Uninstall Syntheo

You can uninstall Syntheo in two ways:

Mode	What is removed	What remains
App only	the program, its launch at startup, its shortcuts	your meetings, notes, transcripts, settings, and API keys
Full uninstall	the app, plus the database, logs, cache, configuration, and API keys	nothing from Syntheo

Choose App only to reinstall or change versions: the new installation finds your meetings again. The full uninstall cannot be undone; export the notes you want to keep first. In both cases, the scripts never touch your exports, the CLI installed with cargo, or the configuration of your agents (Claude, Codex, OpenCode). If you had connected them to Syntheo, remove the integration from the app before uninstalling it.

Linux

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WillIsback/Syntheo/main/scripts/uninstall.sh | bash

The script asks for the mode, lists what it will remove, then waits for your confirmation. For the full uninstall, type EFFACER. Options:

--keep-data: app only, without asking for the mode.
--purge: full uninstall.
--dry-run: shows what would be removed, without deleting anything.
--yes: does not ask for confirmation (scripts).
--to <folder>: AppImage folder, if you changed it at installation.

To see what a full uninstall would remove:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WillIsback/Syntheo/main/scripts/uninstall.sh | bash -s -- --purge --dry-run

The script removes:

the Syntheo-*.AppImage files from ~/.local/bin and the syntheo command that points to them;
the .deb package, or the AUR package on Arch (with sudo);
the launch at startup (~/.config/autostart) and the menu shortcuts;
in a full uninstall: ~/.local/share/syntheo (database and search index), ~/.local/share/fr.willisback.syntheo (logs), the fr.willisback.syntheo configuration and cache, and the API keys in the keyring (Secret Service, with secret-tool).

AppImages downloaded elsewhere, for example to ~/Downloads, are not touched: delete them by hand.

Windows

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WillIsback/Syntheo/main/scripts/uninstall.ps1 | iex

With options:

& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WillIsback/Syntheo/main/scripts/uninstall.ps1))) -Purge -DryRun

-KeepData: app only.
-Purge: full uninstall.
-DryRun: shows what would be removed, without deleting anything.
-Yes: does not ask for confirmation.

The script runs the uninstaller of the .exe installer or of the .msi (a .msi installed for the whole machine may ask for elevation), removes the launch at startup and, in a full uninstall, the %APPDATA%\syntheo, %APPDATA%\fr.willisback.syntheo, and %LOCALAPPDATA%\fr.willisback.syntheo folders, along with the API keys in Credential Manager. You can also uninstall the app alone from Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Syntheo. Your data is then kept.

Uninstall by hand

Without the scripts, quit Syntheo, uninstall the program, then delete the data folders:

Linux
Windows

rm -rf ~/.local/share/syntheo ~/.local/share/fr.willisback.syntheo \
       ~/.config/fr.willisback.syntheo ~/.cache/fr.willisback.syntheo
secret-tool clear service fr.willisback.syntheo.secure-store

Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:APPDATA\syntheo", "$env:APPDATA\fr.willisback.syntheo", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\fr.willisback.syntheo"

Then, in Credential Manager (Windows Credentials), delete the entries that contain fr.willisback.syntheo.secure-store.

Reinstall

Follow Install the app. After a full uninstall, the guided onboarding has you configure your transcription and summary servers again.

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