Android Studio

A guide to uninstall Android Studio from your computer

Android Studio is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Google LLC. You can read more on Google LLC or check for application updates here. More information about the software Android Studio can be found at http://developer.android.com. Android Studio is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can remove Android Studio by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 36.51 MB (38281104 bytes) on disk and is titled clangd.exe.

The following executables are installed along with Android Studio. They occupy about 72.29 MB (75806684 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (2.24 MB)
• clangd.exe (36.51 MB)

The current page applies to Android Studio version 2021.2 alone. You can find below a few links to other Android Studio releases:

• 2022.3
• 2022.2
• 4.0
• 2024.2
• 2023.2
• 4.2
• 2023.1
• 2024.3
• 2022.1
• 3.3
• 2021.3
• 2024.1
• 3.4
• 2021.1
• 2023.3
• 4.1
• 2020.3
• 3.6
• 3.5

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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be removed when you remove Android Studio from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Android Studio:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\compiler\android studio project.89659673
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\external_build_system\android studio project.89659673
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\projects\android studio project.89659673

The files below remain on your disk by Android Studio's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\lib\asset-studio-26.0.0-dev.jar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\conversion\Android_Studio_Projecta7f2616d.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\external_build_system\android studio project.89659673\project.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673\diagnostic-2022-05-10-21-24-19.033.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673\diagnostic-2022-05-10-21-24-19.033.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673\diagnostic-2022-05-10-21-24-20.111.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673\diagnostic-2022-05-10-21-24-20.111.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673\diagnostic-2022-05-10-21-33-09.030.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673\diagnostic-2022-05-10-21-33-09.030.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\log\indexing-diagnostic\android studio project.89659673\report.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\projects\android studio project.89659673\project-model-cache\cache.data
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\AndroidStudio2021.2\workspace\android studio project.89659673.xml

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

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

A way to remove Android Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Android Studio is a program released by Google LLC. Some users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because doing this by hand requires some experience related to PCs. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall Android Studio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Android Studio or simply activate the Search field and type in "Android Studio". The Android Studio app will be found very quickly. When you select Android Studio in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Android Studio, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Android Studio:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Android Studio.


8. After uninstalling Android Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Android Studio which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Android Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Android Studio by Google LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that Android Studio by Google LLC is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Android Studio in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.