RStudio

A guide to uninstall RStudio from your system

This page is about RStudio for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Posit Software. Go over here for more information on Posit Software. RStudio is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. RStudio's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe. rstudio.exe is the RStudio's primary executable file and it takes around 150.53 MB (157839360 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed along with RStudio. They occupy about 444.41 MB (465996409 bytes) on disk.

rstudio.exe (150.53 MB)
Uninstall.exe (136.21 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 (5.83 MB)
rsession-utf8.exe (25.34 MB)
rsession.exe (25.34 MB)
rsinverse.exe (5.88 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 (62.39 MB)
esbuild.exe (8.29 MB)
pandoc.exe (116.57 MB)
dart.exe (3.84 MB)
SumatraPDF.exe (6.92 MB)
winutils.exe (34.00 KB)
winutils.exe (105.50 KB)
rsession.exe (21.38 MB)
winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2023.03.0386 of RStudio. You can find below info on other releases of RStudio:

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

Folders left behind when you uninstall RStudio:

C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio

Files remaining:

C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\addin_registry
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\environment-grid.persistent
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\source-column-manager.persistent
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\themes.persistent
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\workbenchp.persistent
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\crash-handler-permission
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\history_database
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rdesktop.log
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.log
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\command_palette_mru
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\file_mru
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\help_history_links
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\plot_publish_mru
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\project_mru
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\monitored\lists\UserName_dictionary
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\notebooks\patch-chunk-names
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\files-pane.pper
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\source-pane.pper
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\windowlayoutstate.pper
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\workbench-pane.pper
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\none\console07\INDEX001
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects_settings\last-project-path
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects_settings\project-id-mappings
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\rmd-outputs
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\rstudio-desktop.json
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\RStudio\saved_source_markers
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000001
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000002
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000003
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000004
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000005
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000006
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000007
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000008
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000009
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000a
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000b
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000c
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000d
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000e
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\index
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\0eb1ece016081fd4_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\0f672a76458125a8_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\13ebabc25f75888f_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\1c22484182630fac_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\28897c0d77c2f604_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\2951b755f60079c0_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\29825e72c67285ff_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\3309e0631083d21c_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\38d020a486e48e87_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\3e43eed49d48b0e4_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\402bb9d57c9523dd_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\44f6650c67296477_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\462a023991654bc0_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\47ac2e2dadcc580c_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\50add049ac6d34a1_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\5360388e6ff876f5_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\54512cf1b4b2856b_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\5b001ac01c8130ba_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\61026df096451032_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\628152525735e3f7_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\6cf62156e21766e3_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\743a0d684a26d982_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\75e4723ba85e4111_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\7a685cf357847e20_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\7f6cef94a1426bfa_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\81a9882015c4719d_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\8c553c3dcb7dab7b_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\8e75639eb6690ec4_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\8f229fba41e88839_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\98e32e2285e8e8d6_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\9ff271b67b856e5c_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\a1411155299e0d5b_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\a19606b5ac67cd39_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\a3aa00061c07e80d_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\a71d7196649f2ed8_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\aa855ecbc71bb80c_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\b34955b129433358_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\b37910f805187240_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\ba7f51207680c69b_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\bbbffbfd9ec5d309_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\be378090b4e970c8_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\c05c59cabfc0a602_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\c2e7f8382a90b0c5_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\c4ecfd1b4241ff49_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\c7d018a22de56a14_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\ca016bb9c65a7f4b_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\dac31ea9f540442a_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\dbfd91c5e78afeba_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\ec4c3151135cccf8_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\ee06bf194e77e286_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\f0502a0ed128859f_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\f0acf70280519ee3_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\f0be2aac01df6f46_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\f548e6810631731c_0
C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\fdfd2e2e4150dd0e_0

Registry that is not uninstalled:

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

How to erase RStudio from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is a program marketed by the software company Posit Software. Sometimes, people want to uninstall it. This is easier said than done because performing this manually takes some knowledge related to PCs. The best QUICK procedure to uninstall RStudio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:

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6. Navigate 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 very quickly. Notice that when you click RStudio in the list , some information regarding the program is shown to you:

Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you 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 are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall RStudio by Posit Software from your computer, we are not saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions 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.

2023-03-17 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-03-17 13:33:38.620

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