GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop for Windows. It is developed by GitHub, Inc.. Check out here for more info on GitHub, Inc.. The program is usually found in the C:\Users\leonb\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's preference. The full command line for uninstalling GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\leonb\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 391.85 KB (401256 bytes) on disk and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

The following executables are contained in GitHub Desktop. They occupy 222.71 MB (233531160 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (391.85 KB)
• Update.exe (1.83 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (168.70 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.95 MB)
• desktop-trampoline.exe (572.35 KB)
• git-receive-pack.exe (48.01 KB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (48.01 KB)
• scalar.exe (43.99 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (62.66 KB)
• brotli.exe (78.56 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (60.92 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (34.00 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (77.33 KB)
• git-credential-manager.exe (79.44 KB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (2.24 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (2.25 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (44.01 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (2.25 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (2.20 MB)
• git.exe (3.67 MB)
• headless-git.exe (32.01 KB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (59.81 KB)
• psl.exe (67.87 KB)
• scalar.exe (13.29 MB)
• git-lfs.exe (10.63 MB)
• edit-git-bash.exe (135.90 KB)
• awk.exe (628.12 KB)
• b2sum.exe (69.45 KB)
• basename.exe (49.42 KB)
• basenc.exe (63.70 KB)
• cat.exe (53.16 KB)
• chattr.exe (40.99 KB)
• cmp.exe (61.84 KB)
• comm.exe (54.65 KB)
• cp.exe (127.32 KB)
• cut.exe (59.40 KB)
• cygwin-console-helper.exe (295.66 KB)
• dash.exe (121.13 KB)
• date.exe (132.72 KB)
• diff.exe (221.61 KB)
• diff3.exe (76.05 KB)
• dirname.exe (49.37 KB)
• echo.exe (50.27 KB)
• env.exe (58.50 KB)
• expr.exe (123.88 KB)
• false.exe (47.70 KB)
• find.exe (276.57 KB)
• gencat.exe (40.50 KB)
• getfacl.exe (39.38 KB)
• getopt.exe (33.06 KB)
• gmondump.exe (38.27 KB)
• grep.exe (223.56 KB)
• head.exe (59.70 KB)
• ls.exe (161.33 KB)
• lsattr.exe (40.38 KB)
• mkdir.exe (85.12 KB)
• mktemp.exe (58.51 KB)
• mv.exe (134.91 KB)
• pathchk.exe (49.89 KB)
• printf.exe (85.67 KB)
• profiler.exe (73.65 KB)
• pwd.exe (50.66 KB)
• readlink.exe (62.71 KB)
• rebase.exe (895.59 KB)
• rm.exe (77.67 KB)
• rmdir.exe (76.14 KB)
• sdiff.exe (67.48 KB)
• sed.exe (189.32 KB)
• sh.exe (2.20 MB)
• sort.exe (122.38 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (452.05 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (427.19 KB)
• ssh.exe (966.74 KB)
• tail.exe (70.65 KB)
• test.exe (84.04 KB)
• touch.exe (120.30 KB)
• tr.exe (63.66 KB)
• true.exe (47.70 KB)
• uname.exe (50.39 KB)
• uniq.exe (59.32 KB)
• wc.exe (61.61 KB)
• xargs.exe (82.12 KB)
• ssh-keysign.exe (563.20 KB)
• ssh-pkcs11-helper.exe (407.74 KB)
• ssh-sk-helper.exe (403.62 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (269.99 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (309.33 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.3.14 of GitHub Desktop. You can find below info on other application versions of GitHub Desktop:

• 2.6.0
• 2.4.3
• 3.4.203
• 2.5.4
• 3.3.9
• 2.9.9
• 3.4.5
• 3.2.6
• 2.5.2
• 3.4.6
• 2.5.6
• 1.2.6
• 3.3.5
• 1.0.3
• 2.6.2
• 3.4.18
• 1.6.5
• 2.9.8
• 2.2.2
• 1.3.0
• 1.0.4
• 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
• 3.4.19
• 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
• 3.4.3
• 3.3.3
• 1.6.1
• 0.5.9
• 3.4.13
• 3.2.5
• 1.1.0
• 1.0.12
• 1.4.3
• 1.2.1
• 1.0.5
• 3.3.17
• 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
• 3.4.12
• 3.4.72
• 3.4.8
• 1.3.5
• 2.9.0
• 3.0.4
• 2.7.1
• 3.4.16
• 1.1.1
• 2.9.7
• 3.1.2
• 3.0.5
• 3.4.0
• 0.7.0
• 3.2.9
• 2.2.3
• 3.1.7
• 3.4.52
• 1.6.6
• 3.0.1
• 1.3.4

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders that were left behind:

• 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-3.3.14\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\af.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\ur.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\200e87563bcd05fc78c1.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\919c4eb4cf4b4906d626.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\a7b45a45d471743a8d54.cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\desktop-notifications.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\desktop-trampoline\desktop-trampoline.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.14\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png

Registry that is not cleaned:

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

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

GitHub Desktop is a program released by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall it. This can be troublesome because performing this manually requires some know-how related to PCs. The best QUICK procedure 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 Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop application will be found automatically. After you select GitHub Desktop in the list , some data about the program is available to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove GitHub Desktop.


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

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop in case you want to. 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' PCs.