GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

GitHub Desktop is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. Go over here for more info on GitHub, Inc.. Usually the GitHub Desktop program is to be found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, depending on the user's option during setup. 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. GitHubDesktop.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 373.46 KB (382424 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are contained in GitHub Desktop. They take 213.14 MB (223497160 bytes) on disk.

• GitHub Desktop.exe (373.46 KB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (373.46 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (77.58 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 MB)
• git.exe (41.73 KB)
• git-credential-store.exe (1.14 MB)
• git-credential-wincred.exe (33.23 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.17 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.24 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.25 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (41.73 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.26 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.13 MB)
• git-show-index.exe (1.13 MB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (1.21 MB)
• git.exe (2.11 MB)
• p11-kit.exe (80.84 KB)
• trust.exe (215.07 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (71.09 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (68.54 KB)
• GitHub.Authentication.exe (196.46 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (196.08 KB)
• git-credential-manager.exe (138.08 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (6.86 MB)
• GitHub.Authentication.exe (294.96 KB)
• p11-kit-remote.exe (69.89 KB)
• awk.exe (573.12 KB)
• b2sum.exe (60.48 KB)
• basename.exe (37.87 KB)
• cat.exe (43.23 KB)
• comm.exe (43.13 KB)
• cp.exe (105.81 KB)
• cut.exe (46.35 KB)
• dash.exe (108.13 KB)
• date.exe (118.76 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.82 KB)
• echo.exe (37.69 KB)
• env.exe (37.48 KB)
• expr.exe (105.77 KB)
• false.exe (35.65 KB)
• find.exe (256.55 KB)
• getfacl.exe (172.71 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.59 KB)
• grep.exe (210.73 KB)
• head.exe (48.30 KB)
• ls.exe (135.50 KB)
• mkdir.exe (72.07 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.05 KB)
• mv.exe (112.97 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.36 KB)
• printf.exe (70.59 KB)
• pwd.exe (39.60 KB)
• readlink.exe (50.63 KB)
• rebase.exe (820.36 KB)
• rm.exe (65.65 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.09 KB)
• sed.exe (166.50 KB)
• sh.exe (2.00 MB)
• sort.exe (109.11 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (314.61 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (331.63 KB)
• ssh.exe (649.46 KB)
• tail.exe (59.09 KB)
• test.exe (69.99 KB)
• touch.exe (106.80 KB)
• tr.exe (52.75 KB)
• true.exe (35.65 KB)
• uname.exe (38.30 KB)
• uniq.exe (47.76 KB)
• wc.exe (50.11 KB)
• xargs.exe (69.52 KB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (77.58 MB)
• git.exe (36.14 KB)
• git-credential-store.exe (1.15 MB)
• git-credential-wincred.exe (27.64 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.18 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.26 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.27 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (36.14 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.27 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.14 MB)
• git-show-index.exe (1.14 MB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (1.22 MB)
• git.exe (2.13 MB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (71.09 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (68.54 KB)
• GitHub.Authentication.exe (196.46 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (214.08 KB)
• git-credential-manager.exe (157.58 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (7.11 MB)
• GitHub.Authentication.exe (297.46 KB)
• awk.exe (573.12 KB)
• b2sum.exe (60.48 KB)
• basename.exe (37.87 KB)
• cat.exe (43.23 KB)
• comm.exe (43.13 KB)
• cp.exe (105.81 KB)
• cut.exe (46.35 KB)
• dash.exe (108.13 KB)
• date.exe (118.76 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.82 KB)
• echo.exe (37.69 KB)
• env.exe (37.48 KB)
• expr.exe (105.77 KB)
• false.exe (35.65 KB)
• find.exe (256.55 KB)
• getfacl.exe (172.71 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.59 KB)
• grep.exe (210.73 KB)
• head.exe (48.30 KB)
• ls.exe (135.50 KB)
• mkdir.exe (72.07 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.05 KB)
• mv.exe (112.97 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.36 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 0.8.0 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
• 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
• 3.3.4

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall GitHub Desktop.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer:

• 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.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\node.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\pdf_viewer_resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\ask-pass.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0034-20e3.png

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

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

A way to erase GitHub Desktop from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is an application released by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, users try to uninstall it. This can be efortful because removing this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it exists on your system the GitHub Desktop program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select GitHub Desktop in the list of applications, the following data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop in case 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' PCs.