GitHub Desktop

How to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer

This web page is about GitHub Desktop for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. Go over here where you can find out more on GitHub, Inc.. The application is frequently found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder (same installation drive as Windows). 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. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is titled GitHubDesktop.exe and its approximative size is 386.82 KB (396104 bytes).

The following executables are installed beside GitHub Desktop. They take about 178.47 MB (187140776 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (386.82 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.95 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (139.63 MB)
• desktop-trampoline.exe (567.32 KB)
• git.exe (44.53 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (55.82 KB)
• brotli.exe (855.97 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (55.19 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (29.04 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (69.56 KB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (2.06 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (2.07 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (44.53 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (2.08 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.88 MB)
• git.exe (3.39 MB)
• headless-git.exe (32.03 KB)
• lzmadec.exe (62.36 KB)
• lzmainfo.exe (37.73 KB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (54.74 KB)
• unxz.exe (91.34 KB)
• xmlcatalog.exe (61.98 KB)
• xmllint.exe (139.56 KB)
• xz.exe (91.34 KB)
• xzcat.exe (91.34 KB)
• xzdec.exe (62.36 KB)
• Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe (41.93 KB)
• git-credential-manager-core.exe (73.43 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (9.87 MB)
• GitHub.UI.exe (44.41 KB)
• GitLab.UI.exe (34.91 KB)
• edit-git-bash.exe (135.99 KB)
• awk.exe (623.09 KB)
• b2sum.exe (64.91 KB)
• basename.exe (45.39 KB)
• basenc.exe (59.66 KB)
• cat.exe (49.13 KB)
• chattr.exe (97.66 KB)
• cmp.exe (57.90 KB)
• comm.exe (49.62 KB)
• cp.exe (123.79 KB)
• cut.exe (54.37 KB)
• cygwin-console-helper.exe (306.41 KB)
• dash.exe (119.45 KB)
• date.exe (129.19 KB)
• diff.exe (217.14 KB)
• diff3.exe (72.13 KB)
• dirname.exe (44.84 KB)
• echo.exe (46.24 KB)
• env.exe (55.44 KB)
• expr.exe (118.84 KB)
• false.exe (43.67 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (41.95 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (40.13 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (54.05 KB)
• find.exe (271.54 KB)
• gencat.exe (106.17 KB)
• getfacl.exe (94.55 KB)
• getopt.exe (27.53 KB)
• gmondump.exe (93.45 KB)
• grep.exe (220.53 KB)
• head.exe (55.17 KB)
• ls.exe (158.30 KB)
• lsattr.exe (96.05 KB)
• mkdir.exe (82.59 KB)
• mktemp.exe (53.98 KB)
• mv.exe (132.38 KB)
• pathchk.exe (45.86 KB)
• printf.exe (82.14 KB)
• profiler.exe (198.33 KB)
• pwd.exe (46.63 KB)
• readlink.exe (58.68 KB)
• rebase.exe (894.53 KB)
• rm.exe (74.14 KB)
• rmdir.exe (73.11 KB)
• sdiff.exe (63.48 KB)
• sed.exe (182.24 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (118.34 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (431.79 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (403.18 KB)
• ssh.exe (931.59 KB)
• tail.exe (66.62 KB)
• test.exe (80.01 KB)
• touch.exe (116.77 KB)
• tr.exe (59.63 KB)
• true.exe (43.67 KB)
• uname.exe (45.86 KB)
• uniq.exe (54.79 KB)
• wc.exe (57.08 KB)
• xargs.exe (77.09 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (272.26 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (308.84 KB)

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The current web page applies to GitHub Desktop version 3.0.5 alone. You can find below a few links to other GitHub Desktop releases:

• 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
• 2.9.7
• 3.1.2
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall GitHub Desktop:

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

The files below remain on your disk by GitHub Desktop when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\a7b45a45d471743a8d54ea11543f2cec.cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\desktop-notifications.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\desktop-trampoline\desktop-trampoline.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0034-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0035-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.0.5\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0036-20e3.png

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

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

How to erase GitHub Desktop with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase it. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this manually takes some skill related to PCs. The best SIMPLE action to erase GitHub Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it exists on your system the GitHub Desktop app will be found very quickly. When you click GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling 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 able to delete them. By uninstalling GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove 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' PCs.