UNINSTALL-WINDOWS.md

Uninstall ChannelForge on Windows

The portable bundle has no Windows service and no registry installer entry. Uninstall is performed from the bundle command file.

Remove application files and keep data

1. Close the ChannelForge browser tab.
2. Double-click Uninstall ChannelForge.cmd.
3. The command stops the loopback server and removes application files from %LOCALAPPDATA%\ChannelForge.
4. Provider configuration, state, lineup output, caches, logs, and update backups remain for a later reinstall.

Permanently remove application and user data

Run the bundled PowerShell command only when permanent deletion is intended. The command can be launched from the installed folder; the script relays itself outside the install root before removing the bundled runtime:

$pw = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'ChannelForge\\runtime\\pwsh\\pwsh.exe'
& $pw -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File (Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'ChannelForge\\scripts\\Uninstall-ChannelForgeWindowsBundle.ps1') -InstallRoot (Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'ChannelForge') -PurgeData -ConfirmPurge

-PurgeData without -ConfirmPurge is rejected. The purge removes only ChannelForge-owned data directories; it does not delete arbitrary neighboring files.