Docker Desktop

A way to uninstall Docker Desktop from your system

This page is about Docker Desktop for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Docker Inc.. Additional info about Docker Inc. can be seen here. Docker Desktop is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker folder, depending on the user's choice. The complete uninstall command line for Docker Desktop is C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker Desktop Installer.exe. The application's main executable file is called Docker Desktop.exe and occupies 274.80 KB (281392 bytes).

The following executables are incorporated in Docker Desktop. They occupy 897.87 MB (941487848 bytes) on disk.

• courgette64.exe (943.81 KB)
• Docker Desktop Installer.exe (7.07 MB)
• Docker Desktop.exe (274.80 KB)
• DockerCli.exe (32.30 KB)
• InstallerCli.exe (34.32 KB)
• Docker Desktop.exe (144.91 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (784.84 KB)
• pagent.exe (59.34 KB)
• com.docker.admin.exe (9.03 MB)
• com.docker.backend.exe (41.95 MB)
• com.docker.dev-envs.exe (11.73 MB)
• com.docker.diagnose.exe (15.03 MB)
• com.docker.extensions.exe (16.52 MB)
• com.docker.proxy.exe (15.31 MB)
• com.docker.vpnkit.exe (20.96 MB)
• com.docker.wsl-distro-proxy.exe (24.43 MB)
• Docker desktop.exe (5.77 MB)
• dockerd.exe (50.46 MB)
• snyk.exe (57.45 MB)
• vpnkit-bridge.exe (9.58 MB)
• com.docker.cli.exe (45.35 MB)
• docker-compose-v1.exe (9.97 MB)
• docker-compose.exe (6.53 MB)
• docker-credential-desktop.exe (9.31 MB)
• docker-credential-ecr-login.exe (6.14 MB)
• docker-credential-wincred.exe (1.79 MB)
• docker-index.exe (45.88 MB)
• docker.exe (56.30 MB)
• hub-tool.exe (13.23 MB)
• kubectl.exe (43.63 MB)
• docker-buildx.exe (47.74 MB)
• docker-compose.exe (52.32 MB)
• docker-dev.exe (13.16 MB)
• docker-extension.exe (14.44 MB)
• docker-init.exe (13.00 MB)
• docker-sbom.exe (20.61 MB)
• docker-scan.exe (20.28 MB)
• docker-scout.exe (45.92 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 4.18.0 of Docker Desktop. 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
• 4.4.4
• 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
• 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
• 4.26.0
• 2.0.0.2
• 2.0.0.078
• 3.2.1
• 2.3.6.0
• 2.1.0.5
• 4.6.0
• 4.41.0

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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 left on disk:

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

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

• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\app.json
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\BITSReference5_0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Bugsnag.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 Desktop.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.ApiServices.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.ApiServices.pdb
• 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\Docker.Engines.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.Engines.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.HttpApi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.HttpApi.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.WPF.dll
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Docker.WPF.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.exe
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\DockerCli.pdb
• 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\icon.icns
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\assets\icon.ico
• C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\assets\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

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

• 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\Tracing\Docker Desktop_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Docker Desktop_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Docker Desktop

Use regedit.exe to remove 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

How to erase Docker Desktop with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Docker Desktop is a program released by the software company Docker Inc.. Frequently, people choose to remove this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this by hand requires some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY solution 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the 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 design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Docker Desktop or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Docker Desktop". If it exists on your system the Docker Desktop program will be found very quickly. After you select Docker Desktop in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Docker Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. 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 a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Docker Desktop which 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 entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Docker Desktop by Docker Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Docker Desktop by Docker Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.