"MCP Server Removal Fails Despite Listing in Server List"

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 6, 2025 by schuettc Closed Jan 3, 2026

Bug Description
I am unable to remove mcp servers from claude without going to ~/.claude.json and manually removing it. claude mcp remove always results in a not found error. even when it is shown in claude mcp list

Environment Info

  • Platform: macos
  • Terminal: iTerm.app
  • Version: 0.2.102
  • Feedback ID: 229daba7-7dd4-439e-a3d8-4264db941b36

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Command failed: security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s \"Claude Code\"\nsecurity: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n\n    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:984:15)\n    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:538:14)\n    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:890:11)\n    at execSync (node:child_process:962:15)\n    at BX (file:///Users/courtschuett/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:617:3348)\n    at file:///Users/courtschuett/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:512:16277\n    at D (file:///Users/courtschuett/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:502:12863)\n    at QW (file:///Users/courtschuett/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:512:15798)\n    at pz6 (file:///Users/courtschuett/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2013:21043)\n    at file:///Users/courtschuett/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2155:631","timestamp":"2025-05-06T18:11:19.223Z"}]

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