RStudio

A guide to uninstall RStudio from your computer

RStudio is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by Posit Software. You can read more on Posit Software or check for application updates here. Usually the RStudio application is installed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio directory, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove RStudio. RStudio's primary file takes about 168.77 MB (176971776 bytes) and is called rstudio.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with RStudio. They take about 671.69 MB (704320897 bytes) on disk.

• rstudio.exe (168.77 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (146.32 KB)
• consoleio.exe (1.67 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (740.00 KB)
• crashpad_http_upload.exe (360.00 KB)
• diagnostics.exe (2.54 MB)
• rpostback.exe (6.96 MB)
• rsession-utf8.exe (26.54 MB)
• rsession.exe (26.54 MB)
• rsinverse.exe (7.21 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (902.50 KB)
• cmp.exe (56.00 KB)
• diff.exe (147.00 KB)
• diff3.exe (58.00 KB)
• sdiff.exe (60.50 KB)
• grep.exe (210.20 KB)
• error-mode.exe (30.34 KB)
• msysmnt.exe (1.32 MB)
• ps.exe (1.33 MB)
• scp.exe (49.50 KB)
• sftp.exe (85.00 KB)
• ssh.exe (312.50 KB)
• ssh-add.exe (97.00 KB)
• ssh-agent.exe (86.50 KB)
• ssh-keygen.exe (135.50 KB)
• ssh-keyscan.exe (175.50 KB)
• node.exe (66.50 MB)
• quarto.exe (292.42 KB)
• pandoc.exe (204.49 MB)
• deno.exe (78.55 MB)
• esbuild.exe (9.19 MB)
• typst.exe (31.92 MB)
• dart.exe (3.71 MB)
• SumatraPDF.exe (6.92 MB)
• winutils.exe (34.00 KB)
• winutils.exe (105.50 KB)
• rsession.exe (22.25 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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This page is about RStudio version 2024.04.2764 alone. For other RStudio versions please click below:

• 2023.09.1494
• 2023.06.2561
• 2023.06.3581
• 2022.12.0353
• 2023.12.0330
• 2025.05.0496
• 2024.12.1563
• 2023.06.0421
• 2023.06.1524
• 2023.03.0386
• 2023.12.0369
• 2024.04.0735
• 2024.12.0467
• 2023.03.1446
• 2024.09.1394
• 2023.09.0463
• 2024.04.1748
• 2023.12.1402
• 2023.03.2454
• 2023.03.1446.1
• 2024.09.0375
• 2023.12.0369.3

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall RStudio from your computer:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio

The files below are left behind on your disk by RStudio when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\D__Program Files_RStudio_rstudio_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\addin_registry
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\environment-grid.persistent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\source-column-manager.persistent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\themes.persistent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\workbenchp.persistent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\crash-handler-permission
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\history_database
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\command_palette_mru
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\file_mru
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\help_history_links
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\plot_publish_mru
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\project_mru
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\user_dictionary
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\notebooks\patch-chunk-names
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\files-pane.pper
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\source-pane.pper
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\windowlayoutstate.pper
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\workbench-pane.pper
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\none\console07\INDEX001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects_settings\last-project-path
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects_settings\project-id-mappings
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\rmd-outputs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\rstudio-desktop.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\saved_source_markers
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\session-5864ccc2\lock_file
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\095cb7032137a4c4_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\147fe2d7f394212b_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\19ac0ee6b09d1be3_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\1a65b59017395291_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\3f7448aaae0a89e9_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\509a9813c472c34c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\520ab54c956999f6_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\657ba3417da2fc07_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\6864d94f3f004331_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\6e11db205ee56b7d_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\6e2ba90560ff0640_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\7306f58346abc565_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\7506a962bde6c05c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\782f5e8824b1d0b1_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\798a888bd694c861_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\85d76798af7a1e92_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\9aa6a95034e5a765_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\a40b57098d36902c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\b48049b810ad133b_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\c2e3dc1b08bcdcae_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\c75786e17635eff6_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\ca6e69eeef2a8c32_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\ce59adce93f58568_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\d134b1e00de4352c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\d219e134eb75c382_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\deb38fbe64f6f8b3_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\e2c5a8c3c4ff8404_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\f876cd85dc3b3018_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\wasm\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\config.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\crash-handler.conf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Local State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Network\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Network\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Preferences
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\rstudio-prefs.json

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1236644662-3314482487-3579283233-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe

A way to uninstall RStudio from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is an application released by Posit Software. Frequently, users decide to erase this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK action to erase RStudio 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate RStudio or simply click the Search field and type in "RStudio". If it is installed on your PC the RStudio program will be found automatically. When you click RStudio in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding RStudio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove RStudio.


8. After removing RStudio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of RStudio that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing RStudio with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall RStudio by Posit Software from your PC, we are not saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall RStudio in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.