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Uninstall

Two paths:
  • Easy path if clawdbot is still installed.
  • Manual service removal if the CLI is gone but the service is still running.

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Easy path (CLI still installed)

Recommended: use the built-in uninstaller: 
clawdbot uninstall
Non-interactive (automation / npx): 
clawdbot uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive
npx -y clawdbot uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive
Manual steps (same result):
  1. Stop the gateway service:
clawdbot daemon stop
  1. Uninstall the gateway service (launchd/systemd/schtasks):
clawdbot daemon uninstall
  1. Delete state + config:
rm -rf "${CLAWDBOT_STATE_DIR:-$HOME/.clawdbot}"
If you set CLAWDBOT_CONFIG_PATH to a custom location outside the state dir, delete that file too.
  1. Delete your workspace (optional, removes agent files):
rm -rf ~/clawd
  1. Remove the CLI install (pick the one you used):
npm rm -g clawdbot
pnpm remove -g clawdbot
bun remove -g clawdbot
  1. If you installed the macOS app:
rm -rf /Applications/Clawdbot.app
Notes:
  • If you used profiles (--profile / CLAWDBOT_PROFILE), repeat step 3 for each state dir (defaults are ~/.clawdbot-<profile>).
  • In remote mode, the state dir lives on the gateway host, so run steps 1-4 there too.

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Manual service removal (CLI not installed)

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

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macOS (launchd)

Default label is com.clawdbot.gateway (or com.clawdbot.<profile>): 
launchctl bootout gui/$UID/com.clawdbot.gateway
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.clawdbot.gateway.plist
If you used a profile, replace the label and plist name with com.clawdbot.<profile>.

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Linux (systemd user unit)

Default unit name is clawdbot-gateway.service (or clawdbot-gateway-<profile>.service): 
systemctl --user disable --now clawdbot-gateway.service
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/clawdbot-gateway.service
systemctl --user daemon-reload

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Windows (Scheduled Task)

Default task name is Clawdbot Gateway (or Clawdbot Gateway (<profile>)). The task script lives under your state dir. 
schtasks /Delete /F /TN "Clawdbot Gateway"
Remove-Item -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.clawdbot\gateway.cmd"
If you used a profile, delete the matching task name and ~\.clawdbot-<profile>\gateway.cmd.

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Normal install vs source checkout

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

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

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Source checkout (git clone)

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