GitHub Desktop

A guide to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

GitHub Desktop is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by GitHub, Inc.. Go over here for more details on GitHub, Inc.. GitHub Desktop is usually installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. The entire 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 391.96 KB (401368 bytes) on disk and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

The following executable files are contained in GitHub Desktop. They take 222.85 MB (233678440 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (391.96 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.95 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (168.70 MB)
• desktop-trampoline.exe (572.34 KB)
• git-receive-pack.exe (47.24 KB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (47.98 KB)
• scalar.exe (43.98 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (61.91 KB)
• brotli.exe (78.67 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (60.91 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (33.98 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (76.58 KB)
• git-credential-manager.exe (79.44 KB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (2.24 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (2.26 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (43.99 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (2.26 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (2.20 MB)
• git.exe (3.68 MB)
• headless-git.exe (31.99 KB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (59.92 KB)
• psl.exe (67.12 KB)
• scalar.exe (13.29 MB)
• git-lfs.exe (10.63 MB)
• edit-git-bash.exe (136.01 KB)
• awk.exe (627.37 KB)
• b2sum.exe (69.55 KB)
• basename.exe (49.53 KB)
• basenc.exe (62.95 KB)
• cat.exe (53.27 KB)
• chattr.exe (40.99 KB)
• cmp.exe (61.95 KB)
• comm.exe (54.76 KB)
• cp.exe (127.43 KB)
• cut.exe (59.51 KB)
• cygwin-console-helper.exe (295.66 KB)
• dash.exe (121.23 KB)
• date.exe (132.83 KB)
• diff.exe (220.86 KB)
• diff3.exe (76.16 KB)
• dirname.exe (48.62 KB)
• echo.exe (50.26 KB)
• env.exe (57.75 KB)
• expr.exe (123.13 KB)
• false.exe (47.81 KB)
• find.exe (275.82 KB)
• gencat.exe (40.50 KB)
• getfacl.exe (39.38 KB)
• getopt.exe (32.31 KB)
• gmondump.exe (38.27 KB)
• grep.exe (222.81 KB)
• head.exe (58.95 KB)
• ls.exe (160.58 KB)
• lsattr.exe (40.38 KB)
• mkdir.exe (84.37 KB)
• mktemp.exe (57.76 KB)
• mv.exe (135.02 KB)
• pathchk.exe (50.00 KB)
• printf.exe (85.78 KB)
• profiler.exe (73.65 KB)
• pwd.exe (50.77 KB)
• readlink.exe (62.82 KB)
• rebase.exe (895.70 KB)
• rm.exe (77.78 KB)
• rmdir.exe (76.25 KB)
• sdiff.exe (67.59 KB)
• sed.exe (188.57 KB)
• sh.exe (2.20 MB)
• sort.exe (122.48 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (452.16 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (427.30 KB)
• ssh.exe (965.99 KB)
• tail.exe (69.90 KB)
• test.exe (84.15 KB)
• touch.exe (120.41 KB)
• tr.exe (62.91 KB)
• true.exe (46.95 KB)
• uname.exe (49.64 KB)
• uniq.exe (58.57 KB)
• wc.exe (61.72 KB)
• xargs.exe (81.37 KB)
• ssh-keysign.exe (562.45 KB)
• ssh-pkcs11-helper.exe (406.99 KB)
• ssh-sk-helper.exe (402.87 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (269.99 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (309.33 KB)

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This data is about GitHub Desktop version 3.3.18 alone. Click on the links below for other GitHub Desktop versions:

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

Directories left on disk:

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

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall GitHub Desktop:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\af.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\ur.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\200e87563bcd05fc78c1.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\919c4eb4cf4b4906d626.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\a7b45a45d471743a8d54.cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\cli.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\crash.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\crash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\crash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\desktop-notifications.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\desktop-trampoline\desktop-trampoline.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\basecamp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\basecampy.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\bowtie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\feelsgood.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\finnadie.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\fu.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\goberserk.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\godmode.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\hurtrealbad.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\metal.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\neckbeard.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\octocat.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\rage1.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\rage2.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\rage3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\rage4.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\shipit.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\suspect.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\taco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\trollface.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0023-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0030-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0031-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0032-20e3.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\resources\app\emoji\unicode\0033-20e3.png

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

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

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\GitHubDesktop.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.18\GitHubDesktop.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\GitHubDesktop.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\GitHubDesktop.exe.FriendlyAppName

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

GitHub Desktop is a program offered by GitHub, Inc.. Some people want to erase this program. This is hard because doing this manually requires some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY approach 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find GitHub Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "GitHub Desktop". The GitHub Desktop application will be found very quickly. When you select GitHub Desktop in the list of applications, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform 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 Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system 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 computer, we are not saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. 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.