[BUG] I cannot uninstall Claude Code because I do not have an active paid account.

I just tried the following and it worked for me:
sudo rm -rdf ~/.local/bin/claude ~/.local/share/claude/
then remove the configuration files as specified in the documentation uninstallation.

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Issue is still occurring. Cannot uninstall without subscription

This is stupid, I cannot uninstall claude because I've hit the limit of my subscription plan!

I cannot uninstall claude code using claude uninstall because I haven't yet signed into a claude account on claude code? This is ridiculous.

In my effort to figure out how to clean uninstall claude code I noted the recommended script based install approach for claude code downloads a claude binary and uses that binary like claude install to install. How can the user know what this binary does with its 'install' command? Is the user supposed to trust what it does?

Is this really about a missing account? I don't see the uninstall command in the --help:

Commands:
  doctor                                            Check the health of your Claude Code auto-updater
  install [options] [target]                        Install Claude Code native build. Use [target] to specify version (stable, latest, or specific version)
  mcp                                               Configure and manage MCP servers
  plugin                                            Manage Claude Code plugins
  setup-token                                       Set up a long-lived authentication token (requires Claude subscription)
  update|upgrade                                    Check for updates and install if available

One of my devs hit this exact issue today. They tested out Claude Code on a pass, hit their limit, determined it wasn't for them, went to uninstall via claude uninstall and was hit with "You've hit your limit".

Absolute cinema.

Can't believe this is actually a bug. I can't uninstall either.

Hell nah, I just hop into linux, trying few new things (claude one of them) and find out that I've jumped straight into a living bug

I just tried the following and it worked for me: sudo rm -rdf ~/.local/bin/claude ~/.local/share/claude/ then remove the configuration files as specified in the documentation uninstallation.

Btw, if u follow this instruction I've noticed there are still some files at ~/ named ´.claude´ and ´.claude.json.´ the first is a dir and second is a file. use ´rm -r ~/.claude ~/.claude.json´ to uninstall them. Maybe there are more files left

Edit: Dude, im searching for more and looks like there is another dir at ~/.local/share/claude

I was able to find all residues from the claude-code installation by
ls -ald ~/.claude* ~/.local/share/claude ~/.local/state/claude ~/.local/bin/claude ~/.cache/claude/
Anything missing?
I know uninstallation might not be the main target for claude-code, but for completeness, please add it.

I was comparing distributions package managers like Gentoo Portage installing claude code vs. the native claude-code bash installer. I usually prefer distributions package management for clean updates and deinstallations. But for sure the Changelog of claude-code is so active currently that usually any other packaging lacks behind the recent versions. But for that I needed some uninstall routine.

This repo should be blocked until the uninstall feature works. Having to manually remove files is so sloppy that I therefore I do not trust the program to do what I ask. I would use the term malware in this case. running the command as sudo also doesn't work.

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I am having the same issue.

What worked for me (MacOS)

sudo rm -rdf ~/.local/bin/claude ~/.local/share/claude/
rm ~/.claude.json
rm -rf ~/.claude/

# verify it got deleted 
claude --version

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What did not work for me (even with active account)

# claude uninstall 
# npm uninstall -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code 
# brew uninstall --cask claude-code  # (I did not try this one, since I just deleted it like above)

What worked for me (MacOS) sudo rm -rdf ~/.local/bin/claude ~/.local/share/claude/ rm ~/.claude.json rm -rf ~/.claude/ # verify it got deleted claude --version What did not work for me (even with active account) # claude uninstall # npm uninstall -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code # brew uninstall --cask claude-code # (I did not try this one, since I just deleted it like above)

Thanks. This worked for me too. I can't believe there isn't a native "uninstall"..

Same issue. This product is evil and should be banned.

Closing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/11789#issuecomment-4205126414

This worked for me, i'd suggest to the Claude code team that they make uninstallation easier, both for people looking to move away from their product and for troubleshooting.

An uninstall feature does not cost customers, the lack of one costs trust. It is an indispensable part of any credible software product.

This is not a difficult feature.