GitHub Desktop

How to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC

GitHub Desktop is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by GitHub, Inc.. Open here where you can read more on GitHub, Inc.. The application is usually placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. You can remove GitHub Desktop by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file is called GitHubDesktop.exe and occupies 105.68 MB (110809592 bytes).

GitHub Desktop installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 143.13 MB (150087368 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (380.50 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.87 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (105.68 MB)
• git.exe (42.58 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (27.00 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (25.50 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (39.99 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.80 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.79 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.80 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (42.58 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.81 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.76 MB)
• git.exe (2.98 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (25.99 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (65.00 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (60.99 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (9.82 MB)
• awk.exe (619.77 KB)
• b2sum.exe (60.12 KB)
• basename.exe (40.07 KB)
• basenc.exe (53.84 KB)
• cat.exe (43.81 KB)
• chattr.exe (180.30 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.64 KB)
• comm.exe (45.32 KB)
• cp.exe (116.02 KB)
• cut.exe (48.54 KB)
• dash.exe (109.10 KB)
• date.exe (121.87 KB)
• diff.exe (207.48 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.41 KB)
• dirname.exe (39.01 KB)
• echo.exe (40.92 KB)
• env.exe (50.11 KB)
• expr.exe (111.55 KB)
• false.exe (37.84 KB)
• fido2-assert.exe (36.54 KB)
• fido2-cred.exe (35.77 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (49.52 KB)
• find.exe (275.65 KB)
• gencat.exe (193.36 KB)
• getfacl.exe (178.23 KB)
• getopt.exe (22.00 KB)
• grep.exe (211.27 KB)
• head.exe (49.35 KB)
• ls.exe (145.50 KB)
• lsattr.exe (179.21 KB)
• mkdir.exe (74.79 KB)
• mktemp.exe (49.23 KB)
• mv.exe (122.13 KB)
• pathchk.exe (40.03 KB)
• printf.exe (73.84 KB)
• pwd.exe (41.30 KB)
• readlink.exe (52.35 KB)
• rebase.exe (817.31 KB)
• rm.exe (67.88 KB)
• rmdir.exe (65.28 KB)
• sdiff.exe (56.22 KB)
• sed.exe (172.41 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (109.36 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (329.32 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (312.10 KB)
• ssh.exe (686.51 KB)
• tail.exe (60.82 KB)
• test.exe (70.69 KB)
• touch.exe (109.44 KB)
• tr.exe (53.80 KB)
• true.exe (37.84 KB)
• uname.exe (40.04 KB)
• uniq.exe (49.47 KB)
• wc.exe (50.75 KB)
• xargs.exe (72.55 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (308.69 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (337.02 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.5.4 of GitHub Desktop. You can find below info on other releases of GitHub Desktop:

• 2.6.0
• 2.4.3
• 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
• 3.3.4

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When 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\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-2.5.4\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\resources\app\fs_admin.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\resources\app\keytar.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\resources\app\registry.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\ZXIBV3QR\github-desktop-icon-32[1].png
• 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\Code Cache\wasm\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\Dictionaries\en-US-9-0.bdic
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\FontLookupTableCache\font_unique_name_table.pb
• 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\2020-08-25.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-08-26.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-08-27.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-08-28.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Preferences
• 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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\GitHub Desktop (2).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\GitHub Desktop.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc\GitHub Desktop.lnk

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

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

How to uninstall GitHub Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program marketed by GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, users try to uninstall it. This is hard because doing this manually requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK manner to uninstall GitHub Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the 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". If it exists on your system the GitHub Desktop program will be found automatically. When you select GitHub Desktop in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding GitHub Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then 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 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.