Atom

A guide to uninstall Atom from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Atom for Windows. It was developed for Windows by GitHub Inc.. More information on GitHub Inc. can be found here. The application is usually located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom folder. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's preference. The entire uninstall command line for Atom is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom\Update.exe. The application's main executable file is named atom.exe and occupies 431.03 KB (441376 bytes).

The following executables are installed beside Atom. They take about 100.08 MB (104940888 bytes) on disk.

• atom.exe (431.03 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.63 MB)
• atom.exe (81.98 MB)
• node.exe (303.03 KB)
• node.exe (13.62 MB)
• ctags-win32.exe (196.53 KB)
• ctags-win32.exe (308.00 KB)

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The current page applies to Atom version 1.15.0 only. You can find below info on other releases of Atom:

• 1.34.0
• 1.0.4
• 1.13.1
• 1.24.0
• 0.189.0
• 1.22.00
• 1.24.01
• 1.13.02
• 1.9.2
• 1.19.6
• 0.181.0
• 0.172.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.52.0
• 1.19.7
• 1.15.03
• 1.36.01
• 0.191.0
• 1.0.15
• 1.11.05
• 1.39.0
• 1.0.0
• 1.38.2
• 0.176.0
• 1.63.0
• 1.0.7
• 1.63.1
• 0.184.0
• 1.10.1
• 1.12.8
• 1.25.0
• 1.5.01
• 1.14.3
• 1.29.0
• 1.2.4
• 0.205.0
• 1.25.02
• 1.47.0
• 1.6.07
• 1.40.0
• 1.9.6
• 1.28.1
• 1.12.7
• 0.174.0
• 1.40.023
• 0.187.0
• 1.0.18
• 1.13.06
• 1.21.0
• 1.3.3
• 1.32.1
• 0.200.0
• 1.36.02
• 1.9.9
• 1.36.1
• 1.0.9
• 1.17.1
• 1.3.06
• 1.28.2
• 1.44.0
• 1.14.2
• 1.38.1
• 1.57.0
• 1.49.0
• 1.4.3
• 1.9.4
• 1.20.0
• 1.5.00
• 0.211.0
• 1.12.2
• 1.23.01
• 1.12.6
• 1.7.2
• 1.0.11
• 1.11.0
• 1.21.00
• 0.166.0
• 1.22.02
• 1.4.2
• 0.196.0
• 1.27.2
• 1.9.5
• 1.0.10
• 1.46.0
• 1.29.01
• 1.23.2
• 1.35.0
• 1.17.0
• 1.27.01
• 1.40.1
• 1.21.01
• 1.12.1
• 1.1.0
• 1.33.1
• 1.14.4
• 1.0.14
• 1.26.1
• 0.201.0
• 0.188.0
• 0.190.0

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Some files, folders and registry entries will be left behind when you remove Atom from your computer.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Atom Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\atom-11737-5076-1pvs4un.bpt4kj4i
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\atom-11737-5592-18mrxxh.jayxgh9f6r

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\info\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\logs\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\objects\03\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\objects\0d\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\objects\ce\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\objects\info\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\objects\pack\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\duplicate.git\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\empty_bare.git\info\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\empty_bare.git\objects\info\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\empty_bare.git\objects\pack\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\empty_bare.git\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\icase\k\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\icase\L\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\issue_592\c\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\issue_592\t\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\issue_592b\ignored\contained\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\peeled.git\objects\info\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\peeled.git\objects\pack\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\peeled.git\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\push_src\fold\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\push_src\submodule\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\redundant.git\objects\info\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\redundant.git\objects\pack\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\redundant.git\refs\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\shallow.git\objects\pack\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\shallow.git\refs\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\short_tag.git\objects\4a\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\short_tag.git\objects\4d\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\short_tag.git\objects\5d\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\short_tag.git\objects\e6\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\short_tag.git\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\status\subdir\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\sub.git\logs\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\sub.git\objects\10\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\sub.git\objects\17\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\sub.git\objects\94\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\sub.git\objects\b7\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\sub.git\objects\d0\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\sub.git\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\just_a_dir\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\sm_added_and_uncommited\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\sm_changed_file\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\sm_changed_head\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\sm_changed_index\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\sm_changed_untracked_file\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\sm_missing_commits\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\submod2\sm_unchanged\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\template\branches\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\template\hooks\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\template\info\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\logs\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\logs\refs\remotes\origin\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\logs\refs\remotes\test\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\08\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\13\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\18\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\1a\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\1b\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\1f\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\25\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\27\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\2d\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\32\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\36\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\45\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\4a\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\4b\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\52\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\5b\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\75\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\76\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\7b\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\81\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\84\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\94\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\9a\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\9f\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\a4\_._
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\a8\_._
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\b2\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\b6\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\be\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\c4\_._
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\d6\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\d7\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\e6\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\e7\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\f1\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\f6\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\fa\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\fd\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\objects\pack\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\refs\heads\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\refs\notes\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.15.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\tests\resources\testrepo.git\refs\remotes\test\_._

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/atom+xml

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