RStudio

A guide to uninstall RStudio from your system

RStudio is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It is developed by Posit Software. Open here where you can read more on Posit Software. RStudio is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio folder, depending on the user's option. RStudio's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe. rstudio.exe is the RStudio's main executable file and it occupies circa 172.64 MB (181024768 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of RStudio. They take about 683.02 MB (716197020 bytes) on disk.

• rstudio.exe (172.64 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (147.54 KB)
• consoleio.exe (1.67 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (740.00 KB)
• crashpad_http_upload.exe (360.00 KB)
• diagnostics.exe (2.75 MB)
• rpostback.exe (7.22 MB)
• rsession-utf8.exe (27.00 MB)
• rsession.exe (27.00 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)
• node.exe (66.12 MB)
• quarto.exe (289.42 KB)
• pandoc.exe (209.64 MB)
• deno.exe (89.94 MB)
• esbuild.exe (9.36 MB)
• typst.exe (32.32 MB)
• dart.exe (3.78 MB)
• SumatraPDF.exe (6.92 MB)
• winutils.exe (34.00 KB)
• winutils.exe (105.50 KB)
• rsession.exe (22.64 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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This data is about RStudio version 2024.12.1563 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
• 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
• 2024.04.2764
• 2024.09.0375
• 2023.12.0369.3

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall RStudio.

Directories left on disk:

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

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.log
• 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\DawnGraphiteCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnGraphiteCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnGraphiteCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnGraphiteCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnGraphiteCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnWebGPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnWebGPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnWebGPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnWebGPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\DawnWebGPUCache\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\Network\Trust Tokens
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Preferences
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Shared Dictionary\cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Shared Dictionary\db

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.c\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cpp\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.css\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.h\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.hpp\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.js\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.markdown\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.md\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdtxt\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qmd\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.R\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Rd\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rda\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.RData\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rdprsp\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Rhtml\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Rmarkdown\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Rmd\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Rnw\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Rpres\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Rproj\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tex\OpenWithList\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RStudio.Rproj
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\RStudio
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Posit Software\RStudio

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\RStudio-2024.12.1-563.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\RStudio-2024.12.1-563.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Download\RStudio\rstudio.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Download\RStudio\rstudio.exe.FriendlyAppName

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

RStudio is an application released by Posit Software. Frequently, people want to erase this program. This can be hard because deleting this manually takes some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY approach to erase RStudio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows system.

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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 admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find RStudio or simply activate the Search field and type in "RStudio". If it exists on your system the RStudio app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select RStudio in the list of apps, some information about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about RStudio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove RStudio.


8. After uninstalling RStudio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall RStudio by Posit Software from your computer, we are not saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall RStudio in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.