RStudio

A guide to uninstall RStudio from your PC

This page is about RStudio for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by Posit Software. Go over here where you can find out more on Posit Software. RStudio is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\RStudio folder, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. 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 might get a notification for admin rights. RStudio's main file takes around 158.39 MB (166081024 bytes) and its name is rstudio.exe.

RStudio contains of the executables below. They take 465.33 MB (487935899 bytes) on disk.

• rstudio.exe (158.39 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (136.49 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 web page is about RStudio version 2023.12.1402 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of RStudio:

• 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
• 2024.04.0735
• 2024.12.0467
• 2023.03.1446
• 2024.09.1394
• 2023.09.0463
• 2024.04.1748
• 2023.03.2454
• 2023.03.1446.1
• 2024.04.2764
• 2024.09.0375
• 2023.12.0369.3

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\clipr\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\leaflet\htmlwidgets\lib\rstudio_leaflet
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rgee\rstudio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rmarkdown\rstudio

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\clipr\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\leaflet\htmlwidgets\lib\rstudio_leaflet\images\1px.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\leaflet\htmlwidgets\lib\rstudio_leaflet\rstudio_leaflet.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\R\win-library\4.3\rgee\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\R\win-library\4.3\shiny\www\shared\highlight\rstudio.css
• 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\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\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\prop\3665EF4F
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\prop\5B3127C5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\prop\INDEX
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\session-6fa54100\6098D983
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\RStudio\sources\session-6fa54100\lock_file
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IBM\SPSS Statistics\one\R42\renv\library\R-4.2\x86_64-w64-mingw32\renv\rstudio\addins.dcf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\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_000012
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000013
• 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_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

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_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings\Telemetry\rstudio.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\RStudio
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Posit Software\RStudio

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe.FriendlyAppName
• 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
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2129107978-768940227-4288365263-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\rsession-utf8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2129107978-768940227-4288365263-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\RStudio\rstudio.exe

A way to uninstall RStudio from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RStudio is an application by Posit Software. Some people try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is hard because doing this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY approach to uninstall 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

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

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding RStudio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. 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 go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong RStudio which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling RStudio with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall RStudio by Posit Software from your PC, we are not saying that RStudio by Posit Software is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall RStudio in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.