GitHub Desktop

A guide to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer

GitHub Desktop is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by GitHub, Inc.. Further information on GitHub, Inc. can be found here. The program is often located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. GitHubDesktop.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 380.12 KB (389240 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of GitHub Desktop. They occupy about 144.62 MB (151647496 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (380.12 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.87 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (105.70 MB)
• git.exe (42.07 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (51.66 KB)
• brotli.exe (851.80 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (25.87 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (65.90 KB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.88 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.89 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (42.06 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.90 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.70 MB)
• git.exe (3.17 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (51.08 KB)
• Atlassian.Bitbucket.UI.exe (166.91 KB)
• git-credential-manager-core.exe (72.41 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (10.63 MB)
• GitHub.UI.exe (140.88 KB)
• edit-git-bash.exe (137.41 KB)
• awk.exe (619.38 KB)
• b2sum.exe (59.74 KB)
• basename.exe (39.69 KB)
• basenc.exe (53.46 KB)
• cat.exe (43.43 KB)
• chattr.exe (183.61 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.26 KB)
• comm.exe (44.95 KB)
• cp.exe (115.65 KB)
• cut.exe (48.16 KB)
• cygwin-console-helper.exe (531.58 KB)
• dash.exe (111.78 KB)
• date.exe (121.48 KB)
• diff.exe (207.11 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.03 KB)
• dirname.exe (38.63 KB)
• echo.exe (40.54 KB)
• env.exe (49.73 KB)
• expr.exe (111.17 KB)
• false.exe (37.47 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (38.25 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (36.42 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (50.35 KB)
• find.exe (275.27 KB)
• gencat.exe (197.98 KB)
• getfacl.exe (181.53 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.83 KB)
• grep.exe (210.89 KB)
• head.exe (48.97 KB)
• ls.exe (145.13 KB)
• lsattr.exe (183.02 KB)
• mkdir.exe (74.41 KB)
• mktemp.exe (48.84 KB)
• mv.exe (121.74 KB)
• pathchk.exe (39.66 KB)
• printf.exe (73.47 KB)
• pwd.exe (40.92 KB)
• readlink.exe (51.98 KB)
• rebase.exe (870.36 KB)
• rm.exe (67.50 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.91 KB)
• sdiff.exe (55.84 KB)
• sed.exe (172.04 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (108.98 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (342.71 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (321.27 KB)
• ssh.exe (709.16 KB)
• tail.exe (60.45 KB)
• tclsh.exe (14.62 KB)
• tclsh8.6.exe (14.62 KB)
• test.exe (70.30 KB)
• touch.exe (109.06 KB)
• tr.exe (53.42 KB)
• true.exe (37.47 KB)
• uname.exe (39.66 KB)
• uniq.exe (49.09 KB)
• wc.exe (50.38 KB)
• xargs.exe (72.17 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (309.54 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (336.83 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.6.3 of GitHub Desktop. You can find here 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
• 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
• 3.3.4

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

GitHub Desktop is a program released by GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, people want to remove this program. This is difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY manner 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be made available 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 is installed on your PC the GitHub Desktop app will be found automatically. After you click GitHub Desktop in the list , some information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press 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 window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing 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 which have been left behind will be detected 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 entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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 only contains detailed info on how to remove GitHub Desktop in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.