How to uninstall CodeBuddy CN on Mac

CodeBuddy CN is the mainland edition of Tencent's AI code editor. Its extensions live in ~/.codebuddycn (315 MB in this test, most of it extensions imported from VS Code on first launch), the editor's own data lives in ~/Library/Application Support/CodeBuddy CN, and ~/.codebuddy holds skills, plugins and MCP settings that Tencent's WorkBuddy also reads. Removing the app leaves all three, so decide on each before you delete anything. This guide covers the download from codebuddy.cn and the Homebrew cask codebuddy-cn; the international CodeBuddy is a separate app.

Sign out and quit

1. If you are signed in, sign out from CodeBuddy CN's account menu. This test did not check what signing out clears.
2. Quit CodeBuddy CN with Command-Q. It ran 41 processes in this test, so search for CodeBuddy in Activity Monitor and wait until they have exited.
3. CodeBuddy CN did not add a login item in this test. If System Settings › General › Login Items & Extensions still shows a CodeBuddy entry, turn it off.

Move the app to Trash

Open the Applications folder in Finder and move CodeBuddy CN to the Trash.

Where CodeBuddy CN keeps its files

In Finder, press Shift + Command + G and check each location. Skip the ones that do not exist.

Tencent's CodeBuddy IDE FAQ names the extension cache under Application Support/CodeBuddy CN and the extensions under .codebuddycn/extensions, and the .codebuddy directory reference describes ~/.codebuddy as user-level configuration, history and runtime data that affects all projects. That WorkBuddy shares ~/.codebuddy, and the ~/CodeBuddy folder, come from this test, not from Tencent's documentation.

Remove the shell line CodeBuddy CN added

On first launch CodeBuddy CN appended two lines to ~/.zshrc: a comment reading # Added by CodeBuddy CN - shell command, followed by a line that adds the bin folder inside ~/.codebuddy to your PATH. Neither Mole nor removing the app touches that file. To find the lines:

grep -n "CodeBuddy" ~/.zshrc

No output means the lines are not there. If they are, open ~/.zshrc in a text editor, delete the comment and the export PATH line right below it, save, and open a new Terminal window. Leave the line alone if you still use WorkBuddy or the CodeBuddy command-line tool and they rely on it.

Check the result

pgrep -il codebuddy
ls -d "/Applications/CodeBuddy CN.app"
ls -d "$HOME/Library/Application Support/CodeBuddy CN" ~/.codebuddycn ~/.codebuddy ~/CodeBuddy

• No output from pgrep means no CodeBuddy process is running. A listed process means CodeBuddy CN, or WorkBuddy if it is installed, is still open; check the name before quitting anything.
• ls -d on the app printing its path means the app is still in Applications.
• The last command prints each folder that still exists and reports "No such file or directory" for the rest. A surviving ~/.codebuddy is expected while WorkBuddy is installed.

If you installed it with Homebrew

The codebuddy-cn cask's zap list trashes ~/.codebuddycn, ~/Library/Application Support/CodeBuddy CN, ~/Library/Application Support/CodeBuddyExtension, everything under ~/Library/Application Support whose name starts with com.tencent.codebuddycn, both caches, web storage, both preferences files and CodeBuddy CN's entry in the recent-documents list. Running brew uninstall --cask --zap codebuddy-cn yourself moves all of them to the Trash whatever you ticked in Mole, including CodeBuddyExtension that WorkBuddy may still use. Homebrew CodeBuddy CN cask

To keep your settings and extensions, remove only the app:

brew uninstall --cask codebuddy-cn

The zap list does not include ~/.codebuddy or ~/CodeBuddy. Mole never adds --zap for this cask, because ~/.codebuddycn sits outside ~/Library; it removes the app and the rows you selected instead.

Removing CodeBuddy CN does not cancel a paid plan or delete your Tencent account.

What Mole lists

When you remove CodeBuddy CN with Mole:

• Preferences, caches (including the updater's), web storage and cookies, Application Support/com.tencent.codebuddycn, the recent-documents entry and temporary caches filed under com.tencent.codebuddycn are selected by default.
• The Chromium caches and logs inside Application Support/CodeBuddy CN (Cache, Code Cache, GPUCache, DawnGraphiteCache, DawnWebGPUCache, blob_storage, logs) and inside Application Support/CodeBuddyExtension (Cache, logs) are selected by default.
• ~/Library/Application Support/CodeBuddy CN, ~/Library/Application Support/CodeBuddyExtension, the helper's Application Support and web storage folders, ~/.codebuddycn and ~/CodeBuddy are listed for review. With Default remove app data off they start unchecked; with it on, eligible rows can start checked. Back up settings and output before removal, and uncheck CodeBuddyExtension while WorkBuddy still uses it, including its selected cache and log rows.
• ~/.codebuddy is listed for review only when WorkBuddy is not installed. It can start checked with Default remove app data on; uncheck it if you still use the CodeBuddy command-line tool or want its settings and history.
• The line in ~/.zshrc is not edited.

What this test covered

CodeBuddy CN 4.12.1 was downloaded from codebuddy.cn, signed in and used for a chat and an Agent-mode task on September 28, 2026, then quit and removed on September 29 with a development build of Mole, in a run with other AI apps. Before removal Mole's Status page showed it as one row of 41 processes using 4.49 GB of memory. It added no login item. With every row ticked, the app and its support data, including ~/.codebuddycn, went to the Trash. At that point Mole did not list ~/.codebuddy or ~/CodeBuddy; both are listed now, as described above. An earlier check of version 4.12.0 also removed the app, its support data and ~/.codebuddycn, and found a crash reporter and a screenshot listener process still running afterwards. Signing out, the Homebrew cask, the CodeBuddy command-line tool and account deletion were not tested.