How to Remove Orbit Downloader from Chrome
If you are wondering how to remove Orbit downloader from Google Chrome, here’s a short how-to guide.
Removing Orbit Downloader
0. Close Google Chrome
1. Open Windows Explorer via Windows key + E
2. Browse to the folder C:\Users\[INSERTUSERNAMEHERE]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins, e.g. C:\Users\sOliver\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
3. You are now in the Google Chrome plugin folder.
4. Delete the DLL file nporbit.dll
5. Ggo to C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Roaming\Orbit and delete the entire folder
6. Restart Chrome and Orbit Downloader should now be removed.
7. Make sure that you actually uninstalled OrbitDownloader and that you removed the Orbit program folder in C:\Program Files\
If you are unable to download the Orbit downloader DLL file, make sure you have permission to do so. Do you still have problems with removing Orbit Downloader? Post a comment below. Also, if there are any other Chrome extensions that are bugging you, let us know.
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Written by oliversk Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
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why should orbit be removed? is there any difference in perfomance?
I really appreciate you trying to help us poor folk out, but for Windows 7 I can’t find any “appdata” folder. Please could you help me out with some Windows 7 specific instructions. Thanks again.
@seldon
When Orbit Downloader is uninstalled it happily leaves all of the stuff it did to the browser (in this case Google Chrome).
Charlie, by default the AppData folder is hidden. You need to make sure that you can see hidden files and folders.
Read this tutorial: How to show hidden folders
Also, make sure that you go to C:\Users\Yourusername!!\Appdata
Yourusername will be your actual username for your PC
That did the trick! Thank you so much for the ridiculously fast response :D cheerio
In Windows 7 close chrome and go to
32bit C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
64bit C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
delete “nporbit.dll”