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[FEAT]: Windows Desktop `uninstall.exe` option to delete all application info #1706

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opened 2026-02-28 05:37:58 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-28 05:37:58 -05:00

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Originally created by @geeklimit on GitHub (Nov 8, 2024).

How are you running AnythingLLM?

AnythingLLM desktop app

What happened?

Uninstaller doesn't clean up (at least) 2 folders that can take up the bulk of the application's disk usage, resulting in GBs of disk space being taken up after uninstall:

'%APPDATA%\anythingllm-desktop' is of the more major concern
'%LOCALAPPDATA%\anythingllm-desktop-updater' is a more minor concern.

The %APPDATA% one is the biggest concern because it is where very large files are stored. (models, mostly)

There is no option to choose to remove these files in the uninstaller.

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Originally created by @geeklimit on GitHub (Nov 8, 2024). ### How are you running AnythingLLM? AnythingLLM desktop app ### What happened? Uninstaller doesn't clean up (at least) 2 folders that can take up the bulk of the application's disk usage, resulting in GBs of disk space being taken up after uninstall: - '%APPDATA%\anythingllm-desktop' is of the more major concern - '%LOCALAPPDATA%\anythingllm-desktop-updater' is a more minor concern. The %APPDATA% one is the biggest concern because it is where very large files are stored. (models, mostly) There is no option to choose to remove these files in the uninstaller. ### Are there known steps to reproduce? _No response_

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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Nov 8, 2024):

This is the applications entire storage. Since everything is by default local we persist that directory so between version updates we don't wipe everything away. We can add a custom macro to the uninstaller though to delete the appdata as well - but you will lose all documents, progress, and models. It is dependent on what your storage holds

This is documented as well on https://docs.anythingllm.com/installation-desktop/uninstall#uninstalling-on-windows

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Nov 8, 2024): This is the applications entire storage. Since everything is by default local we persist that directory so between version updates we don't wipe everything away. We can add a custom macro to the uninstaller though to delete the appdata as well - but you will lose all documents, progress, and models. It is dependent on what your storage holds This is documented as well on https://docs.anythingllm.com/installation-desktop/uninstall#uninstalling-on-windows

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[FEAT]: Windows Desktop uninstall.exe option to delete all application info #1706

How are you running AnythingLLM?

What happened?

Are there known steps to reproduce?

[FEAT]: Windows Desktop `uninstall.exe` option to delete all application info #1706