Uninstall

Uninstall

Two paths:

• Easy path if coderclaw is still installed.
• Manual service removal if the CLI is gone but the service is still running.

Easy path (CLI still installed)

Recommended: use the built-in uninstaller:

coderclaw uninstall

Non-interactive (automation / npx):

coderclaw uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive
npx -y coderclaw uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive

Manual steps (same result):

1. Stop the gateway service:

coderclaw gateway stop

2. Uninstall the gateway service (launchd/systemd/schtasks):

coderclaw gateway uninstall

3. Delete state + config:

rm -rf "${CODERCLAW_STATE_DIR:-$HOME/.coderclaw}"

If you set CODERCLAW_CONFIG_PATH to a custom location outside the state dir, delete that file too.

4. Delete your workspace (optional, removes agent files):

rm -rf ~/.coderclaw/workspace

5. Remove the CLI install (pick the one you used):

npm rm -g coderclaw
pnpm remove -g coderclaw
bun remove -g coderclaw

6. If you installed the macOS app:

rm -rf /Applications/CoderClaw.app

Notes:

• If you used profiles (--profile / CODERCLAW_PROFILE), repeat step 3 for each state dir (defaults are ~/.coderclaw-<profile>).
• In remote mode, the state dir lives on the gateway host, so run steps 1-4 there too.

Manual service removal (CLI not installed)

Use this if the gateway service keeps running but coderclaw is missing.

macOS (launchd)

Default label is bot.molt.gateway (or bot.molt.<profile>; legacy com.coderclaw.* may still exist):

launchctl bootout gui/$UID/bot.molt.gateway
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/bot.molt.gateway.plist

If you used a profile, replace the label and plist name with bot.molt.<profile>. Remove any legacy com.coderclaw.* plists if present.

Linux (systemd user unit)

Default unit name is coderclaw-gateway.service (or coderclaw-gateway-<profile>.service):

systemctl --user disable --now coderclaw-gateway.service
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/coderclaw-gateway.service
systemctl --user daemon-reload

Windows (Scheduled Task)

Default task name is CoderClaw Gateway (or CoderClaw Gateway (<profile>)). The task script lives under your state dir.

schtasks /Delete /F /TN "CoderClaw Gateway"
Remove-Item -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.coderclaw\gateway.cmd"

If you used a profile, delete the matching task name and ~\.coderclaw-<profile>\gateway.cmd.

Normal install vs source checkout

Normal install (install.sh / npm / pnpm / bun)

If you used https://coderclaw.ai/install.sh or install.ps1, the CLI was installed with npm install -g coderclaw@latest. Remove it with npm rm -g coderclaw (or pnpm remove -g / bun remove -g if you installed that way).

Source checkout (git clone)

If you run from a repo checkout (git clone + coderclaw ... / bun run coderclaw ...):

1. Uninstall the gateway service before deleting the repo (use the easy path above or manual service removal).
2. Delete the repo directory.
3. Remove state + workspace as shown above.