How to remove Atom text editor on Windows?

Question

I installed the Atom text editor for Windows with the installer package ( blog post with details ). Please note that I did not use the old installation method, Chocolatey .

When I wanted to remove, I did not see any removal program. When I went to the "Uninstall a program" window, the uninstall option was invalid.

How to remove it?

I found the same question for Linux and Mac , but no details for Windows yet.

Answer 1

You must delete some folders, and then Atom should be deleted from your computer:

Delete these folders:

C:\Users\UserName\.atom C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Atom 

And this file shortcut:

 C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc\Atom 

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To delete the PATH record, press the Windows key, "Change system environment variables" and select the "Environment variables ..." button in the lower right corner.

Highlight "PATH" at the top, click "Edit ..."

Then delete this entry:

 C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\atom\bin 

and click OK.

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To remove context menu commands, you need to remove these keys from the registry:

 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.apmrc HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open File in Atom HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Open Folder in Atom HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Open Folder in Atom HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\Open Folder in Atom 

Answer 2

UPDATE philishem's answer:

If you use CCleaner , the path registry will be deleted if the program is broken. And you can remove the ATOM element in the list of available programs.

The paths indicated by Philishem still exist, but there is one more:

 C:\Users\mcianfarani\AppData\Roaming\Atom 

There seems to be an info and cookie cache:

PS Process used from ATOM :

• UPDATE
• ATOM

If you cannot delete the directory, continue with Task Manager → Process → and break them!

Answer 3

Another option is to run the AtomSetup.exe program again for reinstallation, and then immediately delete it.