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How to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

GitHub Desktop is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by GitHub, Inc.. Take a look here for more information on GitHub, Inc.. Usually the GitHub Desktop application is installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\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 application's main executable file is called GitHubDesktop.exe and occupies 384.84 KB (394080 bytes).

GitHub Desktop installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 170.73 MB (179023144 bytes) on disk.

  • GitHubDesktop.exe (384.84 KB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.94 MB)
  • GitHubDesktop.exe (133.23 MB)
  • desktop-trampoline.exe (564.84 KB)
  • git.exe (44.02 KB)
  • blocked-file-util.exe (52.88 KB)
  • brotli.exe (853.03 KB)
  • git-askyesno.exe (27.09 KB)
  • git-credential-helper-selector.exe (67.13 KB)
  • git-http-fetch.exe (1.98 MB)
  • git-http-push.exe (1.99 MB)
  • git-wrapper.exe (44.02 KB)
  • git-remote-https.exe (1.99 MB)
  • git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.79 MB)
  • git.exe (3.31 MB)
  • headless-git.exe (32.02 KB)
  • lzmadec.exe (59.88 KB)
  • lzmainfo.exe (35.26 KB)
  • proxy-lookup.exe (52.30 KB)
  • unxz.exe (88.87 KB)
  • xmlcatalog.exe (59.55 KB)
  • xmllint.exe (137.12 KB)
  • xz.exe (88.87 KB)
  • xzcat.exe (88.87 KB)
  • xzdec.exe (59.88 KB)
  • Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe (166.89 KB)
  • git-credential-manager-core.exe (72.41 KB)
  • git-lfs.exe (9.66 MB)
  • GitHub.UI.exe (143.37 KB)
  • edit-git-bash.exe (141.63 KB)
  • awk.exe (620.61 KB)
  • b2sum.exe (60.97 KB)
  • basename.exe (40.91 KB)
  • basenc.exe (54.69 KB)
  • cat.exe (44.66 KB)
  • chattr.exe (87.80 KB)
  • cmp.exe (51.48 KB)
  • comm.exe (46.17 KB)
  • cp.exe (116.88 KB)
  • cut.exe (49.39 KB)
  • cygwin-console-helper.exe (302.45 KB)
  • dash.exe (116.98 KB)
  • date.exe (122.71 KB)
  • diff.exe (208.34 KB)
  • diff3.exe (66.26 KB)
  • dirname.exe (39.86 KB)
  • echo.exe (41.77 KB)
  • env.exe (50.96 KB)
  • expr.exe (112.40 KB)
  • false.exe (38.70 KB)
  • fido2-assert.exe (39.48 KB)
  • fido2-cred.exe (37.65 KB)
  • fido2-token.exe (51.58 KB)
  • find.exe (288.47 KB)
  • gencat.exe (98.63 KB)
  • getfacl.exe (84.70 KB)
  • getopt.exe (25.05 KB)
  • grep.exe (212.12 KB)
  • head.exe (50.20 KB)
  • ls.exe (146.35 KB)
  • lsattr.exe (87.70 KB)
  • mkdir.exe (75.64 KB)
  • mktemp.exe (50.07 KB)
  • mv.exe (122.97 KB)
  • pathchk.exe (40.88 KB)
  • printf.exe (74.70 KB)
  • pwd.exe (42.15 KB)
  • readlink.exe (53.20 KB)
  • rebase.exe (892.05 KB)
  • rm.exe (68.73 KB)
  • rmdir.exe (66.13 KB)
  • sdiff.exe (57.06 KB)
  • sed.exe (173.27 KB)
  • sh.exe (1.88 MB)
  • sort.exe (110.20 KB)
  • ssh-add.exe (365.13 KB)
  • ssh-agent.exe (346.17 KB)
  • ssh.exe (831.55 KB)
  • tail.exe (61.67 KB)
  • test.exe (71.53 KB)
  • touch.exe (110.29 KB)
  • tr.exe (54.65 KB)
  • true.exe (38.70 KB)
  • uname.exe (40.88 KB)
  • uniq.exe (50.31 KB)
  • wc.exe (51.60 KB)
  • xargs.exe (74.98 KB)
  • getprocaddr32.exe (258.72 KB)
  • getprocaddr64.exe (296.18 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 2.9.8 of GitHub Desktop. You can find below a few links to other GitHub Desktop releases:

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How to erase GitHub Desktop from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is an application offered by GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, people choose to remove this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best EASY approach to remove 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". The GitHub Desktop program will be found automatically. After you select GitHub Desktop in the list of apps, the following data about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove GitHub Desktop.
Uninstall GitHub Desktop


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of 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 can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

This page 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 for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove GitHub Desktop supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2022-02-21 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-02-21 14:26:54.290