RStudio

A way to uninstall RStudio from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove RStudio for Windows. It is produced by Posit Software. Check out here where you can read more on Posit Software. RStudio is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\RStudio directory, subject to the user's option. The full command line for removing RStudio is C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. RStudio's primary file takes around 158.39 MB (166081024 bytes) and is named rstudio.exe.

RStudio is comprised of the following executables which occupy 465.33 MB (487932851 bytes) on disk:

• rstudio.exe (158.39 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (136.52 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 (5.88 MB)
• rsession-utf8.exe (25.37 MB)
• rsession.exe (25.37 MB)
• rsinverse.exe (5.92 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 (21.38 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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This info is about RStudio version 2023.12.0369 alone. Click on the links below for 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
• 2025.05.1513
• 2023.03.0386
• 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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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall RStudio.

Folders left behind when you uninstall RStudio:

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

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\D__RStudio_rstudio_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\source-column-manager.persistent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\themes.persistent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\client-state\updates.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.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.5.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.6.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\log\rsession-UserName.7.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\474f2765\console07\A62B19D1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\474f2765\console07\INDEX001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\5d2cb294\console07\INDEX001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\6f8ef538\console07\INDEX001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\997439e6\console07\0AE73DCF
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\997439e6\console07\INDEX001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\a7e94f40\console07\INDEX001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\e3d901f2\console07\958C845B
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\e3d901f2\console07\INDEX001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects\fedcb67f\console07\INDEX001
• 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\projects_settings\switch-to-project
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\projects_settings\update-pkg-install-default
• 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\1C613CB7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\prop\29D2F52C
• 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_00000a
• 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_00002f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000067
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000068
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000069
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00006a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00006b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00006c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000075
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000098
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00009e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00009f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000a0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000cd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000ce
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000cf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000d8
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000dc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000dd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000eb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000ec
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000ed
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000f7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000fa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000fb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_0000fc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000105
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000106
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000107
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000110
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000124
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00012b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00012c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00012d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000136
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000137
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000138
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000142
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000154
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000160
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000161
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00016c

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 to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\RStudio\rstudio.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\RStudio\rstudio.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\RStudio-2023.12.0-369.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\RStudio-2023.12.0-369.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{8CF7BFA5-642B-425C-8375-A338816CAD45}D:\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{0E26F0F1-778C-48AE-8F1F-6CAF5700C75B}D:\rstudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe

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

RStudio is an application marketed by the software company Posit Software. Sometimes, computer users try to erase it. This is easier said than done because deleting this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY procedure to erase 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 already installed on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find RStudio or simply click the Search field and type in "RStudio". If it is installed on your PC the RStudio application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select RStudio in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding RStudio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove RStudio.


8. After uninstalling RStudio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of RStudio which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling RStudio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

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