How to uninstall Cluely on Windows

Cluely is an AI assistant you use with a Cluely account. Before you remove it, check in the app that the sessions and notes you want are still reachable from your account, and save any you need elsewhere; the local data folder holds the app's settings and caches, and the uninstaller leaves it in place. This guide covers Cluely installed per-user from the installer on cluely.com.

Quit Cluely first

Quit Cluely, then check Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) that no Cluely.exe is still listed; it runs several of them at once. Cluely adds a startup entry named Cluely, which you can see in Settings › Apps › Startup.

Remove the app with its own uninstaller

Go to Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Cluely, and choose Uninstall. The uninstaller removes the program files in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\cluely-v2 and the shortcuts. In this test it left the startup entry pointing at the removed program, the cluely-v2:// link registration, the data folder and the downloaded updates.

Where the data lives

Location	What it holds	What to do
`%APPDATA%\cluely-v2`	App data, settings and caches	Keep it if you might reinstall; remove it for a clean start
`%LOCALAPPDATA%\cluely-v2-updater`	Downloaded update installers	Safe to remove
The Cluely startup entry (`HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run`, value `electron.app.Cluely`)	Starts the removed program at sign-in	Turn it off in Settings › Apps › Startup, or remove the value
`HKCU\Software\Classes\cluely-v2`	The `cluely-v2://` link registration	Safe to remove once the app is gone

Check the result

Run these read-only commands after the uninstall finishes:

Get-Process Cluely -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\cluely-v2"
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\cluely-v2"
Get-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -Name electron.app.Cluely -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Test-Path HKCU:\Software\Classes\cluely-v2

No output from Get-Process only means this query observed no matching process; a suppressed error leaves the running state unknown. A listed process means it is still open.
The first Test-Path returning False means the program folder is gone; True means files remain there.
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\cluely-v2" returning True means your settings and caches are still there, which is expected unless you removed them yourself.
Get-ItemProperty returning values means the entry remains. With no output, check for permission or other query errors before deciding that it is absent.
The last Test-Path returning False means the link registration is gone; True means it is still there.

Account and subscription

Uninstalling does not cancel a paid Cluely plan or delete your account and its history. Manage those in your Cluely account.

What Mole lists

For Cluely installed per-user from cluely.com:

The program folder goes with the app row. The Start Menu and desktop shortcuts are selected by default.
%LOCALAPPDATA%\cluely-v2-updater, which holds only downloaded update installers, is selected by default.
%APPDATA%\cluely-v2 is listed but not selected, since it holds your settings. The caches inside it (Cache, Code Cache, GPUCache, the Dawn shader caches and logs) are listed on their own and selected by default.
The electron.app.Cluely startup entry and the cluely-v2:// link registration the uninstaller leaves behind are selected by default, each backed up to a .reg file before removal.
A row grouping Windows' own records of when you opened the program is selected by default.

What this test covered

Tested on 2026-09-29 with Cluely 2.0.198 from the installer on cluely.com, per-user scope, installed from an elevated session. The uninstaller is NSIS and ran silently. Every listed row was ticked and removed in this test. Not verified: signing in, and what a signed-in data folder holds.