GitHub Desktop

How to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

GitHub Desktop is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. Take a look here where you can find out more on GitHub, Inc.. The application is often placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. 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 may be prompted for administrator rights. GitHubDesktop.exe is the GitHub Desktop's primary executable file and it takes circa 380.12 KB (389240 bytes) on disk.

GitHub Desktop installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 143.83 MB (150814288 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (380.12 KB)
• Update.exe (1.75 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (105.70 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.87 MB)
• git.exe (42.58 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (26.62 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (25.12 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (39.62 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.80 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.79 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.80 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (42.58 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.81 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.76 MB)
• git.exe (2.98 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (25.62 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (64.62 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (60.62 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (10.63 MB)
• awk.exe (619.38 KB)
• b2sum.exe (59.74 KB)
• basename.exe (39.69 KB)
• basenc.exe (53.46 KB)
• cat.exe (43.43 KB)
• chattr.exe (179.92 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.26 KB)
• comm.exe (44.95 KB)
• cp.exe (115.65 KB)
• cut.exe (48.16 KB)
• dash.exe (108.73 KB)
• date.exe (121.48 KB)
• diff.exe (207.11 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.03 KB)
• dirname.exe (38.63 KB)
• echo.exe (40.54 KB)
• env.exe (49.73 KB)
• expr.exe (111.17 KB)
• false.exe (37.47 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (36.16 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (35.38 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (49.13 KB)
• find.exe (275.27 KB)
• gencat.exe (192.98 KB)
• getfacl.exe (177.85 KB)
• getopt.exe (21.62 KB)
• grep.exe (210.89 KB)
• head.exe (48.97 KB)
• ls.exe (145.13 KB)
• lsattr.exe (178.83 KB)
• mkdir.exe (74.41 KB)
• mktemp.exe (48.84 KB)
• mv.exe (121.74 KB)
• pathchk.exe (39.66 KB)
• printf.exe (73.47 KB)
• pwd.exe (40.92 KB)
• readlink.exe (51.98 KB)
• rebase.exe (816.94 KB)
• rm.exe (67.50 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.91 KB)
• sdiff.exe (55.84 KB)
• sed.exe (172.04 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (108.98 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (328.94 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (311.73 KB)
• ssh.exe (686.13 KB)
• tail.exe (60.45 KB)
• test.exe (70.30 KB)
• touch.exe (109.06 KB)
• tr.exe (53.42 KB)
• true.exe (37.47 KB)
• uname.exe (39.66 KB)
• uniq.exe (49.09 KB)
• wc.exe (50.38 KB)
• xargs.exe (72.17 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (308.31 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (336.64 KB)

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This data is about GitHub Desktop version 2.6.2 only. For other GitHub Desktop versions please click below:

• 2.6.0
• 2.4.3
• 2.5.4
• 3.3.9
• 2.9.9
• 3.4.5
• 3.2.6
• 2.5.2
• 3.4.6
• 2.5.6
• 1.2.6
• 3.3.5
• 1.0.3
• 3.4.18
• 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
• 3.4.19
• 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
• 3.4.3
• 3.3.3
• 1.6.1
• 0.5.9
• 3.4.13
• 3.2.5
• 1.1.0
• 1.0.12
• 1.4.3
• 1.2.1
• 1.0.5
• 3.3.17
• 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
• 3.4.12
• 3.4.72
• 3.4.8
• 1.3.5
• 2.9.0
• 3.0.4
• 2.7.1
• 3.4.16
• 1.1.1
• 2.9.7
• 3.1.2
• 3.0.5
• 3.4.0
• 0.7.0
• 3.2.9
• 2.2.3
• 3.1.7
• 3.4.52
• 1.6.6
• 3.0.1
• 1.3.4
• 2.8.3

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

Folders remaining:

• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop

The files below were left behind on your disk by GitHub Desktop's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\000007.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_0
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_1
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_2
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_3
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\f_000001
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\index
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Code Cache\js\index
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Code Cache\wasm\index
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cookies
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\CURRENT
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\databases\Databases.db
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Dictionaries\en-US-9-0.bdic
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\index
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000004.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000005.ldb
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\000004.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\000005.ldb
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\LOCK
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\LOG
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\MANIFEST-000006
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Network Persistent State
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Preferences
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\QuotaManager
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\TransportSecurity
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\window-state.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc\GitHub Desktop.lnk

Registry that is not cleaned:

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

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.6.2\GitHubDesktop.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.6.2\GitHubDesktop.exe.FriendlyAppName

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

GitHub Desktop is an application by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to remove this program. This is easier said than done because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK procedure 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 on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". The GitHub Desktop application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click GitHub Desktop in the list of programs, some information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of GitHub Desktop that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.