GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to remove GitHub Desktop for Windows. It is written by GitHub, Inc.. Check out here for more information on GitHub, Inc.. Usually the GitHub Desktop application is to be found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, depending on the user's option during setup. GitHub Desktop's entire uninstall command line is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. The program's main executable file has a size of 380.50 KB (389632 bytes) on disk and is named GitHubDesktop.exe.

GitHub Desktop is composed of the following executables which occupy 143.13 MB (150087416 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 (26.99 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (25.50 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (40.00 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 (64.99 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (60.99 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (9.82 MB)
• awk.exe (619.77 KB)
• b2sum.exe (60.13 KB)
• basename.exe (40.07 KB)
• basenc.exe (53.84 KB)
• cat.exe (43.80 KB)
• chattr.exe (180.30 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.64 KB)
• comm.exe (45.33 KB)
• cp.exe (116.02 KB)
• cut.exe (48.55 KB)
• dash.exe (109.10 KB)
• date.exe (121.86 KB)
• diff.exe (207.49 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.41 KB)
• dirname.exe (39.02 KB)
• echo.exe (40.91 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 (35.76 KB)
• fido2-token.exe (49.52 KB)
• find.exe (275.65 KB)
• gencat.exe (193.37 KB)
• getfacl.exe (178.23 KB)
• getopt.exe (22.00 KB)
• grep.exe (211.27 KB)
• head.exe (49.34 KB)
• ls.exe (145.50 KB)
• lsattr.exe (179.20 KB)
• mkdir.exe (74.80 KB)
• mktemp.exe (49.23 KB)
• mv.exe (122.13 KB)
• pathchk.exe (40.04 KB)
• printf.exe (73.84 KB)
• pwd.exe (41.30 KB)
• readlink.exe (52.36 KB)
• rebase.exe (817.32 KB)
• rm.exe (67.88 KB)
• rmdir.exe (65.29 KB)
• sdiff.exe (56.21 KB)
• sed.exe (172.42 KB)
• sh.exe (1.88 MB)
• sort.exe (109.35 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (329.32 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (312.10 KB)
• ssh.exe (686.51 KB)
• tail.exe (60.83 KB)
• test.exe (70.68 KB)
• touch.exe (109.45 KB)
• tr.exe (53.80 KB)
• true.exe (37.85 KB)
• uname.exe (40.04 KB)
• uniq.exe (49.47 KB)
• wc.exe (50.75 KB)
• xargs.exe (72.55 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (308.70 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (337.02 KB)

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This web page is about GitHub Desktop version 2.5.5 only. You can find below info on other releases of GitHub Desktop:

• 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
• 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

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

Folders that were found:

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

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• 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\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\2020-09-27.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-10-20.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-10-21.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-11-26.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2020-12-02.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2021-02-09.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2021-02-27.desktop.production.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\logs\2021-04-07.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\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc\GitHub Desktop.lnk

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys 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

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.5\GitHubDesktop.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.5\GitHubDesktop.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to delete GitHub Desktop from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is a program marketed by GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to erase it. This is easier said than done because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK procedure to erase 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find 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 click GitHub Desktop in the list of programs, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After removing GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling GitHub Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.