RStudio

A guide to uninstall RStudio from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall RStudio for Windows. The Windows release was developed by RStudio. Check out here for more details on RStudio. RStudio is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling RStudio is C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is called rstudio.exe and it has a size of 8.18 MB (8580572 bytes).

RStudio contains of the executables below. They occupy 181.52 MB (190337483 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (105.71 KB)
• consoleio.exe (5.79 MB)
• diagnostics.exe (5.75 MB)
• rpostback.exe (7.19 MB)
• rsession.exe (22.45 MB)
• rsinverse.exe (7.22 MB)
• rstudio.exe (8.18 MB)
• urlopener.exe (5.71 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)
• cmp.exe (56.00 KB)
• diff.exe (147.00 KB)
• diff3.exe (58.00 KB)
• sdiff.exe (60.50 KB)
• egrep.exe (90.00 KB)
• fgrep.exe (53.50 KB)
• grep.exe (94.00 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)
• pandoc-citeproc.exe (39.80 MB)
• pandoc.exe (43.52 MB)
• SumatraPDF.exe (6.12 MB)
• winutils.exe (34.00 KB)
• winutils.exe (105.50 KB)
• rsession.exe (23.23 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (902.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.1.419 of RStudio. You can find below info on other releases of RStudio:

• 1.0.29
• 1.1.364
• 2022.02.2485
• 1.1.453
• 1.1.423
• 1.2.5001
• 0.95.258
• 2022.07.0548
• 2022.02.1461.1
• 0.94.110
• 0.99.891
• 0.99.483
• 0.99.442
• 1.2.1568
• 0.99.879
• 1.2.830
• 1.2.1004
• 0.98.1062
• 1.0.136
• 0.99.903
• 2022.07.1554.3
• 0.98.953
• 0.99.386
• 0.98.495
• 1.3.959
• 0.97.316
• 0.99.896
• 0.98.1074
• 0.98.987
• 0.99.1243
• 0.98.1079
• 1.3.10731
• 2021.09.4403
• 0.97.306
• 0.97.248
• 1.1.338
• 0.99.486
• 0.98.1102
• 1.2.1226
• 0.98.1078
• 2021.09.2382
• 2021.09.2382.1
• 2022.02.0443
• 0.98.994
• 1.4.521
• 1.1.463
• 0.99.489
• 0.96.331
• 1.1.442
• 2022.07.1554
• 1.2.50331
• 1.1.353
• 0.97.551
• 1.2.792
• 0.99.473
• 0.98.932
• 0.99.335
• 1.2.1335
• 0.99.484
• 1.3.9441
• 0.98.490
• 0.99.463
• 0.96.122
• 2022.07.2576
• 0.99.485
• 1.2.1030
• 1.2.1237
• 1.1.393
• 1.1.383
• 1.4.1717
• 0.98.945
• 0.96.316
• 0.99.491
• 0.99.887
• 0.99.878
• 1.2.5033
• 0.98.1059
• 0.95.256
• 1.2.5042
• 0.98.484
• 0.97.449
• 0.99.902
• 0.99.451
• 0.99.892
• 1.4.953
• 0.97.312
• 1.0.143
• 2022.02.1461
• 1.2.1511
• 2021.09.1372
• 2022.02.0392.1
• 1.1.218
• 0.99.786
• 0.98.497
• 0.99.393
• 0.95.263
• 0.98.1073
• 0.97.320
• 1.1.447
• 0.97.173

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

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\.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\.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\RStudio

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{6494667A-3396-4F8B-A257-2F9BA3803182}E:\installs\rstudio\bin\x64\rsession.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{BBADD4FC-D70A-4C6F-B1AC-46CD3F440366}E:\installs\rstudio\bin\x64\rsession.exe

How to delete RStudio from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is a program marketed by the software company RStudio. Sometimes, computer users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to uninstall RStudio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate RStudio or simply activate the Search field and type in "RStudio". If it exists on your system the RStudio program will be found very quickly. After you select RStudio in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding RStudio, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall RStudio.


8. After uninstalling RStudio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform 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 are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove RStudio by RStudio from your PC, nor are we saying that RStudio by RStudio is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove RStudio supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.