This past summer, when I installed Google Drive, I thought it might be a good alternative to Dropbox. It offered more storage and I thought it would integrate well with the rest of the Google suite we were using. I was wrong. Here are instructions on how to remove it so you no longer get those annoying update messages.
Step 1
Quit Google Drive in your status bar.
Quit Google Drive in your status bar.
Step 2
Open System Preferences and remove Google Drive from the list of Login Items. Select Google Drive and click the minus sign at the bottom of the window.
Open System Preferences and remove Google Drive from the list of Login Items. Select Google Drive and click the minus sign at the bottom of the window.
Step 3
Remove the Google Drive application from your Applications folder.
Open a Finder window, select "Applications" in the sidebar, move Google Drive to the Trash can.
Remove the Google Drive application from your Applications folder.
Open a Finder window, select "Applications" in the sidebar, move Google Drive to the Trash can.