GitHub Desktop

How to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to remove GitHub Desktop for Windows. The Windows version was developed by GitHub, Inc.. You can read more on GitHub, Inc. or check for application updates here. Usually the GitHub Desktop program is placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. GitHub Desktop's main file takes about 380.62 KB (389752 bytes) and is named GitHubDesktop.exe.

The executable files below are part of GitHub Desktop. They take an average of 159.30 MB (167040744 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (380.62 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.87 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (120.25 MB)
• desktop-trampoline.exe (133.62 KB)
• git.exe (42.05 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (51.66 KB)
• brotli.exe (851.80 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (25.87 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (65.90 KB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.88 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.89 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (42.05 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.90 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.70 MB)
• git.exe (3.17 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (51.08 KB)
• Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe (166.91 KB)
• git-credential-manager-core.exe (72.41 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (10.63 MB)
• GitHub.UI.exe (143.38 KB)
• edit-git-bash.exe (137.41 KB)
• awk.exe (619.38 KB)
• b2sum.exe (59.74 KB)
• basename.exe (39.69 KB)
• basenc.exe (53.46 KB)
• cat.exe (43.43 KB)
• chattr.exe (183.61 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.26 KB)
• comm.exe (44.95 KB)
• cp.exe (115.65 KB)
• cut.exe (48.16 KB)
• cygwin-console-helper.exe (531.58 KB)
• dash.exe (111.78 KB)
• date.exe (121.48 KB)
• diff.exe (207.11 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.03 KB)
• dirname.exe (38.63 KB)
• echo.exe (40.54 KB)
• env.exe (49.73 KB)
• expr.exe (111.17 KB)
• false.exe (37.47 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (38.25 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (36.42 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (50.35 KB)
• find.exe (275.27 KB)
• gencat.exe (197.98 KB)
• getfacl.exe (181.53 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.83 KB)
• grep.exe (210.89 KB)
• head.exe (48.97 KB)
• ls.exe (145.13 KB)
• lsattr.exe (183.02 KB)
• mkdir.exe (74.41 KB)
• mktemp.exe (48.84 KB)
• mv.exe (121.74 KB)
• pathchk.exe (39.66 KB)
• printf.exe (73.47 KB)
• pwd.exe (40.92 KB)
• readlink.exe (51.98 KB)
• rebase.exe (870.36 KB)
• rm.exe (67.50 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.91 KB)
• sdiff.exe (55.84 KB)
• sed.exe (172.04 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (108.98 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (342.71 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (321.27 KB)
• ssh.exe (709.16 KB)
• tail.exe (60.45 KB)
• tclsh.exe (14.62 KB)
• tclsh8.6.exe (14.62 KB)
• test.exe (70.30 KB)
• touch.exe (109.06 KB)
• tr.exe (53.42 KB)
• true.exe (37.47 KB)
• uname.exe (39.66 KB)
• uniq.exe (49.09 KB)
• wc.exe (50.38 KB)
• xargs.exe (72.17 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (309.54 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (336.83 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.7.2 of GitHub Desktop. You can find below info on other versions of GitHub Desktop:

• 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
• 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
• 1.3.4
• 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 recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\ask-pass.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\desktop-trampoline\desktop-trampoline.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0034-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0035-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0036-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0037-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.7.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0038-20e3.png

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\x-github-desktop-auth
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GitHubDesktop

A way to erase GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is an application offered by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to remove this program. This can be troublesome because doing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY procedure to remove GitHub 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop application will be found automatically. When you select GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove GitHub Desktop in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.