GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer

This info is about GitHub Desktop for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by GitHub, Inc.. Open here where you can get more info on GitHub, Inc.. Usually the GitHub Desktop program is placed in the C:\Users\ADHIE P\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall GitHub Desktop by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\ADHIE P\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. GitHub Desktop's main file takes around 384.84 KB (394080 bytes) and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

The following executables are contained in GitHub Desktop. They occupy 170.61 MB (178892584 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (384.84 KB)
• Update.exe (1.82 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (133.23 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.94 MB)
• desktop-trampoline.exe (564.84 KB)
• git.exe (44.02 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (52.88 KB)
• brotli.exe (853.03 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (27.09 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (67.13 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 (59.88 KB)
• lzmainfo.exe (35.26 KB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (52.30 KB)
• unxz.exe (88.87 KB)
• xmlcatalog.exe (59.55 KB)
• xmllint.exe (137.12 KB)
• xz.exe (88.87 KB)
• xzcat.exe (88.87 KB)
• xzdec.exe (59.88 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 (141.63 KB)
• awk.exe (620.61 KB)
• b2sum.exe (60.97 KB)
• basename.exe (40.91 KB)
• basenc.exe (54.69 KB)
• cat.exe (44.66 KB)
• chattr.exe (87.80 KB)
• cmp.exe (51.48 KB)
• comm.exe (46.17 KB)
• cp.exe (116.88 KB)
• cut.exe (49.39 KB)
• cygwin-console-helper.exe (302.45 KB)
• dash.exe (116.98 KB)
• date.exe (122.71 KB)
• diff.exe (208.34 KB)
• diff3.exe (66.26 KB)
• dirname.exe (39.86 KB)
• echo.exe (41.77 KB)
• env.exe (50.96 KB)
• expr.exe (112.40 KB)
• false.exe (38.70 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (39.48 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (37.65 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (51.58 KB)
• find.exe (288.47 KB)
• gencat.exe (98.63 KB)
• getfacl.exe (84.70 KB)
• getopt.exe (25.05 KB)
• grep.exe (212.12 KB)
• head.exe (50.20 KB)
• ls.exe (146.35 KB)
• lsattr.exe (87.70 KB)
• mkdir.exe (75.64 KB)
• mktemp.exe (50.07 KB)
• mv.exe (122.97 KB)
• pathchk.exe (40.88 KB)
• printf.exe (74.70 KB)
• pwd.exe (42.15 KB)
• readlink.exe (53.20 KB)
• rebase.exe (892.05 KB)
• rm.exe (68.73 KB)
• rmdir.exe (66.13 KB)
• sdiff.exe (57.06 KB)
• sed.exe (173.27 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (110.20 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (365.13 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (346.17 KB)
• ssh.exe (831.55 KB)
• tail.exe (61.67 KB)
• test.exe (71.53 KB)
• touch.exe (110.29 KB)
• tr.exe (54.65 KB)
• true.exe (38.70 KB)
• uname.exe (40.88 KB)
• uniq.exe (50.31 KB)
• wc.exe (51.60 KB)
• xargs.exe (74.98 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (258.72 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (296.18 KB)

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This data is about GitHub Desktop version 2.9.7 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
• 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 remaining:

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

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall GitHub Desktop:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\desktop-notifications.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\desktop-trampoline\desktop-trampoline.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\finnUserName.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0034-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0035-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0036-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0037-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.9.7\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0038-20e3.png

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

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

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program marketed by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, users want to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because doing this manually takes some know-how related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE solution 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 on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". The GitHub Desktop application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.