GitHub Desktop

A guide to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer

GitHub Desktop is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. You can find out more on GitHub, Inc. or check for application updates here. GitHub Desktop is typically installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. You can remove 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 receive a notification for admin rights. GitHubDesktop.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 380.49 KB (389624 bytes) on disk.

GitHub Desktop is comprised of the following executables which take 136.62 MB (143257872 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 (2.92 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (29.01 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.07 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (65.72 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (9.82 MB)
• awk.exe (619.77 KB)
• b2sum.exe (59.99 KB)
• basename.exe (38.41 KB)
• basenc.exe (51.72 KB)
• cat.exe (41.65 KB)
• chattr.exe (174.30 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.64 KB)
• comm.exe (43.67 KB)
• cp.exe (115.41 KB)
• cut.exe (48.38 KB)
• dash.exe (109.10 KB)
• date.exe (117.23 KB)
• diff.exe (207.49 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.41 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.85 KB)
• echo.exe (38.26 KB)
• env.exe (47.98 KB)
• expr.exe (111.90 KB)
• false.exe (35.68 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 (173.20 KB)
• mkdir.exe (73.13 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.59 KB)
• mv.exe (121.99 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.38 KB)
• printf.exe (72.68 KB)
• pwd.exe (40.14 KB)
• readlink.exe (50.69 KB)
• rebase.exe (817.32 KB)
• rm.exe (65.73 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.66 KB)
• sdiff.exe (56.22 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 (666.29 KB)
• tail.exe (59.13 KB)
• test.exe (70.55 KB)
• touch.exe (105.28 KB)
• tr.exe (51.63 KB)
• true.exe (35.68 KB)
• uname.exe (38.87 KB)
• uniq.exe (48.34 KB)
• wc.exe (48.59 KB)
• xargs.exe (69.55 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (296.78 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (323.70 KB)

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This info is about GitHub Desktop version 2.5.2 only. For more GitHub Desktop versions please click below:

• 2.6.0
• 2.4.3
• 2.5.4
• 3.3.9
• 2.9.9
• 3.2.6
• 2.5.6
• 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
• 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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If you're planning to uninstall GitHub Desktop you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\ask-pass.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0034-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0035-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0036-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.2\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0037-20e3.png

Registry that is not removed:

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

How to remove GitHub Desktop from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is an application by GitHub, Inc.. Some users want to uninstall it. This can be troublesome because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY action 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". The GitHub Desktop program will be found automatically. When you click GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you 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 want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling GitHub Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.