Docker Desktop

How to uninstall Docker Desktop from your system

Docker Desktop is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Docker Inc.. Check out here where you can read more on Docker Inc.. Docker Desktop is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker directory, subject to the user's option. The full uninstall command line for Docker Desktop is C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop Installer.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 3.96 MB (4156848 bytes) on disk and is titled Docker Desktop.exe.

The executable files below are part of Docker Desktop. They occupy about 1.26 GB (1355845680 bytes) on disk.

• courgette64.exe (1.65 MB)
• Docker Desktop Installer.exe (7.56 MB)
• Docker Desktop.exe (3.96 MB)
• DockerCli.exe (13.24 MB)
• InstallerCli.exe (46.92 KB)
• Docker Desktop.exe (181.81 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (309.42 KB)
• com.docker.admin.exe (20.75 MB)
• com.docker.backend.exe (109.42 MB)
• com.docker.build.exe (82.87 MB)
• com.docker.diagnose.exe (37.27 MB)
• com.docker.vmm.exe (14.36 MB)
• Docker desktop.exe (13.23 MB)
• dockerd.exe (70.56 MB)
• compose-bridge.exe (20.73 MB)
• docker-compose.exe (73.41 MB)
• docker-credential-desktop.exe (13.36 MB)
• docker-credential-ecr-login.exe (7.20 MB)
• docker-credential-wincred.exe (2.02 MB)
• docker.exe (41.65 MB)
• extension-admin.exe (8.19 MB)
• hub-tool.exe (14.05 MB)
• kubectl.exe (56.14 MB)
• docker-ai.exe (34.47 MB)
• docker-buildx.exe (66.22 MB)
• docker-cloud.exe (52.92 MB)
• docker-debug.exe (18.56 MB)
• docker-desktop.exe (18.33 MB)
• docker-extension.exe (18.94 MB)
• docker-init.exe (18.12 MB)
• docker-mcp.exe (30.98 MB)
• docker-model.exe (20.00 MB)
• docker-sbom.exe (20.61 MB)
• docker-scout.exe (123.28 MB)
• com.docker.llama-server.exe (3.36 MB)
• com.docker.nv-gpu-info.exe (44.23 KB)

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This page is about Docker Desktop version 4.43.2 alone. Click on the links below for other Docker Desktop versions:

• 2.2.3.0
• 3.5.1
• 4.20.1
• 3.5.2
• 4.33.0
• 4.34.2
• 4.25.1
• 4.31.0
• 4.36.0
• 4.39.0
• 4.1.0
• 2.3.7.0
• 4.40.0
• 4.15.0
• 3.6.0
• 4.20.0
• 4.7.0
• 3.2.0
• 4.14.1
• 4.16.3
• 4.28.0
• 2.1.3.0
• 4.22.1
• 4.27.2
• 4.17.0
• 2.3.0.1
• 2.0.5.0
• 4.11.0
• 4.10.1
• 2.2.0.4
• 2.3.2.1
• 2.1.6.1
• 2.3.6.2
• 4.24.2
• 3.5.0
• 4.11.1
• 4.21.1
• 2.0.0.081
• 4.33.1
• 4.8.1
• 2.3.3.2
• 2.0.0.082
• 4.8.0
• 3.3.2
• 2.1.0.3
• 4.34.0
• 3.3.1
• 4.30.0
• 2.1.0.0
• 2.5.0.0
• 2.2.2.0
• 4.8.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.18.0
• 4.4.4
• 4.0.1
• 4.5.0
• 2.1.4.0
• 4.34.3
• 2.4.0.0
• 4.26.1
• 4.23.0
• 3.0.4
• 4.38.0
• 4.5.1
• 2.3.0.4
• 3.4.0
• 2.3.5.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.19.0
• 4.17.1
• 2.2.0.3
• 4.16.2
• 4.21.0
• 3.0.0
• 4.22.0
• 2.3.0.0
• 4.43.0
• 2.3.0.3
• 2.0.1.0
• 4.34.1
• 4.14.0
• 3.3.3
• 2.5.0.1
• 4.3.0
• 2.3.0.5
• 4.13.0
• 2.3.1.0
• 2.1.5.0
• 3.3.0
• 4.35.0
• 4.7.1
• 2.3.3.1
• 4.24.0
• 4.42.0
• 4.26.0
• 2.0.0.2
• 2.0.0.078
• 3.2.1
• 4.41.2

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

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Docker Desktop

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\app.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\com.docker.service
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\courgette64.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop Installer.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop Installer.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.Core.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\Docker Desktop.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\LICENSE.electron.txt
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\LICENSES.chromium.html
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\assets\app\icon.icns
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\assets\app\icon.ico
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\assets\app\icon.png
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\dist\OSS-LICENSES
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\LICENSE.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\ArchitectureAgnosticRegistry.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\ArchitectureSpecificRegistry.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\JsonSafeTest.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\regCreateKey.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\regDeleteKey.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\regDeleteValue.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\regList.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\regListStream.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\regPutValue.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\regUtil.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\util.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\wsRegReadList.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\regedit\vbs\wsRegReadListStream.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\HttpOverStream.Client.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\HttpOverStream.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\HttpOverStream.NamedPipe.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\HttpOverStream.Server.Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\installationmanifest.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\InstallerCli.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\InstallerCli.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\microsoft.management.infrastructure.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\microsoft.management.infrastructure.native.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\microsoft.management.infrastructure.native.unmanaged.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Microsoft.Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Microsoft.Windows.ComputeVirtualization.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\netstandard.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Newtonsoft.Json.Bson.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\compose-bridge.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\docker
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\extension-admin.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\hub-tool.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\kubectl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-cloud.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-mcp.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-sbom.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\com.docker.admin.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\com.docker.backend.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\com.docker.build.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\com.docker.diagnose.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\com.docker.vmm.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\componentsVersion.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\config-options.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\ddvp.ico
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\Docker desktop.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\dockerd.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\docker-desktop.iso
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\linux-daemon-options.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\model-runner\bin\com.docker.llama-server.digest
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\model-runner\bin\com.docker.llama-server.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\model-runner\bin\com.docker.nv-gpu-info.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\model-runner\bin\ggml.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\model-runner\bin\ggml-base.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\model-runner\bin\ggml-cpu.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\model-runner\bin\llama.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\docker-desktop
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Docker Desktop Installer (1)_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Docker Desktop Installer (1)_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Docker Desktop

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\Docker Desktop.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\com.docker.service\ImagePath

A way to remove Docker Desktop from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Docker Desktop is a program marketed by Docker Inc.. Some people decide to remove this program. This can be hard because deleting this by hand takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE practice to remove Docker 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Docker Desktop or simply click the Search feature and type in "Docker Desktop". The Docker Desktop app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Docker Desktop in the list of apps, some data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Docker Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Docker Desktop.


8. After uninstalling Docker Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Docker Desktop that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Docker Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

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