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Uninstall

Two paths:
  • Easy path if openaeon 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:
openaeon uninstall
Non-interactive (automation / npx):
openaeon uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive
npx -y openaeon uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive
Manual steps (same result):
  1. Stop the gateway service:
openaeon gateway stop
  1. Uninstall the gateway service (launchd/systemd/schtasks):
openaeon gateway uninstall
  1. Delete state + config:
rm -rf "${OPENAEON_STATE_DIR:-$HOME/.openaeon}"
If you set OPENAEON_CONFIG_PATH to a custom location outside the state dir, delete that file too.
  1. Delete your workspace (optional, removes agent files):
rm -rf ~/.openaeon/workspace
  1. Remove the CLI install (pick the one you used):
npm rm -g openaeon
pnpm remove -g openaeon
bun remove -g openaeon
  1. If you installed the macOS app:
rm -rf /Applications/OpenAEON.app
Notes:
  • If you used profiles (--profile / OPENAEON_PROFILE), repeat step 3 for each state dir (defaults are ~/.openaeon-<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 openaeon is missing.

macOS (launchd)

Default label is ai.openaeon.gateway (or ai.openaeon.<profile>; legacy com.openaeon.* may still exist):
launchctl bootout gui/$UID/ai.openaeon.gateway
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openaeon.gateway.plist
If you used a profile, replace the label and plist name with ai.openaeon.<profile>. Remove any legacy com.openaeon.* plists if present.

Linux (systemd user unit)

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

Windows (Scheduled Task)

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

Normal install vs source checkout

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

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