RStudio

A way to uninstall RStudio from your PC

RStudio is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Posit Software. You can read more on Posit Software or check for application updates here. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio directory. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove RStudio. rstudio.exe is the RStudio's main executable file and it occupies approximately 155.84 MB (163411968 bytes) on disk.

RStudio is composed of the following executables which take 463.39 MB (485899064 bytes) on disk:

• rstudio.exe (155.84 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (136.40 KB)
• consoleio.exe (1.65 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (740.00 KB)
• crashpad_http_upload.exe (360.00 KB)
• diagnostics.exe (2.52 MB)
• rpostback.exe (5.87 MB)
• rsession-utf8.exe (25.59 MB)
• rsession.exe (25.59 MB)
• rsinverse.exe (5.91 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)
• quarto.exe (284.42 KB)
• deno.exe (67.79 MB)
• esbuild.exe (8.29 MB)
• pandoc.exe (124.04 MB)
• dart.exe (3.86 MB)
• SumatraPDF.exe (6.92 MB)
• winutils.exe (34.00 KB)
• winutils.exe (105.50 KB)
• rsession.exe (21.60 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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The current page applies to RStudio version 2023.09.0463 only. You can find below info on other releases of RStudio:

• 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
• 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 typically left behind when you uninstall RStudio.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_community.rstudio.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\devtools\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\googleAuthR\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\leaflet\htmlwidgets\lib\rstudio_leaflet

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_community.rstudio.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000007.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_community.rstudio.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000009.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_community.rstudio.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_community.rstudio.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_community.rstudio.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_community.rstudio.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_RStudio_rstudio_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_RStudio_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\devtools\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\googleAuthR\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\leaflet\htmlwidgets\lib\rstudio_leaflet\images\1px.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\leaflet\htmlwidgets\lib\rstudio_leaflet\rstudio_leaflet.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\learnr\rmarkdown\templates\tutorial\resources\rstudio-theme.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\parsnip\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\pkgdown\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\questionr\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\RcppParallel\rstudio\templates\project\RcppParallel.package.skeleton.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\Rdpack\RStudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\renv\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\reprex\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rgee\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rhandsontable\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rmarkdown\rmarkdown\highlight\rstudio.theme
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rmarkdown\rstudio\templates\project\skeleton.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\shiny\www\shared\highlight\rstudio.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\styler\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\tfruns\rstudio\addins.dcf
• 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\jobs\1FDA519B-output.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\jobs\3C190467-output.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\jobs\5412ABB1-output.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\jobs\7B048390-output.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\jobs\8CF196ED-output.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\jobs\DF6AC509-output.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-19.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-21.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-22.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-23.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-26.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-27.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-28.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-29.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2022-12-30.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-02.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-04.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-05.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-06.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-09.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-10.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-11.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-12.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-16.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-17.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-18.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-19.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-20.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-23.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-27.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-01-30.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-02.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-03.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-13.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-14.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-15.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-20.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-21.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-22.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-23.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-24.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-27.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-02-28.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-03.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-06.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-07.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-09.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-10.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-13.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-14.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-16.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-17.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-20.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-21.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.2023-03-22.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.1.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.10.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.11.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.12.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.13.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.2.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.3.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.4.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.5.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.6.log

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
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\RStudio

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\rstudio\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\rstudio\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\RStudio\bin\rstudio.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\RStudio\bin\rstudio.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.FriendlyAppName
• 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-380987266-2841597524-1477744481-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\RStudio-2023.09.0-463.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-380987266-2841597524-1477744481-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume8\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-380987266-2841597524-1477744481-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume8\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{5ACADB51-A2A6-428B-B617-DD928995F223}C:\program files\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{EBE15630-F8A1-47B4-ACCF-CE1602CD5883}C:\program files\rstudio\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{3F60E05E-2CB0-4E5F-AE00-43272BB6739A}C:\program files\rstudio\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{D553F7D2-C5FC-4DD5-BC02-0E4EDBA83C1C}C:\program files\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe

How to uninstall RStudio from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is an application offered by Posit Software. Some people decide to erase this application. This can be efortful because doing this manually requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY solution 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to clean 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. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs 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 very quickly. Notice that when you click RStudio in the list , some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding RStudio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

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


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

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove RStudio by Posit Software from your PC, nor are we saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove RStudio supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.