recycle Bin.
   

Step 3: Download Older Chrome Version

Step 4: Disable Chrome Auto-Updates

The browser doesn’t have a built-in option to disable the auto-updates features. So you would have to take the help of the Windows Services page and disable the ones that are responsible for Chrome’s automatic updates.

Here are the steps to disable automatic updates for the Google Chrome browser:

1. Bring up the Run dialog box via Windows + R shortcut keys.
2. Type in msconfig command, and hit OK button.
   This will open the Microsoft System Configuration window.
3. Switch the Services tab and uncheck the Hide all Microsoft Services option situated at the bottom left.
4. Next, uncheck both the Google Update Service (gupdate) and Google Update Service (gupdatem) options.
   
5. Finally, Hit on Apply > OK to close the window. and
6. Restart your PC to make these changes effective.

That’s it. We have successfully disabled the Google Update Service that will essentially be used for auto-updates. Now Google won’t be updated to the next or current live version. However, we can still manually visit About Chrome for updating so we heavily advise not visiting the feature.