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Uninstalling Chaos Cypher

All-in-one Docker​

# stop the running container
docker compose down

# remove the persistent data volume
docker volume rm chaoscypher_data

# remove the image
docker rmi ghcr.io/chaoscypherinc/chaoscypher:latest

That removes everything: the SQLite database, uploaded sources, embeddings, chats, API keys, and login credentials.

Multi-container dev​

make docker-down
docker compose -f packages/docker/multi-container/docker-compose.yml down --volumes
rm -rf packages/docker/data/        # local data dir

CLI install (pip install chaoscypher-cli)​

pip uninstall chaoscypher-cli
rm -rf ~/.chaoscypher/        # stored API keys + cached models

Verify nothing left running​

docker ps | grep chaoscypher    # should print nothing

Data deletion checklist​

  • Persistent volume removed (docker volume ls | grep chaoscypher)
  • Local data dir removed (packages/docker/data/ for dev, ~/.chaoscypher/ for CLI)
  • Backups deleted if you no longer need them (backups/*.ccx)
  • LLM provider API keys revoked at the source (OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini consoles) if you'll never reinstall

See the self-hosted threat model for an inventory of what's stored locally.