[BUG] CLaude desktop just completely uninstalled itself from my windows PC?? And all my work is lost!

Status Closed — not planned
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 1 comment · opened Aug 13, 2026 · closed Aug 16, 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?

First of all how can claude desktop completely wipe itself from the PC? This shouldnt even happen without windows allowing it to. a crash, fine but a completely wipe and uninstall?? Thats just plain wrong!

all my work is lost, what a joke, finally managed to re-install claude desktop, but all the work and project is gone. yes i know i can still access via terminal but the whole project is a mess now!

i hope someone from anthropic reaches ut to me via email to explain whats going on here and how you're goign to fix this major secuirty issue. Your app shouldnt be so powerful it has the ability to wipe itself and uninstall itself!! Days of work down the drain...and i paid you a subscription for this privilege....thanks!!

What Should Happen?

fix issue, contact me to explain whats going on here, and give me my money back for all the wasted days of work i cant use now. thanks

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

i dont know fix it yourselves

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

dont care

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

_No response_

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