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A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop for Windows. It was created for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. More information about GitHub, Inc. can be found here. The program is frequently found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling 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 might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 380.49 KB (389624 bytes) on disk and is titled GitHubDesktop.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with GitHub Desktop. They occupy about 136.62 MB (143255848 bytes) on disk.

  • GitHubDesktop.exe (380.49 KB)
  • Update.exe (1.75 MB)
  • GitHubDesktop.exe (99.87 MB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.87 MB)
  • git.exe (42.05 KB)
  • blocked-file-util.exe (29.59 KB)
  • git-askyesno.exe (27.73 KB)
  • git-credential-helper-selector.exe (43.16 KB)
  • git-fast-import.exe (1.75 MB)
  • git-http-fetch.exe (1.75 MB)
  • git-http-push.exe (1.76 MB)
  • git-wrapper.exe (42.05 KB)
  • git-remote-https.exe (1.77 MB)
  • git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.71 MB)
  • git.exe (2.91 MB)
  • proxy-lookup.exe (29.02 KB)
  • x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.06 KB)
  • x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (65.72 KB)
  • git-lfs.exe (9.82 MB)
  • awk.exe (619.76 KB)
  • b2sum.exe (60.00 KB)
  • basename.exe (38.41 KB)
  • basenc.exe (51.72 KB)
  • cat.exe (41.66 KB)
  • chattr.exe (174.30 KB)
  • cmp.exe (50.64 KB)
  • comm.exe (43.66 KB)
  • cp.exe (115.40 KB)
  • cut.exe (48.39 KB)
  • dash.exe (109.10 KB)
  • date.exe (117.23 KB)
  • diff.exe (207.48 KB)
  • diff3.exe (65.41 KB)
  • dirname.exe (37.86 KB)
  • echo.exe (38.26 KB)
  • env.exe (47.98 KB)
  • expr.exe (111.90 KB)
  • false.exe (35.69 KB)
  • find.exe (256.59 KB)
  • gencat.exe (183.37 KB)
  • getfacl.exe (172.73 KB)
  • getopt.exe (23.59 KB)
  • grep.exe (211.27 KB)
  • head.exe (47.19 KB)
  • ls.exe (143.41 KB)
  • lsattr.exe (173.21 KB)
  • mkdir.exe (73.14 KB)
  • mktemp.exe (47.59 KB)
  • mv.exe (121.99 KB)
  • pathchk.exe (38.37 KB)
  • printf.exe (72.68 KB)
  • pwd.exe (40.14 KB)
  • readlink.exe (50.70 KB)
  • rebase.exe (817.32 KB)
  • rm.exe (65.72 KB)
  • rmdir.exe (64.66 KB)
  • sdiff.exe (56.21 KB)
  • sed.exe (175.27 KB)
  • sh.exe (1.88 MB)
  • sort.exe (110.82 KB)
  • ssh-add.exe (312.34 KB)
  • ssh-agent.exe (294.25 KB)
  • ssh.exe (666.28 KB)
  • tail.exe (59.14 KB)
  • test.exe (70.55 KB)
  • touch.exe (105.28 KB)
  • tr.exe (51.64 KB)
  • true.exe (35.68 KB)
  • uname.exe (38.88 KB)
  • uniq.exe (48.34 KB)
  • wc.exe (48.60 KB)
  • xargs.exe (69.55 KB)
  • getprocaddr32.exe (296.77 KB)
  • getprocaddr64.exe (323.71 KB)
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This data is about GitHub Desktop version 2.4.2 only. Click on the links below for other GitHub Desktop versions:

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

GitHub Desktop is a program marketed by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, people choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way 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 on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select GitHub Desktop in the list , the following data about the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about GitHub Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove GitHub Desktop.
Uninstall GitHub Desktop


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop that have been left behind will be detected 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 items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2020-04-23 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-04-22 22:24:00.397