ak uninstall

ak uninstall

Remove an AK-managed project

Synopsis

What it does: Ownership-aware project removal. For each file in the manifest: clean (AK-owned, hash matches) -> deleted modified (user has edited) -> refused unless --force orphan (in dir, not in manifest) -> reported only, never deleted missing (in manifest, gone) -> skipped

A snapshot is taken via ak backups BEFORE any deletion, even with --force. Default behaviour is dry-run: pass --yes or confirm the prompt to execute.

Who it's for: Both: power devs (--yes --json) and non-tech users (interactive prompt).

When to use it: Removing a project that AK bootstrapped with ak new.

Examples: ak uninstall # dry-run from cwd ak uninstall ./myproj # dry-run for explicit path ak uninstall --yes # execute without prompt ak uninstall --force --yes # delete even user-modified files ak uninstall --dry-run --json # machine-readable plan

What changes on disk: Deletes AK-owned files from the project directory and removes .agentkit/ownership.json (and .agentkit/ if empty). Snapshots prior state via ak backups before any deletion.

Output modes: pretty default on TTY (colors, ASCII markers) plain auto when stdout piped or --no-interactive json --json (single-object envelope, NDJSON-safe)

Exit codes: 0 success 1 runtime error 2 invalid flags 3 user-cancel (SIGINT, prompt-cancel) 1 project directory not found or not an AK project 2 invalid flags or arguments 3 user declined confirmation prompt or --dry-run 6 user-modified files detected without --force

ak uninstall [path] [flags]

Options

      --dry-run              Show classification plan without deleting anything (exit 3)
      --force                Delete user-modified files (requires confirmation; snapshot always taken)
  -h, --help                 help for uninstall
      --json                 Emit machine-readable JSON (implies --no-interactive)
      --keep-registry        Skip deregistration from ~/.agentkit/projects.json after uninstall
      --no-interactive       Disable interactive prompts (CI-safe)
      --project-dir string   Explicit project root (default: cwd or first AK project found walking up)
  -q, --quiet                Suppress non-error output on stderr
  -V, --verbose              Extra diagnostic output on stderr (loses to --quiet)
  -y, --yes                  Assume yes for all prompts

SEE ALSO

• ak - AgentKit CLI