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Stop & Uninstall ​

Stop ​

bash
abtars stop --force

Kills watchdog first (prevents respawn), then bridge. Unloads daemon service so it won't auto-restart. Works on both install modes (simple, daemon).

Warning: If you only pkill without disabling the daemon, systemd/launchd will respawn the watchdog immediately.

bash
# 1. Disable daemon (prevents auto-restart)
# macOS:
launchctl bootout gui/$(id -u)/com.abtars.watchdog

# Linux:
systemctl --user stop abtars-watchdog
systemctl --user disable abtars-watchdog

# 2. Kill watchdog + bridge
pkill -f watchdog.sh
pkill -f "node.*abtars"

Verify stopped ​

bash
ps aux | grep -E "watchdog|node.*abtars" | grep -v grep
# Should return nothing

Uninstall ​

1. Stop first ​

bash
abtars stop --force

2. Remove runtime data ​

bash
rm -rf ~/.abtars/

Config, logs, kanban, skills, state — all gone.

3. Remove releases + source ​

bash
rm -rf ~/.abtars-releases/

Code, build artifacts, rollback slots, source repos — all gone.

4. Remove abmind (if installed) ​

bash
rm -rf ~/.abmind/

Memory database, encryption key, core files — all gone. Back up ~/.abmind/secret/abmind.key first if you want to restore memories later.

5. Remove global CLI ​

bash
npm uninstall -g abtars abmind

6. Remove daemon config (if supervised-daemon mode) ​

bash
# macOS:
rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.abtars.watchdog.plist

# Linux:
rm ~/.config/systemd/user/abtars-watchdog.service
systemctl --user daemon-reload

7. Remove backups (optional) ​

bash
rm -rf ~/.backup-abtars/

After uninstall ​

Nothing remains. No system files touched. No root-owned artifacts. Clean machine.

To reinstall later:

bash
npm install -g abtars abmind
abtars update