[BUG] Claude Desktop leaves ~10GB of data in AppData after uninstall

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 11, 2026 by adettner Closed Mar 11, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

After uninstalling Claude Desktop on Windows, the folder
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Claude\ remains with ~10GB of data
(mostly vm_bundles for Cowork).

This is not cleaned up during uninstall and most users won't know
to look in AppData manually.

What Should Happen?

Expected: Uninstaller should either remove app data automatically
or prompt the user ("Delete all app data including VM bundles?").

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Uninstall Claude app after Installing the Cowork Workspace.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.39 (Claude Code), App Version not known

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

_No response_

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