Uninstall

Two paths:

• Easy path if bot 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:

bot uninstall

Non-interactive (automation / npx):

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

Manual steps (same result):

1. Stop the gateway service:

bot gateway stop

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

bot gateway uninstall

3. Delete state + config:

rm -rf "${BOT_STATE_DIR:-$HOME/.bot}"

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

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

rm -rf ~/bot

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

npm rm -g bot
pnpm remove -g bot
bun remove -g bot

6. If you installed the macOS app:

rm -rf /Applications/Bot.app

Notes:

• If you used profiles (--profile / BOT_PROFILE), repeat step 3 for each state dir (defaults are ~/.bot-<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 bot is missing.

macOS (launchd)

Default label is com.bot.gateway (or com.bot.<profile>):

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

If you used a profile, replace the label and plist name with com.bot.<profile>.

Linux (systemd user unit)

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

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

Windows (Scheduled Task)

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

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

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

Normal install vs source checkout

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

If you used https://hanzo.bot/install.sh or install.ps1, the CLI was installed with npm install -g bot@latest. Remove it with npm rm -g bot (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 + bot ... / bun run bot ...):

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.