RStudio

A way to uninstall RStudio from your computer

RStudio is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by Posit Software. Open here where you can get more info on Posit Software. Usually the RStudio application is placed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio directory, depending on the user's option during install. RStudio's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe. rstudio.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 158.39 MB (166081024 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in RStudio. They occupy 465.94 MB (488570685 bytes) on disk.

• rstudio.exe (158.39 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 information on this page is only about version 2023.09.1494 of RStudio. Click on the links below for other RStudio versions:

• 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
• 2024.09.0375
• 2023.12.0369.3

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RStudio has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\clipr\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rmarkdown\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• 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\R\win-library\4.3\clipr\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\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\packages-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\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\RStudio.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\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000010
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000011
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000012
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000013
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000014
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000015
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000017
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000018
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000020
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000021
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000022
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000023
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000024
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000025
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000026
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000027
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000028
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000029
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000030
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000031
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000032
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000033
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000034
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000035
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000036
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000037
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000038
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000039
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000040

Generally the following registry data will not be 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

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

• 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

How to erase RStudio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is an application marketed by Posit Software. Some people choose to erase it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some skill regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK approach to erase RStudio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find RStudio or simply click the Search feature and type in "RStudio". The RStudio application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select RStudio in the list of apps, the following information about the application is shown to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove RStudio.


8. After uninstalling RStudio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of RStudio which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing RStudio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall RStudio by Posit Software from your PC, nor are we saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall RStudio in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.