GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

This page is about GitHub Desktop for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by GitHub, Inc.. Check out here where you can get more info on GitHub, Inc.. GitHub Desktop is typically set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, regulated by the user's option. You can remove GitHub Desktop by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. GitHub Desktop's primary file takes around 373.46 KB (382424 bytes) and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

GitHub Desktop is comprised of the following executables which occupy 190.00 MB (199228968 bytes) on disk:

• GitHubDesktop.exe (373.46 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (64.55 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 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)
• sh.exe (2.01 MB)
• sort.exe (109.14 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (306.98 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (319.95 KB)
• ssh.exe (637.41 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)
• getprocaddr32.exe (336.69 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (362.93 KB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (64.55 MB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (29.55 KB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (28.98 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.02 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (66.97 KB)
• 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)

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This info is about GitHub Desktop version 1.3.3 only. For more GitHub Desktop versions please click below:

• 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
• 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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GitHub Desktop has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer:

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

The files below remain on your disk by GitHub Desktop's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• 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\2018-08-18.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

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

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

GitHub Desktop is an application marketed by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, people decide to erase it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK way to erase GitHub Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop program will be found very quickly. After you click GitHub Desktop in the list , the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.