GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

GitHub Desktop is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It is made by GitHub, Inc.. You can read more on GitHub, Inc. or check for application updates here. GitHub Desktop is normally installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The full command line for removing GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 383.67 KB (392880 bytes) on disk and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside GitHub Desktop. They take about 157.75 MB (165410696 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (383.67 KB)
• Update.exe (1.82 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (120.46 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.94 MB)
• desktop-trampoline.exe (563.67 KB)
• git.exe (44.02 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 (1.98 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.99 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (44.02 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.99 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.79 MB)
• git.exe (3.31 MB)
• headless-git.exe (32.02 KB)
• lzmadec.exe (58.71 KB)
• lzmainfo.exe (34.09 KB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (51.13 KB)
• unxz.exe (87.70 KB)
• xmlcatalog.exe (58.38 KB)
• xmllint.exe (135.95 KB)
• xz.exe (87.70 KB)
• xzcat.exe (87.70 KB)
• xzdec.exe (58.71 KB)
• Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe (166.89 KB)
• git-credential-manager-core.exe (72.41 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (9.66 MB)
• GitHub.UI.exe (143.37 KB)
• edit-git-bash.exe (140.46 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 (86.63 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 (301.28 KB)
• dash.exe (115.80 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 (287.30 KB)
• gencat.exe (97.46 KB)
• getfacl.exe (83.53 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.88 KB)
• grep.exe (210.95 KB)
• head.exe (49.02 KB)
• ls.exe (145.18 KB)
• lsattr.exe (86.53 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 (890.88 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 (363.96 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (345.00 KB)
• ssh.exe (830.38 KB)
• tail.exe (60.50 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 (73.80 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (257.55 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (295.01 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.9.6 of GitHub Desktop. You can find below info on other releases 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
• 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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GitHub Desktop has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were found:

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

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\desktop-trampoline\desktop-trampoline.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\detect-arm64-translation.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0034-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0035-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0036-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0037-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0038-20e3.png

Registry that is not removed:

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

A way to remove GitHub Desktop from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is an application released by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, users decide to remove it. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some know-how regarding PCs. The best QUICK action to remove GitHub 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

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 very quickly. When you select GitHub Desktop in the list of applications, some data about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept 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 an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

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