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Uninstalling Yardstick

Removing Yardstick is three things: stop the background service, delete its data, delete the program folder. Pick your system below.

Deleting the data folder erases your recordings and clears the license registration on this computer. If you are moving to another machine, release your key first; if you want to keep the recordings, skip the data step.

macOS

Open Terminal (Applications → Utilities) and paste this in.

# 1. Stop and remove the background service
launchctl bootout gui/$(id -u)/com.northlakeconsulting.yardstick 2>/dev/null
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.northlakeconsulting.yardstick.plist

# 2. Remove Yardstick's data (recordings, settings, license)
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Yardstick

# 3. Remove the program folder you cloned (often ~/yardstick)
rm -rf ~/yardstick

If you cloned Yardstick somewhere other than your home folder, change the last line to wherever that folder is.

Linux

In a terminal:

# 1. Stop and remove the background service
systemctl --user disable --now yardstick.service
rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/yardstick.service
systemctl --user daemon-reload

# 2. Remove Yardstick's data (recordings, settings, license)
rm -rf ~/.local/share/yardstick

# 3. Remove the program folder you cloned (often ~/yardstick)
rm -rf ~/yardstick

Windows

Yardstick is a normal installed application.

Open Settings → Apps → Installed apps, find Yardstick, and choose Uninstall. (On older Windows: Control Panel → Programs and Features.) That removes the program and its service. Your recordings and settings live in C:\ProgramData\Yardstick; delete that folder too if you want them gone.

Reinstalling afterward

Once it is removed, install the current version again from the download page. A fresh install starts clean and picks up updates on its own.

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