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