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How to uninstall Kite (a popular plugin which sits around eating your RAM & does just barely enough to justify its existence)
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Run: ~/.local/share/kite/uninstall

To completely remove Kite from your system, there are a number of steps to follow
  • Uninstall all editor plugins - uninstall the editor plugins Kite has installed, instructions here: https://help.kite.com/article/62-managing-editor-plugins
  • Quit Kite - You can do so from the menu bar icon. If you don't have the menu bar icon shown, you can manually close all the Kite processes.
  • Stop other Kite services
    • On macOS, run the terminal command launchctl remove com.kite.KiteHelper to stop the Kite Helper service.
  • Uninstall Kite
    • On macOS, drag Kite.app from your Applications folder to the trash.
    • On Windows, you can uninstall Kite using the Add or Remove Programs tool.
    • On Linux, run the uninstaller located at ~/.local/share/kite/uninstall
  • Remove Kite data - Finally, you can remove the local Kite data stored on your system.
    • On macOS and Linux, run the terminal command rm -rf ~/.kite
    • On Windows, remove the directory %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Kite
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j4y commented Jan 11, 2026

Thank you!

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