Atom

A guide to uninstall Atom from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Atom for Windows. It is developed by GitHub Inc.. You can find out more on GitHub Inc. or check for application updates here. Atom is usually set up in the C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\atom folder, regulated by the user's choice. The full command line for removing Atom is C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\atom\Update.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. Atom's primary file takes about 105.79 MB (110923936 bytes) and is named atom.exe.

Atom installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 177.16 MB (185760668 bytes) on disk.

• atom.exe (430.00 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.92 MB)
• atom.exe (105.79 MB)
• node.exe (27.46 MB)
• term-size.exe (17.00 KB)
• git.exe (42.58 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (20.00 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (18.50 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (33.00 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.80 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.79 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.80 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (42.58 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.81 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.76 MB)
• git.exe (2.98 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (19.00 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (58.00 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (54.00 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (225.40 KB)
• git-credential-manager.exe (175.41 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (10.59 MB)
• GitHub.Authentication.exe (293.50 KB)
• awk.exe (612.76 KB)
• b2sum.exe (53.13 KB)
• basename.exe (33.07 KB)
• basenc.exe (46.84 KB)
• cat.exe (36.81 KB)
• chattr.exe (173.30 KB)
• cmp.exe (43.64 KB)
• comm.exe (38.33 KB)
• cp.exe (109.03 KB)
• cut.exe (41.54 KB)
• dash.exe (102.10 KB)
• date.exe (114.86 KB)
• diff.exe (200.49 KB)
• diff3.exe (58.41 KB)
• dirname.exe (32.01 KB)
• echo.exe (33.92 KB)
• env.exe (43.11 KB)
• expr.exe (104.55 KB)
• false.exe (30.85 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (29.54 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (28.76 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (42.51 KB)
• find.exe (268.65 KB)
• gencat.exe (186.37 KB)
• getfacl.exe (171.23 KB)
• getopt.exe (15.00 KB)
• grep.exe (204.27 KB)
• head.exe (42.35 KB)
• ls.exe (138.51 KB)
• lsattr.exe (172.21 KB)
• mkdir.exe (67.79 KB)
• mktemp.exe (42.22 KB)
• mv.exe (115.13 KB)
• pathchk.exe (33.03 KB)
• printf.exe (66.85 KB)
• pwd.exe (34.30 KB)
• readlink.exe (45.35 KB)
• rebase.exe (810.32 KB)
• rm.exe (60.88 KB)
• rmdir.exe (58.29 KB)
• sdiff.exe (49.21 KB)
• sed.exe (165.42 KB)
• sh.exe (1.87 MB)
• sort.exe (102.36 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (322.32 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (305.11 KB)
• ssh.exe (679.51 KB)
• tail.exe (53.82 KB)
• test.exe (63.68 KB)
• touch.exe (102.44 KB)
• tr.exe (46.80 KB)
• true.exe (30.85 KB)
• uname.exe (33.04 KB)
• uniq.exe (42.46 KB)
• wc.exe (43.76 KB)
• xargs.exe (65.55 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (301.69 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (330.02 KB)
• ctags-win32.exe (308.00 KB)
• rg.exe (4.97 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.57.0 of Atom. You can find below a few links to other Atom versions:

• 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
• 1.49.0
• 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
• 1.27.1

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When planning to uninstall Atom you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Atom:

• C:\ProgramData\UserName\atom
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\ProgramData\UserName\atom\Update.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\atom.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\bin\apm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\bin\node.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\bin\npm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\BUNDLED_NODE_VERSION
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\CONTRIBUTING.md
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\deprecated-packages.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\apm.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\apm-cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\auth.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\ci.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\clean.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\command.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\config.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\dedupe.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\deprecated-packages.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\develop.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\disable.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\docs.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\enable.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\featured.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\fs.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\git.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\init.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\install.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\link.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\links.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\list.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\login.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\package-converter.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\packages.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\publish.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.57.0\resources\app\apm\lib\rebuild.js

Many times the following registry data will not be cleaned:

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

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom\atom.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom\atom.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to uninstall Atom from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Atom is an application marketed by GitHub Inc.. Sometimes, people want to erase it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY procedure to erase Atom 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows 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. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Atom or simply activate the Search field and type in "Atom". The Atom program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Atom in the list of programs, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Atom, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Atom.


8. After uninstalling Atom, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Atom which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Atom with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

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