Docker Desktop

A guide to uninstall Docker Desktop from your computer

Docker Desktop is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Docker Inc.. Take a look here for more details on Docker Inc.. Docker Desktop is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker folder, subject to the user's option. The entire uninstall command line for Docker Desktop is C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop Installer.exe. Docker Desktop's primary file takes around 2.24 MB (2348616 bytes) and is named Docker Desktop.exe.

Docker Desktop contains of the executables below. They occupy 940.22 MB (985888784 bytes) on disk.

• courgette64.exe (1.65 MB)
• Docker Desktop Installer.exe (7.18 MB)
• Docker Desktop.exe (2.24 MB)
• DockerCli.exe (10.78 MB)
• InstallerCli.exe (45.09 KB)
• Docker Desktop.exe (154.69 MB)
• com.docker.admin.exe (14.63 MB)
• com.docker.backend.exe (54.79 MB)
• com.docker.build.exe (67.25 MB)
• com.docker.dev-envs.exe (11.73 MB)
• com.docker.diagnose.exe (17.09 MB)
• com.docker.extensions.exe (19.97 MB)
• com.docker.wsl-distro-proxy.exe (28.70 MB)
• Docker desktop.exe (10.74 MB)
• dockerd.exe (56.10 MB)
• com.docker.cli.exe (33.01 MB)
• docker-compose.exe (6.72 MB)
• docker-credential-desktop.exe (11.71 MB)
• docker-credential-ecr-login.exe (6.14 MB)
• docker-credential-wincred.exe (1.79 MB)
• docker-index.exe (45.88 MB)
• docker.exe (56.35 MB)
• extension-admin.exe (8.45 MB)
• hub-tool.exe (13.23 MB)
• kubectl.exe (48.25 MB)
• docker-buildx.exe (52.65 MB)
• docker-compose.exe (57.90 MB)
• docker-dev.exe (13.16 MB)
• docker-extension.exe (14.43 MB)
• docker-init.exe (13.28 MB)
• docker-sbom.exe (20.61 MB)
• docker-scan.exe (19.96 MB)
• docker-scout.exe (59.10 MB)

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This data is about Docker Desktop version 4.25.1 alone. You can find here a few links to other Docker Desktop releases:

• 2.2.3.0
• 3.5.1
• 4.20.1
• 3.5.2
• 4.1.0
• 2.3.7.0
• 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
• 4.8.1
• 2.3.3.2
• 2.0.0.082
• 4.8.0
• 3.3.2
• 2.1.0.3
• 3.3.1
• 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
• 2.4.0.0
• 4.26.1
• 4.23.0
• 3.0.4
• 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
• 2.3.0.3
• 2.0.1.0
• 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
• 4.7.1
• 2.3.3.1
• 4.24.0
• 4.26.0
• 2.0.0.2
• 2.0.0.078
• 3.2.1
• 2.3.6.0
• 2.1.0.5
• 4.6.0
• 4.2.0
• 2.4.2.0
• 4.16.1
• 2.1.0.4
• 4.3.1
• 2.0.0.3
• 4.9.1
• 4.29.0
• 4.27.0
• 4.6.1
• 4.0.0
• 2.1.0.1
• 2.0.3.0
• 2.0.2.1

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If planning to uninstall Docker Desktop you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WSLDVCPlugin\docker-desktop
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Docker Desktop
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserName\Start Menu\Programs\docker-desktop

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Docker Desktop:

• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\app.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\BITSReference5_0.dll
• 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.Backend.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.Backend.pdb
• 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\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\locales\zh-TW.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\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

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\docker-desktop
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Docker Desktop Installer_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Docker Desktop Installer_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\UserName\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Docker Desktop
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\docker-desktop

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\UserName\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\docker\docker\resources\com.docker.backend.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\UserName\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\docker\docker\resources\com.docker.backend.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\com.docker.service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{06BBC2C1-7693-4F54-8B4C-5615175E47DC}C:\program files\docker\docker\resources\com.docker.backend.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{7479F229-26D4-4B14-B4B7-76EAE5AC10F8}C:\program files\docker\docker\resources\com.docker.backend.exe

A way to remove Docker Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Docker Desktop is an application marketed by the software company Docker Inc.. Frequently, computer users decide to remove it. This is efortful because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK way to remove Docker Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Docker Desktop or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Docker Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the Docker Desktop app will be found very quickly. After you select Docker Desktop in the list , the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Docker Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Docker Desktop.


8. After removing Docker Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Docker Desktop that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Docker Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Docker Desktop by Docker Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Docker Desktop by Docker Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Docker Desktop in case 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' computers.