GitHub Desktop

A guide to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

GitHub Desktop is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. Check out here where you can get more info on GitHub, Inc.. GitHub Desktop is usually installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. You can uninstall GitHub Desktop by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled GitHubDesktop.exe and occupies 408.96 KB (418776 bytes).

The executable files below are installed along with GitHub Desktop. They occupy about 97.30 MB (102022968 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (408.96 KB)
• Update.exe (1.49 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (64.55 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.62 MB)
• git.exe (38.77 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (29.55 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.45 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.46 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.47 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (38.78 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.48 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.42 MB)
• git.exe (2.51 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (28.98 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.52 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (67.48 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (8.78 MB)
• awk.exe (600.29 KB)
• b2sum.exe (59.96 KB)
• basename.exe (38.37 KB)
• cat.exe (41.62 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.60 KB)
• comm.exe (43.63 KB)
• cp.exe (114.33 KB)
• cut.exe (48.35 KB)
• dash.exe (109.07 KB)
• date.exe (115.24 KB)
• diff.exe (206.99 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.38 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.82 KB)
• echo.exe (38.19 KB)
• env.exe (42.59 KB)
• expr.exe (111.36 KB)
• false.exe (35.65 KB)
• find.exe (256.55 KB)
• gencat.exe (181.33 KB)
• getfacl.exe (170.20 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.55 KB)
• grep.exe (211.23 KB)
• head.exe (47.16 KB)
• ls.exe (140.27 KB)
• mkdir.exe (72.60 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.06 KB)
• mv.exe (121.43 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.34 KB)
• printf.exe (72.12 KB)
• pwd.exe (39.60 KB)
• readlink.exe (50.66 KB)
• rebase.exe (817.28 KB)
• rm.exe (65.19 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.13 KB)
• sdiff.exe (56.15 KB)
• sed.exe (165.07 KB)
• sh.exe (2.01 MB)
• sort.exe (110.29 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (314.04 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (293.98 KB)
• ssh.exe (648.45 KB)
• tail.exe (58.57 KB)
• test.exe (70.02 KB)
• touch.exe (104.28 KB)
• tr.exe (51.60 KB)
• true.exe (35.65 KB)
• uname.exe (38.80 KB)
• uniq.exe (48.30 KB)
• wc.exe (48.53 KB)
• xargs.exe (69.52 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (337.49 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (365.39 KB)

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This web page is about GitHub Desktop version 1.6.0 only. For other GitHub Desktop versions please click below:

• 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
• 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

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Some files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove GitHub Desktop from your PC.

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc\GitHub Desktop.lnk

Registry that is not removed:

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

Additional values that are not removed:

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

How to delete GitHub Desktop from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program marketed by GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase this program. This can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action to erase GitHub Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it exists on your system the GitHub Desktop app will be found automatically. After you click GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, some data about the program is available to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

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