How to uninstall SmartGit on Windows

Keep repositories and local changes, and back up SmartGit settings before uninstalling.

This guide covers SmartGit installed per machine with winget (Inno, a 32-bit program folder). The uninstall entry had no DisplayVersion. The first-run wizard in this test stayed on Style and was closed with Exit. No user information was entered and the license was not accepted.

Quit SmartGit first

Close SmartGit. This test saw one smartgit.exe while it was running.

Remove it with its own uninstaller

A per-machine install needs an administrator to uninstall.

& "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\SmartGit\unins000.exe"

Add /SILENT for a silent uninstall.

Where the data is

Location	What it holds	What to do
`%ProgramFiles(x86)%\SmartGit`	The program	Removed by the silent uninstall in this test
`%APPDATA%\syntevo\SmartGit`	Settings, about 1 MB	Removed this time. This is review data. Delete it only after you know you do not need the repository settings
`%APPDATA%\syntevo`	An empty publisher folder	Still there after the child folder is removed
`HKCU\Software\ej-technologies\exe4j\jvms`	A subkey pointing at this install's `jre\bin\java.exe`	Still there after the program is gone. Other programs can use exe4j, so do not delete the whole tree

Check the result

Get-Process smartgit -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Test-Path "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\SmartGit"
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\syntevo\SmartGit"

No output from Get-Process only means no matching process was seen.
False on the second line means the program folder is gone.
False on the third means the settings folder is gone. The empty %APPDATA%\syntevo folder can still be there.

What Mole lists

Location	Item	Default
`%ProgramFiles(x86)%\SmartGit`	Program files	Goes with the app row
`%APPDATA%\syntevo\SmartGit`	Settings or app data; review before removal	Listed but not selected
`%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SmartGit`	Shortcut	Selected by default
`%ProgramFiles(x86)%\SmartGit`	Usage records for this program	Selected by default

The selected program and SmartGit settings were removed; shortcuts and usage records were already absent. The empty syntevo parent stayed. A JVM record under HKCU\Software\ej-technologies\exe4j\jvms still pointed to the former SmartGit JRE and was not listed. Do not delete the shared ej-technologies root.

These defaults assume Remove data and settings with apps is off. Explicit Select all or Also remove user data can include the listed personal-data rows. Check the selection before confirming. Selected files that Mole removes go to the Recycle Bin; selected registry entries are backed up before removal. The vendor uninstaller has its own deletion behavior.

What this test covered

Recorded on 2026-10-19: SmartGit, version not recorded in the uninstall entry, machine-wide, InnoSetup, winget package Syntevo.SmartGit. The evidence comes from an ARM64 Windows test environment and a development build of Mole. It does not certify the current downloadable package or removal of real signed-in accounts, synchronized data or production projects.

Vendor documentation. The paths and removal results above are observations from the Windows test unless explicitly attributed to the vendor.