Positron

A guide to uninstall Positron from your PC

This web page is about Positron for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Posit Software, PBC. Take a look here where you can find out more on Posit Software, PBC. More details about the software Positron can be found at https://posit.co/. Usually the Positron program is placed in the C:\Program Files\Positron directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The entire uninstall command line for Positron is C:\Program Files\Positron\unins000.exe. Positron.exe is the Positron's primary executable file and it takes circa 177.85 MB (186484224 bytes) on disk.

Positron installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 574.87 MB (602793523 bytes) on disk.

• Positron.exe (177.85 MB)
• unins000.exe (2.63 MB)
• pet.exe (4.39 MB)
• debugpy.exe (105.87 KB)
• ipython3.exe (105.88 KB)
• jupyter-kernel.exe (105.87 KB)
• jupyter-kernelspec.exe (105.91 KB)
• jupyter-migrate.exe (105.87 KB)
• jupyter-run.exe (105.89 KB)
• jupyter-troubleshoot.exe (105.88 KB)
• jupyter.exe (105.87 KB)
• pygmentize.exe (105.87 KB)
• inject_dll_amd64.exe (260.08 KB)
• inject_dll_x86.exe (204.55 KB)
• jedi-language-server.exe (105.87 KB)
• markdown-it.exe (105.87 KB)
• pygmentize.exe (105.87 KB)
• ark.exe (18.65 MB)
• kcserver.exe (6.08 MB)
• rg.exe (4.45 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (300.00 KB)
• OpenConsole.exe (1.22 MB)
• quarto.exe (295.03 KB)
• pandoc.exe (208.32 MB)
• deno.exe (102.91 MB)
• esbuild.exe (9.36 MB)
• typst.exe (32.32 MB)
• dart.exe (3.78 MB)
• inno_updater.exe (551.00 KB)

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The current page applies to Positron version 2025.03.0 alone. Click on the links below for other Positron versions:

• 2025.05.0
• 2024.07.0
• 2025.06.0
• 2024.11.0
• 2025.04.0

A way to uninstall Positron from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Positron is a program offered by Posit Software, PBC. Sometimes, people try to remove this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK solution to remove Positron 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Positron or simply activate the Search field and type in "Positron". The Positron program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Positron in the list of programs, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Positron, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Positron:

• The web site of the program is: https://posit.co/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Positron\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Positron.


8. After uninstalling Positron, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Positron which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Positron using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Positron by Posit Software, PBC from your PC, nor are we saying that Positron by Posit Software, PBC is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Positron in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.