RStudio

A way to uninstall RStudio from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall RStudio for Windows. The Windows version was created by Posit Software. Take a look here where you can find out more on Posit Software. The program is often installed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio directory (same installation drive as Windows). RStudio's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe. rstudio.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 168.79 MB (176987136 bytes) on disk.

RStudio contains of the executables below. They take 682.08 MB (715213780 bytes) on disk.

• rstudio.exe (168.79 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (148.40 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 (7.14 MB)
• rsession-utf8.exe (26.68 MB)
• rsession.exe (26.68 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 (66.12 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 (22.38 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2024.09.0375 of RStudio. You can find here a few links to other RStudio versions:

• 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
• 2024.04.2764
• 2023.12.0369.3

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Several files, folders and registry data will not be removed when you are trying to remove RStudio from your computer.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\clipr\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\devtools\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\pkgdown\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\Rdpack\RStudio

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

• 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\4.4\clipr\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\devtools\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\pkgdown\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\Rdpack\RStudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\rmarkdown\rmarkdown\highlight\rstudio.theme
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\rmarkdown\rstudio\templates\project\skeleton.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.4\shiny\www\shared\highlight\rstudio.css
• 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\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\RStudio.v2023.03.1.Build.446_p30download.com.lnk
• 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\01e2a139578c53bd_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\0ab8b2b31938ad3e_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\12db629e4ede978d_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\166cbcdb77f02c08_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\28ac4e929cd5c06d_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\3483cca57fabbbce_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\472ea62b3d384ef0_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\4b3817e1be318c6d_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\5cb03784023e91fb_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\5ed7a7eb18855f0c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\5f8c86b6fedbf16a_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\659e3f6e7126e254_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\701517753e3802cb_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\73ad5295847b4279_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\758069f9e1135175_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\86aa2c83206858e3_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\874d20977585a77c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\8c8ee1bda69bb005_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\8dfdf68199b7ccc8_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\9470b659fac130fa_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\a8e4fe428bf0d64c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\b7de7a2a17b660bf_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\c3de79b0f42d8e26_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\d7252dc1404cb40c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\f0da7b1dea080ade_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\f12c186a1623904b_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\fc0e6c272367df73_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Code Cache\js\fce3bdf747167710_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

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

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-228500743-1248671027-3458587974-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-228500743-1248671027-3458587974-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\Downloads\RStudio-2024.09.0-375.exe

How to erase RStudio from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is an application marketed by the software company Posit Software. Frequently, people choose to remove this program. This can be hard because deleting this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE procedure to remove 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 on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate RStudio or simply activate the Search feature and type in "RStudio". If it exists on your system the RStudio app will be found very quickly. After you click RStudio in the list of apps, some data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about RStudio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove RStudio.


8. After uninstalling 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 uninstalling RStudio with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall RStudio by Posit Software from your PC, we are not saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall RStudio supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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' PCs.