GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop for Windows. The Windows version was created by GitHub, Inc.. More information on GitHub, Inc. can be seen here. The application is frequently found in the C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's decision. The entire uninstall command line for GitHub Desktop is C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. GitHubDesktop.exe is the GitHub Desktop's primary executable file and it occupies around 373.46 KB (382424 bytes) on disk.

GitHub Desktop contains of the executables below. They take 201.29 MB (211065464 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (373.46 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (77.05 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 MB)
• git.exe (38.27 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (29.61 KB)
• git-credential-store.exe (1.21 MB)
• git-credential-wincred.exe (29.31 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.23 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.32 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.33 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (38.28 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.33 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.20 MB)
• git-show-index.exe (1.20 MB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (1.28 MB)
• git.exe (2.22 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (28.54 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.55 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (68.00 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (7.23 MB)
• awk.exe (573.12 KB)
• b2sum.exe (61.02 KB)
• basename.exe (37.87 KB)
• cat.exe (43.23 KB)
• comm.exe (43.13 KB)
• cp.exe (106.34 KB)
• cut.exe (47.34 KB)
• dash.exe (108.13 KB)
• date.exe (118.76 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.81 KB)
• echo.exe (38.18 KB)
• env.exe (37.48 KB)
• expr.exe (106.26 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 (137.04 KB)
• mkdir.exe (72.07 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.05 KB)
• mv.exe (113.00 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.36 KB)
• printf.exe (71.59 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 (109.14 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (321.51 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (336.47 KB)
• ssh.exe (650.69 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 (48.30 KB)
• wc.exe (50.11 KB)
• xargs.exe (69.52 KB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (64.55 MB)
• git.exe (38.27 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (29.55 KB)
• git-credential-store.exe (1.31 MB)
• git-credential-wincred.exe (29.31 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.33 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.34 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.35 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (38.28 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.36 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.30 MB)
• git-show-index.exe (1.30 MB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (1.31 MB)
• git.exe (2.25 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (28.98 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.02 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (66.97 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (7.32 MB)
• awk.exe (600.29 KB)
• b2sum.exe (61.02 KB)
• basename.exe (37.87 KB)
• cat.exe (43.23 KB)
• comm.exe (43.13 KB)
• cp.exe (106.34 KB)
• cut.exe (47.34 KB)
• dash.exe (108.13 KB)
• date.exe (118.76 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.81 KB)
• echo.exe (38.18 KB)
• env.exe (37.48 KB)
• expr.exe (106.26 KB)
• false.exe (35.65 KB)
• find.exe (256.55 KB)
• gencat.exe (181.33 KB)
• getfacl.exe (171.26 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.59 KB)
• grep.exe (210.73 KB)
• head.exe (48.30 KB)
• ls.exe (137.04 KB)
• mkdir.exe (72.07 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.05 KB)
• mv.exe (113.00 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.36 KB)
• printf.exe (71.59 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)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.3.2 of GitHub Desktop. Click on the links below for other GitHub Desktop versions:

• 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
• 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
• 3.3.4

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If you are manually uninstalling GitHub Desktop we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove GitHub Desktop:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2018-08-12.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Preferences
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\window-state.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc\GitHub Desktop.lnk

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\x-github-desktop-auth
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GitHubDesktop

A way to remove GitHub Desktop from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is an application by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, people try to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE approach to erase 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 a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

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

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer 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 found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.