> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.memorybox.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Clean Uninstall Guide

> Completely purge the application binary footprints and localized file databases from your operating system.

## Environmental Reset

Whether you are executing diagnostics for a development rollback, preparing for a major manual upgrade framework, or completely wiping your local profile slate, this guide outlines how to trace and wipe all lingering MemoryBox structural parameters.

Enforcing a true local-first footprint means your databases, vector logs, and client profiles reside entirely inside hidden system directories on your hardware. Deleting the primary executable binary wrapper will not touch your local text archives. To completely sanitize your machine, complete the following explicit cleanup tracks.

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## 🛠️ Phase 1: Binary & Extension Purge

Begin by removing the core execution programs and deleting client background hooks injected across your internet browser environments.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="macOS" icon="apple">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Terminate Background Daemons">
        Ensure all client ports are closed. Click the primary floating MemoryBox logo within your top menu bar tray and select **Quit**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Evict Application Bundle">
        Open your primary **Applications** directory path within Finder. Locate the **MemoryBox** application module, right-click it, and select **Move to Trash**.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Windows" icon="microsoft">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Stop Process Lifecycles">
        Locate the quick-access task tray positioned near your taskbar system clock. Right-click the application icon and select **Exit**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Execute Uninstallation Package">
        Navigate to **Settings $\rightarrow$ Apps $\rightarrow$ Installed Apps $\rightarrow$ MemoryBox** and click **Uninstall** to clear your primary executable workspace files.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### Deleting Chrome & Firefox Extensions

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Google Chrome" icon="chrome">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Open Extension Manager">
        Open a new browser window tab and navigate your address path to `chrome://extensions`.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Remove Pinned Card">
        Locate the active **MemoryBox** extension deployment card block and click the **Remove** button.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Clear Volatile Memory Cache">
        <Note>
          We highly recommend executing a hard restart of your browser application to ensure all runtime text trackers are dropped from web panels.
        </Note>
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Mozilla Firefox" icon="firefox">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Open Add-ons Panel">
        Open a tab instance and navigate your URL address string directly to `about:addons`.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Delete Extension Bundle">
        Locate your active extensions library list, click the ellipsis settings trigger node adjacent to the MemoryBox layout row, and click **Remove**.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

***

## 💻 Phase 2: Command Line Database Purge (macOS Only)

For advanced operators or developers looking to execute an instant "Factory Reset" of their data layer without deleting the core application layout wrapper, use the terminal directory script blocks below.

<Warning>
  **Stop Desktop Processes:** Ensure your active workspace processes are closed prior to executing terminal deletion scripts to prevent writing runtime cache errors back to the machine partition.
</Warning>

### Local Database Footprint Directory

All local database records, index trees, and encrypted structures map to this path:

```bash theme={null}
~/Library/Application Support/MemoryBox/
```

### Complete Terminal Reset Execution

To completely wipe out all local databases and vector archives simultaneously, open your terminal app and execute these commands:

```bash theme={null}
# Clear all loopback engine SQLite database instances
rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/MemoryBox/*.db

# Force-remove local embedding segments and text index directories
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/MemoryBox/memlight/
```

## 📂 Phase 3: Manual Graphical Deletion

If you prefer to use a visual file manager (like Finder or File Explorer) rather than the terminal script blocks listed above, you can manually navigate to and delete the hidden storage folders from your system.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="macOS Library Tracks" icon="apple">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Expose Path Tools">
        Bring your macOS **Finder** window into active focus, click the top application **Go** menu button, and click **Go to Folder...**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Input Hidden System Path">
        Paste the following directory path into the field box and press Enter:

        ```bash theme={null}
        ~/Library/Application Support/
        ```
      </Step>

      <Step title="Sanitize Data Directories">
        Locate the standalone **MemoryBox** directory folder and move it entirely into the system **Trash**.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Windows AppData Tracks" icon="microsoft">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Initialize Run Prompt">
        Press your keyboard shortcut **`Win + R`** to trigger the primary Windows Run prompt panel.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Route to Volatile Data Store">
        Input the following path parameter variable into the text box and click OK:

        ```bash theme={null}
        %APPDATA%
        ```
      </Step>

      <Step title="Purge Persistent Assets">
        Locate the local **MemoryBox** folder partition and delete it completely from your storage drive.

        <Info>
          **File Handle Locked Error?** If your operating system blocks file deletion, open your **Resource Monitor**, filter your active tasks for `memorybox.exe` elements inside the **Associated Handles** window, and terminate the process loop manually.
        </Info>
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

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## 🚀 Re-Initialize From Scratch

With your operating system completely cleansed of all historical asset weights, database caches, and local configurations, you are ready to begin fresh with a pristine environment.

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  Re-download our verified application installers and initialize your newly isolated, local knowledge sandbox.
</Card>