How to uninstall git in Windows
Git for Windows is a well-known and user-friendly software that provides a smooth platform to easily use Git in a team-friendly environment.
Sometimes we want to get rid of some software because of space reasons, or the software is not compatible with other programs, or it often hangs in the system, or it does not work as well as the user expected. There can be many reasons to remove or uninstall Git on your PC (Windows 7, 8, 10), but the main task is to delete the files if they are already in the C: drive.
In this short article, we will learn how to uninstall Git and how to remove the files after uninstalling Git from the directory of your personal computer.
Uninstalling Git on Windows
For uninstalling Git, we have to read the warning that appears in the pop-up box and click on Empty Trash.
- Open Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a program that appears under Programs.
- We will disable the entry named Git; right-click on it. After that, click Uninstall.
Reinstall Git on Windows
Here, we will learn how to install Git on Windows.
- First, we download the latest Git version for Windows installer.
- When we launch the installer, the Git installation wizard screen will appear.
- Open the Command Prompt, or if we chose not to use Git from the Command Prompt during installation, we can open Git Bash.
请注意, uninstalling Git will not affect our globalgit-config. It will also not affect our existing repositories.
We can have as many versions of Git as we want, just by unpacking a portable archive wherever we want.
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