RStudio

How to uninstall RStudio from your system

RStudio is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Posit Software. You can read more on Posit Software or check for application updates here. Usually the RStudio application is installed in the C:\Program Files\RStudio folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove RStudio by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\RStudio\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. rstudio.exe is the RStudio's primary executable file and it takes close to 197.12 MB (206691872 bytes) on disk.

RStudio installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 709.68 MB (744158486 bytes) on disk.

• rstudio.exe (197.12 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (155.14 KB)
• consoleio.exe (1.75 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (740.00 KB)
• crashpad_http_upload.exe (360.00 KB)
• diagnostics.exe (2.81 MB)
• rpostback.exe (7.32 MB)
• rsession-utf8.exe (27.72 MB)
• rsession.exe (27.72 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (902.50 KB)
• copilot-language-server.exe (54.24 MB)
• 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)
• quarto.exe (295.03 KB)
• pandoc.exe (208.32 MB)
• deno.exe (102.91 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 (23.37 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (1,004.01 KB)

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This data is about RStudio version 2025.05.0496 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
• 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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How to uninstall RStudio from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is a program by Posit Software. Frequently, people choose to erase it. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this by hand requires some skill regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE action 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 already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate RStudio or simply click the Search feature and type in "RStudio". If it is installed on your PC the RStudio program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click RStudio in the list of applications, some information about the application is 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.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall RStudio.


8. After removing RStudio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong RStudio that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing RStudio with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove RStudio by Posit Software from your computer, we are not saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove RStudio in case 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.