RStudio

How to uninstall RStudio from your system

RStudio is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Posit Software. You can read more on Posit Software or check for application updates here. RStudio is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\RStudio directory, regulated by the user's choice. 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 168.77 MB (176964096 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed beside RStudio. They take about 672.70 MB (705372521 bytes) on disk.

• rstudio.exe (168.77 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (146.29 KB)
• consoleio.exe (1.67 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (740.00 KB)
• crashpad_http_upload.exe (360.00 KB)
• diagnostics.exe (2.54 MB)
• rpostback.exe (6.96 MB)
• rsession-utf8.exe (26.54 MB)
• rsession.exe (26.54 MB)
• rsinverse.exe (7.21 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 (67.51 MB)
• quarto.exe (292.42 KB)
• pandoc.exe (204.49 MB)
• deno.exe (78.55 MB)
• esbuild.exe (9.19 MB)
• typst.exe (31.92 MB)
• dart.exe (3.71 MB)
• SumatraPDF.exe (6.92 MB)
• winutils.exe (34.00 KB)
• winutils.exe (105.50 KB)
• rsession.exe (22.25 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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This info is about RStudio version 2024.04.0735 only. You can find below 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
• 2024.12.0467
• 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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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove RStudio.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall RStudio:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\200\D__Programs_Install_R_R studio_RStudio_rstudio_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\200\D__Programs_Install_R_R studio_RStudio_Uninstall_exe
• 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\quarto.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\ctx\ctx-36179\console_actions
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\environment
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\history
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\libpaths
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\options
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\plots_dir\empty.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\plots_dir\INDEX
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\rversion
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\ctx\ctx-36179\settings
• 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.1.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.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\notebooks\paths
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\pcs\debug-breakpoints.pper
• 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\persistent-state
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\none\console07\96E04E1D
• 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\next-session-project
• 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\Local\RStudio\sources\per\t\0922552A
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\prop\E3D88245
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\prop\INDEX
• 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

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• 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

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\programs\install\r\r studio\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\programs\install\r\r studio\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Programs\Install\R\R studio\RStudio\rstudio.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Programs\Install\R\R studio\RStudio\rstudio.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-596424994-2313297535-1118645204-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\RStudio-2024.04.0-735.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{4AD859C7-5A2E-41FF-B4BB-A36A6E89AEAA}D:\programs\install\r\r studio\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{4CC18BC1-D3AB-4976-AD72-D78DE52F7729}D:\programs\install\r\r studio\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{4016BA60-75F9-4FA1-B3A4-817809D43FA8}D:\programs\install\r\r studio\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{8AAFB416-1742-4851-87D5-B6B4B8B0D874}D:\programs\install\r\r studio\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe

How to delete RStudio from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is a program offered by the software company Posit Software. Some computer users want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge regarding PCs. The best EASY procedure 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate RStudio or simply click the Search feature and type in "RStudio". If it exists on your system the RStudio program will be found automatically. After you click RStudio in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding RStudio, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove RStudio.


8. After uninstalling RStudio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong RStudio that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling RStudio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation 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 PC. 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.