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# Uninstalling Stratos

> Remove Stratos from Windows, macOS, or Linux — including where your data is stored if you want a completely clean removal.

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.

<Warning>
  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.
</Warning>

## Remove the application

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Windows">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="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.
      </Step>

      <Step title="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`.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    <Note>
      The uninstaller does **not** delete your personal data in the Roaming
      folder. To remove that too, follow [Remove your data](#remove-your-data)
      below.
    </Note>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="macOS">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="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.)
      </Step>

      <Step title="Move the app to Trash">
        Open **Finder → Applications**, drag **Stratos.app** to the Trash, then
        empty the Trash.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    <Note>
      Dragging the app to the Trash leaves your data in `~/Library`. To remove
      that too, follow [Remove your data](#remove-your-data) below.
    </Note>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Linux">
    Stratos ships as an **AppImage**, so there's no installer to run.

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Quit Stratos">
        Quit from the app window or the system tray icon.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Delete the AppImage file">
        Delete the `Stratos-*.AppImage` file you downloaded (wherever you saved
        it — usually `~/Downloads` or `~/Applications`).
      </Step>

      <Step title="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/`.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    <Note>
      Deleting the AppImage leaves your data in `~/.config` and `~/.cache`. To
      remove that too, follow [Remove your data](#remove-your-data) below.
    </Note>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## 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.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Windows">
    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.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="macOS">
    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`                                    |

    Your logs, settings, login, and flight database all live inside
    `~/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.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Linux">
    Delete these folders from a terminal or your file manager:

    | What      | Location            |
    | --------- | ------------------- |
    | Your data | `~/.config/Stratos` |
    | Cache     | `~/.cache/Stratos`  |

    ```bash theme={null}
    rm -rf ~/.config/Stratos ~/.cache/Stratos
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## 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                                  |

The folder also contains caches the app rebuilds on its own. You can safely
delete the entire folder — Stratos recreates it from scratch on next launch.

<Note>
  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.
</Note>