GitHub Desktop

A guide to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

GitHub Desktop is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is produced by GitHub, Inc.. More information about GitHub, Inc. can be seen here. Usually the GitHub Desktop application is to be found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 380.50 KB (389632 bytes) on disk and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in GitHub Desktop. They occupy 136.74 MB (143387400 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (380.50 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.87 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (99.87 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 (29.02 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.07 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (65.73 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 (41.66 KB)
• chattr.exe (174.30 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.63 KB)
• comm.exe (43.66 KB)
• cp.exe (115.40 KB)
• cut.exe (48.38 KB)
• dash.exe (109.10 KB)
• date.exe (117.24 KB)
• diff.exe (207.49 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.41 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.86 KB)
• echo.exe (38.25 KB)
• env.exe (47.98 KB)
• expr.exe (111.89 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 (47.20 KB)
• ls.exe (143.41 KB)
• lsattr.exe (173.21 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 (50.70 KB)
• rebase.exe (817.31 KB)
• rm.exe (65.73 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.66 KB)
• sdiff.exe (56.21 KB)
• sed.exe (175.27 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (110.82 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (312.33 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (294.24 KB)
• ssh.exe (666.28 KB)
• tail.exe (59.13 KB)
• test.exe (70.55 KB)
• touch.exe (105.28 KB)
• tr.exe (51.64 KB)
• true.exe (35.68 KB)
• uname.exe (38.88 KB)
• uniq.exe (48.34 KB)
• wc.exe (48.60 KB)
• xargs.exe (69.56 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (296.77 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (323.70 KB)

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The current page applies to GitHub Desktop version 2.5.0 alone. 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
• 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

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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.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall GitHub Desktop:

• 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\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Code Cache\js\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-05-26.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\TransportSecurity
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\window-state.json

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

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

A way to delete GitHub Desktop from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program by GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase this application. This is troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. The best EASY solution 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 on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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

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

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it exists on your system the GitHub Desktop application will be found very quickly. After you select GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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 computer, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove GitHub Desktop supposing 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.