GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

This info 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.. You can find out more on GitHub, Inc. or check for application updates here. GitHub Desktop is normally installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, subject to the user's choice. You can uninstall GitHub Desktop by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. GitHubDesktop.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 373.46 KB (382424 bytes) on disk.

GitHub Desktop contains of the executables below. They 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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The information on this page is only about version 1.3.4 of GitHub Desktop. You can find below a few links to 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
• 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
• 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 suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

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

The files below remain on your disk by GitHub Desktop when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.3.4\locales\th.pak

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

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

How to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program offered by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, computer users want to erase this application. This is hard because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK procedure 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it exists on your system the GitHub Desktop program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click GitHub Desktop in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove GitHub Desktop in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.