GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

This web page is about GitHub Desktop for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by GitHub, Inc.. Take a look here where you can find out more on GitHub, Inc.. GitHub Desktop is normally set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, depending on the user's choice. The full command line for removing GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. GitHubDesktop.exe is the GitHub Desktop's main executable file and it occupies approximately 373.46 KB (382424 bytes) on disk.

GitHub Desktop installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 109.43 MB (114744640 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (373.46 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (77.06 MB)
• git.exe (36.14 KB)
• git-credential-store.exe (1.15 MB)
• git-credential-wincred.exe (27.64 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.18 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.26 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.27 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (36.14 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.27 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.14 MB)
• git-show-index.exe (1.14 MB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (1.22 MB)
• git.exe (2.13 MB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (71.09 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (68.54 KB)
• GitHub.Authentication.exe (196.46 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (214.08 KB)
• git-credential-manager.exe (157.58 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (7.11 MB)
• GitHub.Authentication.exe (297.46 KB)
• awk.exe (573.12 KB)
• b2sum.exe (60.48 KB)
• basename.exe (37.87 KB)
• cat.exe (43.23 KB)
• comm.exe (43.13 KB)
• cp.exe (105.81 KB)
• cut.exe (46.35 KB)
• dash.exe (108.13 KB)
• date.exe (118.76 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.82 KB)
• echo.exe (37.69 KB)
• env.exe (37.48 KB)
• expr.exe (105.77 KB)
• false.exe (35.65 KB)
• find.exe (256.55 KB)
• getfacl.exe (172.71 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.59 KB)
• grep.exe (210.73 KB)
• head.exe (48.30 KB)
• ls.exe (135.50 KB)
• mkdir.exe (72.07 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.05 KB)
• mv.exe (112.97 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.36 KB)
• printf.exe (70.59 KB)
• pwd.exe (39.60 KB)
• readlink.exe (50.63 KB)
• rebase.exe (820.36 KB)
• rm.exe (65.65 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.09 KB)
• sed.exe (166.50 KB)
• sh.exe (2.00 MB)
• sort.exe (109.11 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (315.75 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (333.84 KB)
• ssh.exe (658.64 KB)
• tail.exe (59.09 KB)
• test.exe (69.99 KB)
• touch.exe (106.80 KB)
• tr.exe (52.75 KB)
• true.exe (35.65 KB)
• uname.exe (38.30 KB)
• uniq.exe (47.76 KB)
• wc.exe (50.11 KB)
• xargs.exe (69.52 KB)

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The current web page applies to GitHub Desktop version 0.8.1 only. You can find below info on other releases of GitHub Desktop:

• 2.6.0
• 2.4.3
• 2.5.4
• 3.3.9
• 2.9.9
• 3.2.6
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.6
• 1.2.6
• 3.3.5
• 1.0.3
• 2.6.2
• 1.6.5
• 2.9.8
• 2.2.2
• 1.3.0
• 1.0.4
• 3.3.14
• 1.3.1
• 1.2.5
• 3.1.92
• 0.5.7
• 1.3.2
• 2.3.1
• 1.0.6
• 3.3.7
• 2.5.7
• 2.1.1
• 1.6.4
• 1.0.2
• 0.5.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.0.31
• 1.0.9
• 2.5.1
• 1.2.2
• 3.1.62
• 2.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 2.7.2
• 0.5.5
• 0.5.8
• 2.9.14
• 1.0.8
• 0.0.17
• 3.2.0
• 2.9.13
• 3.0.62
• 2.6.3
• 3.3.3
• 1.6.1
• 0.5.9
• 3.2.5
• 1.1.0
• 1.0.12
• 1.4.3
• 1.2.1
• 1.0.5
• 2.9.6
• 3.2.4
• 2.6.4
• 0.9.1
• 2.4.1
• 2.9.2
• 3.3.13
• 1.5.1
• 1.6.3
• 1.2.4
• 2.4.11
• 3.1.3
• 2.0.1
• 1.0.1
• 1.3.5
• 2.9.0
• 3.0.4
• 2.7.1
• 1.1.1
• 2.9.7
• 3.1.2
• 3.0.5
• 0.7.0
• 3.2.9
• 2.2.3
• 3.1.7
• 1.6.6
• 3.0.1
• 1.3.4
• 2.8.3
• 3.3.0
• 1.2.3
• 3.0.7
• 1.3.3
• 3.1.4
• 2.0.0
• 3.1.0
• 1.2.31
• 3.1.32
• 2.4.2
• 2.0.2
• 2.9.1

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When you're planning to uninstall GitHub Desktop you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_data\fields.yml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_data\meta.yml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_data\rules.yml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_includes\breadcrumbs.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_includes\css\responsive.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_includes\footer.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_includes\header.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_includes\license-overview.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_includes\sidebar.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_includes\using-sentence.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_layouts\default.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_layouts\license.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_licenses\afl-3.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_licenses\agpl-3.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\_licenses\apache-2.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\assets\vendor\selectivizr\selectivizr.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\script\bootstrap
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\script\check-approval
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\script\cibuild
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\script\generate-docs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\script\server
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\ci_ruby_version_spec.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\license_bom_spec.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\license_fields_spec.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\license_meta_spec.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\license_rules_spec.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\license_shown_spec.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\license_spec.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\choosealicense.com\spec\spec_helper.rb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Anjuta.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Ansible.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Archives.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Bazaar.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\BricxCC.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Calabash.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Cloud9.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\CodeKit.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\CVS.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\DartEditor.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Dreamweaver.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Dropbox.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Eclipse.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\EiffelStudio.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Emacs.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Ensime.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Espresso.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\FlexBuilder.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\GPG.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\JDeveloper.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\JEnv.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\JetBrains.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Kate.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\KDevelop4.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Lazarus.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\LibreOffice.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Linux.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\LyX.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\macOS.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Matlab.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Mercurial.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\MicrosoftOffice.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\ModelSim.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\Momentics.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\MonoDevelop.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Global\NetBeans.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\SymphonyCMS.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Terraform.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\TeX.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Textpattern.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\TurboGears2.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Typo3.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Umbraco.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Unity.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\UnrealEngine.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\VisualStudio.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\VVVV.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Waf.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\WordPress.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Xojo.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Yeoman.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Yii.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\ZendFramework.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.1\resources\app\static\gitignore\Zephir.gitignore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\packages\GitHubDesktop-0.8.1-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\packages\RELEASES

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GitHubDesktop

How to erase GitHub Desktop from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program marketed by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Some users try to uninstall this program. This is efortful because deleting this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK way to uninstall GitHub Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop program will be found very quickly. When you click GitHub Desktop in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about GitHub Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove GitHub Desktop in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.