Reeve
Install & Updates

Uninstall

Uninstall Reeve completely (CLI, service, state, workspace)

Uninstall

Two paths:

  • Easy path if reeve is still installed.
  • Manual service removal if the CLI is gone but the service is still running.

Easy path (CLI still installed)

Recommended: use the built-in uninstaller:

reeve uninstall

Non-interactive (automation / npx):

reeve uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive
npx -y reeve uninstall --all --yes --non-interactive

Manual steps (same result):

  1. Stop the gateway service:
reeve gateway stop
  1. Uninstall the gateway service (launchd/systemd/schtasks):
reeve gateway uninstall
  1. Delete state + config:
rm -rf "${REEVE_STATE_DIR:-$HOME/.reeve}"

If you set REEVE_CONFIG_PATH to a custom location outside the state dir, delete that file too.

  1. Delete your workspace (optional, removes agent files):
rm -rf ~/reeve
  1. Remove the CLI install (pick the one you used):
npm rm -g reeve
pnpm remove -g reeve
bun remove -g reeve
  1. If you installed the macOS app:
rm -rf /Applications/Reeve.app

Notes:

  • If you used profiles (--profile / REEVE_PROFILE), repeat step 3 for each state dir (defaults are ~/.reeve-<profile>).
  • In remote mode, the state dir lives on the gateway host, so run steps 1-4 there too.

Manual service removal (CLI not installed)

Use this if the gateway service keeps running but reeve is missing.

macOS (launchd)

Default label is com.reeve.gateway (or com.reeve.<profile>):

launchctl bootout gui/$UID/com.reeve.gateway
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.reeve.gateway.plist

If you used a profile, replace the label and plist name with com.reeve.<profile>.

Linux (systemd user unit)

Default unit name is reeve-gateway.service (or reeve-gateway-<profile>.service):

systemctl --user disable --now reeve-gateway.service
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/reeve-gateway.service
systemctl --user daemon-reload

Windows (Scheduled Task)

Default task name is Reeve Gateway (or Reeve Gateway (<profile>)). The task script lives under your state dir.

schtasks /Delete /F /TN "Reeve Gateway"
Remove-Item -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.reeve\gateway.cmd"

If you used a profile, delete the matching task name and ~\.reeve-<profile>\gateway.cmd.

Normal install vs source checkout

Normal install (install.sh / npm / pnpm / bun)

If you used https://reeve.com/install.sh or install.ps1, the CLI was installed with npm install -g reeve@latest. Remove it with npm rm -g reeve (or pnpm remove -g / bun remove -g if you installed that way).

Source checkout (git clone)

If you run from a repo checkout (git clone + reeve ... / bun run reeve ...):

  1. Uninstall the gateway service before deleting the repo (use the easy path above or manual service removal).
  2. Delete the repo directory.
  3. Remove state + workspace as shown above.

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