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#Nuke Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop Uninstallers

Scripts to fully remove Claude Desktop and all the files it leaves behind, because Anthropic's official uninstaller doesn't.

The Problem

Anthropic shipped a Cowork feature in Claude Desktop that silently spins up a Linux VM on your machine. No warning. No disk space prompt. No way to opt out at install time.

The VM bundle grows to ~10GB and lives in your AppData/Application Support folder. When you uninstall Claude Desktop through the normal method, the VM bundle stays behind. Most users will never find it because it's buried in a hidden system folder.