Turn Off Google Updater on M1

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/453027/how-can-i-stop-getting-google-updater-added-items-that-can-run-in-the-backgrou

I have to use Google Chrome for work so simply using another browser is not an answer, nor ever really a helpful suggestion when it is required of you. I have to test apps in all major browsers, so I already do that.

Then I looked at the files after launching Chrome again to see what was going on.

In the first folder (~/Library/LaunchAgents) these are the two files which keep showing back up:

com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.google.keystone.xpcservice.plist

In the first one (com.google.keystone.agent.plist) there is a setting that tells it to launch.

In the xml code there is a key set to true:

<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>

So I edited that file and changed the value to false, like so:

<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>

I turned Syncing back on in Google Chrome and rebooted.

Google Chrome is no longer reinserting itself as a login item, and I am not getting any more of those annoying Google Updater notification blurbs.