> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.syntheo.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Uninstall Syntheo

> Remove only the app to reinstall or change versions, or erase everything: meetings, logs, cache, configuration, and API keys.

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](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/installation.md) 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

```bash theme={null}
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:

```bash theme={null}
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

```powershell theme={null}
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WillIsback/Syntheo/main/scripts/uninstall.ps1 | iex
```

With options:

```powershell theme={null}
& ([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:

> [tab] Linux
>
> ```bash theme={null}
> 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
> ```

> [tab] Windows
>
> ```powershell theme={null}
> 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](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/desktop-installation.md). After a full uninstall, the guided onboarding has you configure your [transcription and summary](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/ai-setup.md) servers again.


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