Why are there files and folders left in the "C:\Program Files\PyCharm 2021.2.3\" folder after uninstalling?

Hello, 

Not sure about the registry. You can check if there are any folders left by PyCharm by following this article.

I appreciate your response because, after reading the article, I learned about stuff I didn't know about. However, the article doesn't answer my question.

The article explains why, in my case, the following folders remain after I uninstall PyCharm:

• C:\Users\Manuel Carrier-Nunes\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\PyCharm2021.2
• C:\Users\Manuel Carrier-Nunes\AppData\Local\JetBrains\PyCharm2021.2
• C:\Users\Manuel Carrier-Nunes\AppData\Local\JetBrains\PyCharm2022.2\plugins
• C:\Users\Manuel Carrier-Nunes\AppData\Local\JetBrains\PyCharm2022.2\log

But the article doesn't explain why the "C:\Program Files\PyCharm 2021.2.3\" folder remains.

Hi Manuel,

This usually happens with Windows uninstallers if one or several IDE files were modified by the user or 3rd party software. Do you know if any anti-virus/anti-malware software is running on your PC?

Kind regards,
Daniil Bogdanov
Support Engineer
JetBrains
http://www.jetbrains.com
The Drive to Develop

The anti-virus and anti-malware software on my machine is the one that's part of Windows Security. I don't have other anti-virus/anti-malware software installed.

Does that mean the PyCharm uninstaller detected one or more PyCharm files that had changed since they were first installed? Is there something I can do to verify this?

Yes, this is a common practice if files were modified after installation. If the files are still on your PC, you can check when it was created and last modified. Otherwise, I think, it's almost impossible.

Kind regards,
Daniil Bogdanov
Support Engineer
JetBrains
http://www.jetbrains.com
The Drive to Develop