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@OMGrant OMGrant released this 03 Jun 06:42
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v1.0.0
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Strip the AI, ad-tracking, and nagware out of Google Chrome — with one official enterprise-policy file.

No extensions. No binary patching. Nothing injected. Just the same managed-policy mechanism corporate IT uses to lock browsers down, pointed at the stuff you don't want. Your passwords, payments, and account sync stay completely untouched.

🔗 Landing page: https://omgrant.github.io/chrome-debullshit/

What it disables (27 policies)

  • Generative AI / Gemini — Gemini integration, AI Mode in the address bar, the on-device AI model, page-content sharing, and the master GenAI switch
  • Ad-tracking — Privacy Sandbox — Ad Topics interest profiling, Protected Audience ads, ad measurement, Related Website Sets, the consent prompt
  • Tracking & privacy hardening — block third-party cookies, kill speculative prefetch/preconnect, stop sites probing for saved cards
  • Nagware & dark patterns — the "unsupported flag" banner, "make Chrome default" nag, promo tabs, shopping/price nags, the New Tab feed + cards, profile-creation popups, satisfaction surveys, and showing the full URL again
  • Phone-home & telemetry — usage/crash metrics, URL-keyed data collection, background process on close

What it does NOT touch

Passwords · payment methods · account sync · bookmarks · extensions · history.

Install

Linux (Chrome / Chromium, auto-detected) & macOS:

git clone https://github.com/OMGrant/chrome-debullshit
cd chrome-debullshit
sudo ./install.sh            # macOS: cd macos first

Windows: download debullshit.reg below and double-click it (uninstall with debullshit-uninstall.reg), or run windows/install.ps1 in an Administrator PowerShell.

Then fully quit Chrome (Ctrl+Q / Cmd+Q), relaunch, and check chrome://policy → Reload policies. Every entry should read OK.

Uninstall

sudo ./install.sh --uninstall (Linux/macOS) · debullshit-uninstall.reg or install.ps1 -Uninstall (Windows).

Attached assets

  • debullshit.json — the canonical 27-policy file
  • debullshit.reg / debullshit-uninstall.reg — Windows double-click install / uninstall

Not affiliated with Google LLC. Applies Google's own publicly documented Chrome Enterprise policies. MIT licensed.

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