GitHub Desktop

A way to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your computer

GitHub Desktop is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by GitHub, Inc.. Check out here for more information on GitHub, Inc.. GitHub Desktop is normally set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop folder, subject to the user's choice. The entire uninstall command line for GitHub Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\Update.exe. The program's main executable file is titled GitHubDesktop.exe and it has a size of 373.46 KB (382424 bytes).

GitHub Desktop contains of the executables below. They occupy 97.19 MB (101913912 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (373.46 KB)
• Update.exe (1.46 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (64.55 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.58 MB)
• git.exe (38.77 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (29.55 KB)
• git-fast-import.exe (1.45 MB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (1.46 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (1.47 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (38.78 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (1.48 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.42 MB)
• git.exe (2.51 MB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (28.98 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (70.52 KB)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (67.48 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (8.78 MB)
• awk.exe (600.29 KB)
• b2sum.exe (59.96 KB)
• basename.exe (38.37 KB)
• cat.exe (41.62 KB)
• cmp.exe (50.60 KB)
• comm.exe (43.63 KB)
• cp.exe (114.33 KB)
• cut.exe (48.35 KB)
• dash.exe (109.07 KB)
• date.exe (115.24 KB)
• diff.exe (206.99 KB)
• diff3.exe (65.38 KB)
• dirname.exe (37.82 KB)
• echo.exe (38.19 KB)
• env.exe (42.59 KB)
• expr.exe (111.36 KB)
• false.exe (35.65 KB)
• find.exe (256.55 KB)
• gencat.exe (181.33 KB)
• getfacl.exe (170.20 KB)
• getopt.exe (23.55 KB)
• grep.exe (211.23 KB)
• head.exe (47.16 KB)
• ls.exe (140.27 KB)
• mkdir.exe (72.60 KB)
• mktemp.exe (47.06 KB)
• mv.exe (121.43 KB)
• pathchk.exe (38.34 KB)
• printf.exe (72.12 KB)
• pwd.exe (39.60 KB)
• readlink.exe (50.66 KB)
• rebase.exe (817.28 KB)
• rm.exe (65.19 KB)
• rmdir.exe (64.13 KB)
• sdiff.exe (56.15 KB)
• sed.exe (165.07 KB)
• sh.exe (2.01 MB)
• sort.exe (110.29 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (314.04 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (293.98 KB)
• ssh.exe (648.45 KB)
• tail.exe (58.57 KB)
• test.exe (70.02 KB)
• touch.exe (104.28 KB)
• tr.exe (51.60 KB)
• true.exe (35.65 KB)
• uname.exe (38.80 KB)
• uniq.exe (48.30 KB)
• wc.exe (48.53 KB)
• xargs.exe (69.52 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (337.49 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (365.39 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.6.1 of GitHub Desktop. 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
• 3.2.6
• 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
• 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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If planning to uninstall GitHub Desktop you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by GitHub Desktop's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\GitHubDesktop.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.6.1\locales\th.pak

Registry keys:

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

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

GitHub Desktop is a program offered by GitHub, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY way to uninstall 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". If it exists on your system the GitHub Desktop program will be found very quickly. When you click GitHub Desktop in the list , some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding GitHub Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall GitHub Desktop.


8. After uninstalling GitHub Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong GitHub Desktop that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that GitHub Desktop by GitHub, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GitHub Desktop supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.