GitHub Desktop

A guide to uninstall GitHub Desktop from your system

This info is about GitHub Desktop for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by GitHub, Inc.. More information on GitHub, Inc. can be seen here. The program is usually installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop directory. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. You can uninstall 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 has a size of 391.10 KB (400488 bytes) on disk and is called GitHubDesktop.exe.

GitHub Desktop installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 232.08 MB (243349592 bytes) on disk.

• GitHubDesktop.exe (391.10 KB)
• Update.exe (1.83 MB)
• GitHubDesktop.exe (177.70 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.95 MB)
• desktop-askpass-trampoline.exe (162.60 KB)
• git-receive-pack.exe (47.24 KB)
• git-upload-pack.exe (47.24 KB)
• scalar.exe (43.98 KB)
• tig.exe (44.48 KB)
• blocked-file-util.exe (61.91 KB)
• brotli.exe (77.81 KB)
• git-askpass.exe (61.03 KB)
• git-askyesno.exe (33.98 KB)
• git-credential-helper-selector.exe (77.30 KB)
• git-credential-manager.exe (79.33 KB)
• git-http-fetch.exe (2.31 MB)
• git-http-push.exe (2.32 MB)
• git-wrapper.exe (43.99 KB)
• git-remote-https.exe (2.32 MB)
• git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (2.26 MB)
• git.exe (3.82 MB)
• headless-git.exe (31.99 KB)
• proxy-lookup.exe (59.06 KB)
• psl.exe (67.98 KB)
• scalar.exe (13.60 MB)
• git-credential-desktop.exe (167.96 KB)
• git-lfs.exe (10.63 MB)
• edit-git-bash.exe (136.01 KB)
• awk.exe (628.23 KB)
• b2sum.exe (69.55 KB)
• basename.exe (49.53 KB)
• basenc.exe (63.80 KB)
• cat.exe (52.41 KB)
• chattr.exe (58.73 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 (267.70 KB)
• dash.exe (120.38 KB)
• date.exe (131.97 KB)
• diff.exe (220.86 KB)
• diff3.exe (76.16 KB)
• dirname.exe (49.48 KB)
• echo.exe (49.52 KB)
• env.exe (58.61 KB)
• expr.exe (123.98 KB)
• false.exe (47.81 KB)
• find.exe (276.68 KB)
• gencat.exe (57.74 KB)
• getfacl.exe (57.13 KB)
• getopt.exe (33.17 KB)
• gmondump.exe (55.88 KB)
• grep.exe (222.81 KB)
• head.exe (59.81 KB)
• ls.exe (161.44 KB)
• lsattr.exe (58.12 KB)
• mkdir.exe (85.23 KB)
• mktemp.exe (57.76 KB)
• mv.exe (134.16 KB)
• pathchk.exe (50.00 KB)
• printf.exe (85.78 KB)
• profiler.exe (169.01 KB)
• pwd.exe (50.77 KB)
• readlink.exe (62.82 KB)
• rebase.exe (895.70 KB)
• rm.exe (76.92 KB)
• rmdir.exe (76.25 KB)
• sdiff.exe (67.59 KB)
• sed.exe (189.43 KB)
• sh.exe (2.20 MB)
• sort.exe (122.48 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (408.66 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (392.84 KB)
• ssh.exe (896.56 KB)
• tail.exe (69.90 KB)
• test.exe (83.29 KB)
• touch.exe (120.41 KB)
• tr.exe (63.77 KB)
• true.exe (47.81 KB)
• uname.exe (50.50 KB)
• uniq.exe (59.43 KB)
• wc.exe (60.86 KB)
• xargs.exe (81.37 KB)
• ssh-keysign.exe (514.81 KB)
• ssh-pkcs11-helper.exe (368.99 KB)
• ssh-sk-helper.exe (366.37 KB)
• getprocaddr32.exe (261.77 KB)
• getprocaddr64.exe (275.53 KB)

...click to view all...

The information on this page is only about version 3.4.12 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
• 3.4.5
• 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
• 3.4.72
• 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
• 2.8.3

...click to view all...
Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall GitHub Desktop.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall GitHub Desktop from your PC:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove GitHub Desktop:

• 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 State
• 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\Network\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Network\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Network\TransportSecurity
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Network\Trust Tokens
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\Preferences
• 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\Shared Dictionary\db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\SharedStorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\WebStorage\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GitHub Desktop\window-state.json

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

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.4.12\GitHubDesktop.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.4.12\GitHubDesktop.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to delete GitHub Desktop from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GitHub Desktop is an application marketed by the software company GitHub, Inc.. Frequently, people try to remove this program. This is hard because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE action 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

DOWNLOAD NOW

• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find GitHub Desktop or simply click the Search feature and type in "GitHub Desktop". The GitHub Desktop program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click GitHub Desktop in the list , some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding GitHub Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept 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. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of GitHub Desktop which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling GitHub Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove 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 remove GitHub Desktop supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.