uninstall

To safely stop Second Brain background services, you must shut down the heartbeat, indexer, and reflection processes using platform utilities. The uninstall process performs a controlled service shutdown to ensure these tasks are fully stopped.

To remove Claude Desktop MCP configuration during a clean uninstall, the process identifies and cleans up the integration if present. This removes the desktop integration entries left in your configuration files.

Yes, you can preserve your local vault while removing other configuration files. The uninstall process prompts you to choose between deleting the entire vault, keeping the vault while removing other data, or keeping everything intact for reinstallation.

Deleting the ~/.second-brain directory requires filesystem permissions to modify or delete the folder. You also need access to scripts under the plugin root to execute the controlled service shutdown and filesystem cleanup.

The best way to completely uninstall Second Brain is to run a guided process that stops background services, removes desktop integration, and optionally deletes the local vault and configuration files. This ensures a clean removal of all components.