GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

GitHub Desktop is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. More info about GitHub, Inc. can be seen here. GitHub Desktop is frequently set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, subject to the user's option. The full command line for removing GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. GitHub Desktop's main file takes about 383.67 KB (392880 bytes) and is named GitHubDesktop.exe.

GitHub Desktop contains of the executables below. They occupy 159.74 MB (167503016 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (383.67 KB)
• Update.exe (1.82 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (120.25 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.94 MB)
• desktop-trampoline.exe (563.67 KB)
• git.exe (42.05 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (51.71 KB)
• brotli.exe (851.86 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (25.92 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (65.95 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 (51.13 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 (137.47 KB)
• awk.exe (619.44 KB)
• b2sum.exe (59.80 KB)
• basename.exe (39.74 KB)
• basenc.exe (53.52 KB)
• cat.exe (43.48 KB)
• chattr.exe (183.66 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.31 KB)
• comm.exe (45.00 KB)
• cp.exe (115.70 KB)
• cut.exe (48.22 KB)
• cygwin-console-helper.exe (531.63 KB)
• dash.exe (111.84 KB)
• date.exe (121.54 KB)
• diff.exe (207.16 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.09 KB)
• dirname.exe (38.69 KB)
• echo.exe (40.59 KB)
• env.exe (49.79 KB)
• expr.exe (111.23 KB)
• false.exe (37.52 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (38.30 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (36.48 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (50.41 KB)
• find.exe (275.33 KB)
• gencat.exe (198.04 KB)
• getfacl.exe (181.59 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.88 KB)
• grep.exe (210.95 KB)
• head.exe (49.02 KB)
• ls.exe (145.18 KB)
• lsattr.exe (183.07 KB)
• mkdir.exe (74.47 KB)
• mktemp.exe (48.90 KB)
• mv.exe (121.80 KB)
• pathchk.exe (39.71 KB)
• printf.exe (73.52 KB)
• pwd.exe (40.98 KB)
• readlink.exe (52.03 KB)
• rebase.exe (870.41 KB)
• rm.exe (67.55 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.96 KB)
• sdiff.exe (55.89 KB)
• sed.exe (172.09 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (109.03 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (342.77 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (321.32 KB)
• ssh.exe (709.22 KB)
• tail.exe (60.50 KB)
• tclsh.exe (14.67 KB)
• tclsh8.6.exe (14.67 KB)
• test.exe (70.36 KB)
• touch.exe (109.12 KB)
• tr.exe (53.48 KB)
• true.exe (37.52 KB)
• uname.exe (39.71 KB)
• uniq.exe (49.14 KB)
• wc.exe (50.43 KB)
• xargs.exe (72.23 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (309.59 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (336.88 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.9.0 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
• 2.7.2
• 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
• 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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When you're planning to uninstall GitHub Desktop you should 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.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\ask-pass.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\desktop-trampoline\desktop-trampoline.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\fff110f06938764612a1a3588659e22e.cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\cmd\git.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\blocked-file-util.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\brotli.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-askyesno.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-credential-helper-selector.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-http-fetch.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-http-push.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-receive-pack.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-remote-http.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-remote-https.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\git-upload-pack.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libbrotlicommon.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libbrotlidec.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libcurl-4.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libexpat-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libidn2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libintl-8.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libnghttp2-14.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libpcre2-8-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libssh2-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libssp-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libunistring-2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libwinpthread-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\libzstd.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\proxy-lookup.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\bin\zlib1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\lib\engines-1_1\capi.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\lib\engines-1_1\padlock.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Atlassian.Bitbucket.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\AzureDevOps.Authentication.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\git-credential-manager-core.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\GitHub.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\GitHub.UI.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\git-lfs.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.AzureRepos.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.Git.CredentialManager.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.Git.CredentialManager.UI.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.Identity.Client.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.Identity.Client.Extensions.Msal.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\share\git\edit-git-bash.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\mingw64\share\git\git-wrapper.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\awk.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\b2sum.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\basename.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\basenc.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\cat.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\chattr.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\cmp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\comm.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\cp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\cut.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\cygwin-console-helper.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\dash.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\date.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\diff.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\diff3.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\dirname.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\echo.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\env.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\expr.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\false.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\fido2-assert.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\fido2-cred.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\fido2-token.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\find.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\gencat.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\getfacl.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\getopt.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\grep.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\head.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\libtcl8.6.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\ls.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\lsattr.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\mkdir.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\mktemp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\msys-2.0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\msys-asn1-8.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\msys-cbor-0.8.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.0\resources\app\git\usr\bin\msys-com_err-1.dll

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

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

Additional values that you should clean:

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

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program offered by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to uninstall 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 Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general 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. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop app will be found very quickly. When you click GitHub Desktop in the list , some information about the program is shown to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of GitHub Desktop that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.