Safe removal

Uninstall and retained data

Removing the desktop adapter does not silently delete repositories, containers, volumes, project definitions, logs, or the daemon database.

Remove the application

Remove the native desktop package through the operating system. This leaves the Go daemon data available to a later reinstall or CLI use.

Stop active operations and the daemon, then inspect the platform data directory before choosing backup or deletion.

Permanently delete the data directory only after verifying a backup. Docker volumes and repositories remain separate explicit decisions.

macOS:   ~/Library/Application Support/Switchyard/
Linux:  ~/.config/Switchyard/
Windows: %AppData%\Switchyard\

Never remove the data directory while the daemon is running. A newer database is rejected by an older binary instead of being silently downgraded.