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Uninstall

Who this is for
Anyone removing Waired
You need
Administrator rights
Time
Under a minute

Removing Waired takes about ten seconds and leaves nothing running in the background.

Which one do you want?

Section titled “Which one do you want?”
Remove the app Remove everything
Waired app + background service removed removed
Claude Code / coding-agent setup removed removed
This computer in your device list removed removed
Your settings and this device’s identity kept deleted
Downloaded AI models (several GB) kept deleted
Reinstalling later signs in fresh signs in fresh

Pick Remove the app unless you are short on disk space or handing the computer to someone else.

Remove the app

Section titled “Remove the app”

If you installed with the downloadable installer, remove it the normal Windows way:

Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Waired → Uninstall

Prefer a command? (PowerShell)
Terminal window
iwr -useb https://github.com/waired-ai/waired-agent/releases/latest/download/uninstall.ps1 | iex

Safe to run either way — including if you installed with the GUI installer.

The uninstaller lists what it is about to remove and asks Proceed with the uninstall? [y/N] first. Pressing Enter cancels — you have to type y to go ahead.

You should see:

[waired] Waired removed. Local config + state were kept; re-run with --clean to wipe them.

Remove everything, including models

Section titled “Remove everything, including models”

This also deletes your settings, this device’s identity, and the Ollama engine with every model you downloaded. It cannot be undone.

Terminal window
iwr -useb https://github.com/waired-ai/waired-agent/releases/latest/download/uninstall.ps1 -OutFile $env:TEMP\uninstall.ps1
& $env:TEMP\uninstall.ps1 -Clean

Two lines, because the one-line form cannot pass the -Clean option.

After you uninstall

Section titled “After you uninstall”
  • Your other computers are unaffected. They stay in your network and keep working. If this computer was the one running the AI, the others no longer have an AI to reach until you set another one up.
  • The device disappears from your account automatically. If the computer was offline or already shut down when you uninstalled, it may still be listed — remove it from your device list at app.waired.ai.
  • Nothing is charged or left subscribed. Waired never billed per message in the first place.

Start over on the same computer

Section titled “Start over on the same computer”

To wipe and reinstall in a single step, run the installer with the clean option — it does the full wipe above and then installs fresh:

Terminal window
$env:WAIRED_CLEAN = '1'
iwr -useb https://github.com/waired-ai/waired-agent/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

Expect two permission prompts — one for the wipe, one for the install.

It asks you to confirm before wiping. Because the wipe deletes this device’s identity, the sign-in afterwards adds it back as a new device.

Just want to pause it instead?`waired pause` stops Waired routing without removing anything.
ReinstallThe 10-minute quickstart, from the top.