Hello Lifeisabeach, I thank you for your quick reply. I have come to the conclusion that removal of all things Google hinge on Google+ auto backup. I do not know how to open that software, I see evidence of it but accessing it is, for me, impossible. I have left clicked it, I have right clicked it, I have requested via the drop down panel that it opens but all to no avail. I simply cannot get into it to turn it off. I have put all other google things in the trash and emptied it but the icons remain in my Apps store. Those app icons will not transfer into the trash, click and hold, slide it onto the trash icon but as soon as it is released the icon dashes back into the Apps store. I think a trip to the local Apple shop is called for on this one as I am not a computer buff at all, at least I can almost put my computer in my pocket. Sluice