GitHub Desktop

How to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

GitHub Desktop is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. More information on GitHub, Inc. can be found here. Usually the GitHub Desktop application is found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall GitHub Desktop. GitHub Desktop's primary file takes around 380.50 KB (389632 bytes) and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

GitHub Desktop is composed of the following executables which take 143.16 MB (150117600 bytes) on disk:

• GitHubDesktop.exe (380.50 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.87 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (105.71 MB)
• git.exe (42.58 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (26.99 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (25.49 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (39.99 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 (26.00 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (65.00 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (61.00 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (9.82 MB)
• awk.exe (619.76 KB)
• b2sum.exe (60.12 KB)
• basename.exe (40.07 KB)
• basenc.exe (53.84 KB)
• cat.exe (43.81 KB)
• chattr.exe (180.30 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.64 KB)
• comm.exe (45.32 KB)
• cp.exe (116.02 KB)
• cut.exe (48.54 KB)
• dash.exe (109.11 KB)
• date.exe (121.87 KB)
• diff.exe (207.48 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.41 KB)
• dirname.exe (39.01 KB)
• echo.exe (40.91 KB)
• env.exe (50.11 KB)
• expr.exe (111.55 KB)
• false.exe (37.85 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (36.54 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (35.77 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (49.52 KB)
• find.exe (275.66 KB)
• gencat.exe (193.36 KB)
• getfacl.exe (178.23 KB)
• getopt.exe (22.00 KB)
• grep.exe (211.27 KB)
• head.exe (49.35 KB)
• ls.exe (145.50 KB)
• lsattr.exe (179.20 KB)
• mkdir.exe (74.79 KB)
• mktemp.exe (49.22 KB)
• mv.exe (122.13 KB)
• pathchk.exe (40.03 KB)
• printf.exe (73.85 KB)
• pwd.exe (41.30 KB)
• readlink.exe (52.35 KB)
• rebase.exe (817.31 KB)
• rm.exe (67.88 KB)
• rmdir.exe (65.28 KB)
• sdiff.exe (56.21 KB)
• sed.exe (172.41 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (109.36 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (329.31 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (312.11 KB)
• ssh.exe (686.52 KB)
• tail.exe (60.82 KB)
• test.exe (70.69 KB)
• touch.exe (109.44 KB)
• tr.exe (53.80 KB)
• true.exe (37.85 KB)
• uname.exe (40.03 KB)
• uniq.exe (49.47 KB)
• wc.exe (50.76 KB)
• xargs.exe (72.55 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (308.69 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (337.02 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.5.6 of GitHub Desktop. Click on the links below for other GitHub Desktop versions:

• 2.6.0
• 2.4.3
• 2.5.4
• 3.3.9
• 2.9.9
• 3.2.6
• 2.5.2
• 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
• 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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Many files, folders and registry data can not be deleted when you want to remove GitHub Desktop from your computer.

Folders remaining:

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

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\ask-pass.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0034-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0035-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0036-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0037-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.6\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0038-20e3.png

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GitHubDesktop

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

GitHub Desktop is a program offered by GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of GitHub Desktop which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling GitHub Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove GitHub Desktop in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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' computers.