Uninstalling Stratos is a two-part job: remove the application, then optionally remove your data. The uninstaller removes the program itself, but it intentionally leaves your settings, login, and flight history in place so a reinstall picks up where you left off. Delete the data folder too if you want a clean slate.
Before you uninstall, make sure you have no active or unsubmitted flight. Your local flight database lives in the data folder — deleting it will permanently discard any in-progress flight or pending flight report. Submit or finish your flight first.
Remove the application
Quit Stratos
Right-click the Stratos icon in the system tray (bottom-right of the
taskbar) and choose Quit. Closing the window alone isn’t enough —
Stratos keeps running in the tray.
Uninstall
Open Settings → Apps → Installed apps, find Stratos, click the
⋯ menu and choose Uninstall. (You can also right-click Stratos in
the Start menu and choose Uninstall.)The uninstaller removes the program from
C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Local\Programs\Stratos and clears the update
cache at C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Local\stratos-updater.
The uninstaller does not delete your personal data in the Roaming
folder. To remove that too, follow Remove your data
below. Quit Stratos
Click the Stratos icon in the menu bar (top-right of the screen) and
choose Quit. Stratos keeps running in the menu bar after you close
its window, so quitting from there is the reliable way to fully exit.(⌘Q only works while the main window is open and focused — once Stratos
is minimised to the menu bar there’s no window or Dock icon for it to act
on.)
Move the app to Trash
Open Finder → Applications, drag Stratos.app to the Trash, then
empty the Trash.
Dragging the app to the Trash leaves your data in ~/Library. To remove
that too, follow Remove your data below. Stratos ships as an AppImage, so there’s no installer to run.Quit Stratos
Quit from the app window or the system tray icon.
Delete the AppImage file
Delete the Stratos-*.AppImage file you downloaded (wherever you saved
it — usually ~/Downloads or ~/Applications).
Remove the menu entry (if you created one)
If you integrated Stratos with your desktop (via AppImageLauncher or a
manual launcher), delete its .desktop file from
~/.local/share/applications/.
Deleting the AppImage leaves your data in ~/.config and ~/.cache. To
remove that too, follow Remove your data below. Remove your data
These folders hold your settings, VA login, local flight database, logs, the
downloaded app core, and installed airline plugins. The app folder is named
Stratos on every platform.
Open File Explorer, paste the path into the address bar, press Enter, and
delete the folder.| What | Location | Removed by uninstaller? |
|---|
| Your data (Roaming) | %APPDATA%\Stratos | No — delete manually |
| Installed program | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Stratos | Yes |
| Update cache | %LOCALAPPDATA%\stratos-updater | Yes |
%APPDATA% expands to C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Roaming, so your data folder
is C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Roaming\Stratos. The AppData folder is hidden
by default — pasting %APPDATA%\Stratos into the address bar gets you there
regardless. In Finder, press ⇧⌘G (Go → Go to Folder), paste each path, and move
the item to the Trash. Some of these only exist if Stratos has been run.| What | Location |
|---|
| Your data | ~/Library/Application Support/Stratos |
| Cache | ~/Library/Caches/com.skyvex.stratos |
| Update caches | ~/Library/Caches/stratos-updater and ~/Library/Caches/com.skyvex.stratos.ShipIt |
| Web storage | ~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.skyvex.stratos |
| Preferences | ~/Library/Preferences/com.skyvex.stratos.plist |
~/Library/Application Support/Stratos, so removing that one folder takes the
bulk of your data with it — the rest are caches macOS and the updater
rebuild on their own. Delete these folders from a terminal or your file manager:| What | Location |
|---|
| Your data | ~/.config/Stratos |
| Cache | ~/.cache/Stratos |
rm -rf ~/.config/Stratos ~/.cache/Stratos
What’s in the data folder
For reference, here’s what Stratos keeps in its data folder:
| File / folder | What it is |
|---|
config.json | App settings and preferences |
auth.json | Your virtual airline login session |
stratos.db | Local flight database (in-progress flights and crash recovery) |
logs/ | Daily diagnostic log files |
core/ | The downloaded application core (kept up to date automatically) |
plugins/ | Installed airline plugins |
plugins-config/ | Per-plugin settings |
airline-icons/ | Cached airline logos |
window-state-*.json | Saved window size and position |
Keeping the data folder is the easy way to reinstall later without
re-entering anything: your VA login, settings, and history come straight back.
Only delete it if you want a completely fresh start or are removing Stratos for
good.
