Android Studio

A guide to uninstall Android Studio from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to remove Android Studio for Windows. It is produced by Google LLC. You can read more on Google LLC or check for application updates here. Click on http://developer.android.com to get more info about Android Studio on Google LLC's website. Android Studio is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio folder, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. The entire uninstall command line for Android Studio is C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is called studio64.exe and it has a size of 1.17 MB (1229928 bytes).

Android Studio installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 85.91 MB (90086776 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (2.25 MB)
• elevator.exe (149.10 KB)
• fsnotifier.exe (135.10 KB)
• launcher.exe (119.60 KB)
• profiler.exe (415.60 KB)
• restarter.exe (377.60 KB)
• runnerw.exe (150.10 KB)
• studio64.exe (1.17 MB)
• WinProcessListHelper.exe (307.60 KB)
• jabswitch.exe (44.10 KB)
• jaccessinspector.exe (104.10 KB)
• jaccesswalker.exe (69.10 KB)
• jar.exe (23.10 KB)
• jarsigner.exe (23.10 KB)
• java.exe (32.60 KB)
• javac.exe (23.10 KB)
• javadoc.exe (23.10 KB)
• javap.exe (23.10 KB)
• javaw.exe (32.60 KB)
• jcmd.exe (23.10 KB)
• jdb.exe (23.10 KB)
• jdeprscan.exe (23.10 KB)
• jdeps.exe (23.10 KB)
• jfr.exe (23.10 KB)
• jhsdb.exe (23.10 KB)
• jimage.exe (23.10 KB)
• jinfo.exe (23.10 KB)
• jlink.exe (23.10 KB)
• jmap.exe (23.10 KB)
• jmod.exe (23.10 KB)
• jps.exe (23.10 KB)
• jrunscript.exe (23.10 KB)
• jstack.exe (23.10 KB)
• jstat.exe (23.10 KB)
• jwebserver.exe (23.10 KB)
• keytool.exe (23.10 KB)
• kinit.exe (23.10 KB)
• klist.exe (23.10 KB)
• ktab.exe (23.10 KB)
• rmiregistry.exe (23.10 KB)
• serialver.exe (23.10 KB)
• cyglaunch.exe (26.60 KB)
• OpenConsole.exe (1.34 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (728.10 KB)
• simpleperf.exe (8.66 MB)
• trace_processor_daemon.exe (11.19 MB)
• LLDBFrontend.exe (1.46 MB)
• llvm-symbolizer.exe (5.79 MB)
• minidump_stackwalk.exe (860.60 KB)
• x86_64-linux-android-c++filt.exe (989.10 KB)
• clangd.exe (48.99 MB)

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This web page is about Android Studio version 2024.2 only. You can find below info on other versions of Android Studio:

• 2022.3
• 2022.2
• 4.0
• 2023.2
• 4.2
• 2023.1
• 2024.3
• 2022.1
• 2021.2
• 3.3
• 2021.3
• 2024.1
• 3.4
• 2021.1
• 2023.3
• 4.1
• 2020.3
• 3.6
• 3.5

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Android Studio from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\appletviewer.policy
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\breakgen.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\breakgen64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\brokenPlugins.db
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\defender-exclusions.ps1
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\elevator.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\format.bat
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\fsnotifier.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\fsnotifier-wsl
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\game-tools.bat
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\parsers\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\parsers\context_operator_parser.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\parsers\cpp_parser.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\parsers\natvis\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\parsers\natvis\natvis_parser.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\parsers\type_name_parser.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_name_template.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_expression.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_item_nodes.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_item_providers.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_mixins.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_storage.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_summary.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_synthetic_method.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_top_level_methods.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\helpers\jb_declarative_formatters\type_viz_type_traits.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\idea.properties
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\inspect.bat
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\jb_lldb_init.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\jb_lldb_polyfills.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\jb_lldb_stepping.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\jb_unreal_blueprint_mixedstack.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_builtin_formatters.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_declarative_formatters.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_declarative_formatters_loaders.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_declarative_formatters_manager.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_declarative_formatters_options.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_format.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_format_specs.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_item_expression.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_logging.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_logging_manager.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_natvis_formatters.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_natvis_loader.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_string_utils.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_utils.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\lldb\helpers\renderers\jb_lldb_utils_debugger_events_handler.py
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\ltedit.bat
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\profiler.bat
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\profiler.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\restarter.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\runnerw.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio.bat
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio.ico
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio.svg
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio_safe.bat
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\studio64.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\ttyfix
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\WinProcessListHelper.exe
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\WinShellIntegrationBridge.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\wslhash
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\bin\wslproxy
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\build.txt
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll

Frequently the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Android Studio
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Android Studio

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio2\bin\studio64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio2\bin\studio64.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to delete Android Studio from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Android Studio is an application offered by Google LLC. Sometimes, people choose to uninstall this program. This can be difficult because removing this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY practice to uninstall Android Studio 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Android Studio or simply activate the Search field and type in "Android Studio". The Android Studio application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Android Studio in the list of programs, some data about the application is available to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Android Studio:

• The web site of the application is: http://developer.android.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Android Studio.


8. After uninstalling Android Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Android Studio that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Android Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Android Studio by Google LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that Android Studio by Google LLC is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Android Studio in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.