Getting StartedUninstalling

Uninstalling

One-liner

curl -fsSL https://kyber.chat/uninstall.sh | bash

This completely removes Kyber from your system in one shot.

What it removes

The uninstall script handles everything the installer created:

  • Services — stops and removes launchd agents (macOS) or systemd user services (Linux)
  • Processes — kills anything still running on ports 18790 (gateway) and 18890 (dashboard)
  • Package — uninstalls kyber-chat via uv
  • ClamAV — optionally removes ClamAV antivirus if it was installed
  • Data — deletes ~/.kyber/ including config, secrets (.env), workspace files, logs, and memory

ClamAV removal

If ClamAV was installed (for the Security Center malware scanning feature), the uninstaller will ask if you want to remove it. This is optional — you can keep ClamAV for other purposes if you use it elsewhere.

Manual uninstall

If you prefer to do it step by step:

1. Stop services

# macOS
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/chat.kyber.gateway.plist
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/chat.kyber.dashboard.plist
rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/chat.kyber.gateway.plist
rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/chat.kyber.dashboard.plist
 
# Linux
systemctl --user stop kyber-gateway kyber-dashboard
systemctl --user disable kyber-gateway kyber-dashboard
rm ~/.config/systemd/user/kyber-gateway.service
rm ~/.config/systemd/user/kyber-dashboard.service
systemctl --user daemon-reload

2. Remove the package

uv tool uninstall kyber-chat

3. Remove ClamAV (optional)

If you installed ClamAV for Kyber’s Security Center:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get remove clamav clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam
sudo apt-get autoremove
 
# RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
sudo yum remove clamav
 
# macOS
brew uninstall clamav

4. Delete data

rm -rf ~/.kyber

Reinstalling

After uninstalling, you can start fresh with the install script:

curl -fsSL https://kyber.chat/install.sh | bash

This will run the full onboarding flow again — provider selection, API key, and service setup.

Windows (WSL)

The uninstall script works inside WSL the same as Linux. If you installed manually outside of WSL:

uv tool uninstall kyber-chat
rmdir /s /q %USERPROFILE%\.kyber
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