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How to uninstall Granola on Windows

Granola's meeting notes belong to your Granola account, and removing the Windows app does not delete them. Before you uninstall, open Granola one last time, or sign in on another device, and confirm the notes you need are there. The local folders to decide about are %APPDATA%\Granola and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Granola. This guide covers Granola installed per-user from the Granola.Granola winget package. Reinstalling Granola

Quit Granola first

Quit Granola from its window or tray menu. It ran ten Granola.exe processes in this test, so check Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) that none is still listed before you uninstall. Granola adds a startup entry named Granola; you can turn it off in Settings › Apps › Startup, and the next steps cover removing it.

Remove the app with its own uninstaller

Go to Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Granola, and choose Uninstall, or run:

winget uninstall --id Granola.Granola

The uninstaller removes the program folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\@granolaelectron and the Start Menu and desktop shortcuts. The folder name comes from Granola's internal package name, not from "Granola". In this test it left both data folders, the downloaded update in %LOCALAPPDATA%\@granolaelectron-updater, the granola:// link, the browser connection keys and the Granola startup entry, which then pointed at a program that no longer existed.

Where the data lives

Location What it holds What to do
Your Granola account Your meeting notes Not local app data; check that what you need is there before removing the app
%APPDATA%\Granola Sign-in state, local app data, and caches such as Cache, Code Cache and GPUCache Keep it if you might reinstall; remove it for a clean start
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Granola A few small local files Remove it with the app
%LOCALAPPDATA%\@granolaelectron-updater A downloaded update installer Safe to remove
HKCU\Software\Classes\granola The granola:// link registration Safe to remove once the app is gone
HKCU\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.granola.app, the same key under Chromium and under Microsoft\Edge Lets a browser extension talk to the desktop app Safe to remove once the app is gone
The Granola value in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run The startup entry Remove it once the app is gone

Check the result

Run these read-only commands after the uninstall finishes:

Get-Process Granola -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
winget list --id Granola.Granola
Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\@granolaelectron"
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\Granola", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Granola", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\@granolaelectron-updater"
Test-Path HKCU:\Software\Classes\granola, HKCU:\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.granola.app
Get-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -Name Granola -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  • 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.
  • A completed winget list query with no match means the package record is gone; a matching row means the uninstall did not finish.
  • The first Test-Path returning False means the program folder is gone; True means files remain there.
  • The second command prints one True or False per folder, in the order listed. True means that folder is still there, which is expected for %APPDATA%\Granola if you chose to keep it.
  • The third command prints one result for the link and one for the Chrome connection key. True means that registration is still there.
  • Get-ItemProperty returning values means the entry remains. With no output, check for permission or other query errors before deciding that it is absent.

If you installed it with winget

winget uninstall runs the same uninstaller Settings › Apps uses and removes the same program files; it does not touch the data folders, the update cache or the registry entries above.

Account and subscription

Uninstalling does not cancel a paid Granola plan or delete your notes. Granola's security page says you can delete individual notes or request deletion of all your data; removing the app does neither.

What Mole lists

For Granola installed per-user from winget:

  • The program folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\@granolaelectron goes with the app row. The Start Menu and desktop shortcuts are selected by default.
  • %APPDATA%\Granola and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Granola are listed but not selected, since they may hold your sign-in and settings. The caches inside %APPDATA%\Granola (Cache, Code Cache, GPUCache, the two Dawn shader caches and Crashpad) are listed on their own and selected by default.
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\@granolaelectron-updater, which holds only a downloaded installer, is selected by default.
  • The granola:// link and the Granola startup entry are selected by default and backed up to a .reg file before removal.
  • The three browser connection keys for Chrome, Chromium and Edge are listed but not selected, since the files they point to sit in %APPDATA%\Granola. They are backed up to a .reg file first and removed only once those files are gone.
  • A row grouping Windows' own records of when you opened the program is selected by default.

What this test covered

Tested on September 30, 2026 with Granola 7.595.3, the x64 per-user installer from the winget package, run under emulation on an ARM64 virtual machine. The uninstaller is NSIS and Mole ran it silently. Every listed row was ticked and removed in this test. An earlier run did not recognise the @granolaelectron program folder, its update cache or the startup entry; they are listed now, as described above. Not verified: signing in, recording a meeting, and the browser extension.