# Can't uninstall app

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580 "2024-12-19T18:45:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Pinipon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Pinipon88](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Pinipon88)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/1 "2024-12-19T18:45:05Z")

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I’m on Umbrel 1.3 (in a Raspberry pi4) and when I do right click on an app (Fulcrum in this case) and click on “uninstall” absolutely nothing happens, I couldn’t find a way to solve this, need help.

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**Author:** ![denny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/denny/32/6330_2.png) [@denny](https://community.umbrel.com/u/denny)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/2 "2024-12-19T18:47:37Z")

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Restart Umbrel and try again. Sometimes that helps.

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**Author:** ![Pinipon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Pinipon88](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Pinipon88)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/3 "2024-12-19T18:49:58Z")

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I did it, I also turned it off and on again, nothing works so far.  
I tried with other apps, and it’s the same, it is as if the “uninstall command” stopped working

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**Author:** ![denny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/denny/32/6330_2.png) [@denny](https://community.umbrel.com/u/denny)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/4 "2024-12-19T18:52:57Z")

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Can you provide log files? Maybe then we can get to the bottom of the matter.

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**Author:** ![Pinipon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Pinipon88](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Pinipon88)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/5 "2024-12-19T21:16:32Z")

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I think it’s a much bigger issue, nothing seems to be working well

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I’m thinking of reinstalling Umbrel, I hope there’s a way to do that without losing much data

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**Author:** ![Pinipon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Pinipon88](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Pinipon88)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/6 "2024-12-20T12:05:51Z")

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I flashed Umbrel on another mSD, put it on the Raspi and the problem persist.  
I’ve also noticed that Nextcloud seems to be “installed” (doesn’t show in the dashboard) eventhough I’ve uninstalled it way before this happened, in the app-store it’s shown as “not running”

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**Author:** ![Pinipon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Pinipon88](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Pinipon88)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/7 "2024-12-20T13:30:59Z")

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Good news! I was able to uninstall Fulcrum through CLI  
Bad news 1: The GUI uninstall option is still not working, tried with another app, and still the same, no reaction.  
Bad news 2: There’s an issue with nextcloud which seems to have been faulty uninstalled and I can’t either install/uninstall/update it  
When I do

umbreld client apps.uninstall.mutate --appId nextcloud

I get this:

```auto
TRPCClientError: Command failed with exit code 1: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/source/modules/apps/legacy-compat/app-script stop nextcloud
    at TRPCClientError.from (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/@trpc/client/dist/TRPCClientError-38f9a32a.mjs:27:20)
    at file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/@trpc/client/dist/links/httpLink.mjs:35:60
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
  meta: {
    response: Response {
      [Symbol(realm)]: null,
      [Symbol(state)]: [Object],
      [Symbol(headers)]: [HeadersList]
    },
    responseJSON: { error: [Object] }
  },
  shape: {
    message: 'Command failed with exit code 1: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/source/modules/apps/legacy-compat/app-script stop nextcloud',
    code: -32603,
    data: {
      code: 'INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR',
      httpStatus: 500,
      stack: 'Error: Command failed with exit code 1: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/source/modules/apps/legacy-compat/app-script stop nextcloud\n' +
        ' at makeError (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/execa/lib/error.js:60:11)\n' +
        ' at handlePromise (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/execa/index.js:124:26)\n' +
        ' at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n' +
        ' at async RetryOperation._fn (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/p-retry/index.js:55:13)',
      path: 'apps.uninstall',
      zodError: null
    }
  },
  data: {
    code: 'INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR',
    httpStatus: 500,
    stack: 'Error: Command failed with exit code 1: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/source/modules/apps/legacy-compat/app-script stop nextcloud\n' +
      ' at makeError (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/execa/lib/error.js:60:11)\n' +
      ' at handlePromise (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/execa/index.js:124:26)\n' +
      ' at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n' +
      ' at async RetryOperation._fn (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/umbreld/node_modules/p-retry/index.js:55:13)',
    path: 'apps.uninstall',
    zodError: null
  },
  [cause]: undefined
}

```

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**Author:** ![chrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@chrip](https://community.umbrel.com/u/chrip)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/8 "2024-12-21T14:08:36Z")

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Hi, I’ve had a similar issue with electrs. I saw the following:

- In the GUI it showed “Not running”
- There wasn’t a docker container for electrs shown when running `sudo docker ps -a` through SSH.
- When attempting to install it complained that the application was already installed, which suggested to me that Umbrel has an internal app registry and that it had got out of sync with what was actually installed.

So I tried the steps below, which allowed me to install the application successfully afterwards.

- SSH into Umbrel
- Run `sudo nano umbrel/umbrel.yaml`
  - Remove the offending `<app-id>` from the apps section.

- Run `sudo mv umbrel/app-data/<app-id> umbrel/app-data/<app-id>-old` (this may be optional, but I didn’t test without it)
- Reboot Umbrel

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**Author:** ![Pinipon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Pinipon88](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Pinipon88)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/9 "2024-12-21T18:44:39Z")

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I did the same (edited umbrel.yaml + deleting the app’s folder), but I had other issues anyway, so I ended up using a backup and a new umbrel install (using v1.2.2 and updating afterward)

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**Author:** ![blockdyor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/blockdyor/32/4641_2.png) [@blockdyor](https://community.umbrel.com/u/blockdyor)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/10 "2025-01-15T14:49:57Z")

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I’m experiencing the same issue with Umbrel 1.3 in a Docker container. I haven’t been able to uninstall any apps for a few days now. The apps themselves are running fine, but I still can’t remove them.

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**Author:** ![Funman2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Funman2](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Funman2)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/11 "2025-01-21T10:13:37Z")

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I had the exact same issue, uninstall button did not work, this was the solution for me, thanks!

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**Author:** ![chrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@chrip](https://community.umbrel.com/u/chrip)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/12 "2025-01-21T12:36:46Z")

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If I remember correctly then I had some trouble uninstalling other apps that were running correctly, but while one was “Not Running”. Might be worth checking if any other apps reporting “Not Running” and if so manually uninstalling those.

If there aren’t any, then I think it would be a different issue. Attempting to uninstall through SSH does give some more details about why it fails which may give you some useful information. You should be able to use the following command

```bash
umbreld client apps.uninstall.mutate --appId <app-id>

```

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**Author:** ![Stonecutter124](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/stonecutter124/32/6868_2.png) [@Stonecutter124](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Stonecutter124)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/13 "2025-01-28T15:50:13Z")

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THIS WORKED! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![donnellfms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@donnellfms](https://community.umbrel.com/u/donnellfms)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/14 "2025-02-03T12:29:02Z")

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Congrats, this helps, thanks.

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**Author:** ![blockdyor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/blockdyor/32/4641_2.png) [@blockdyor](https://community.umbrel.com/u/blockdyor)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/15 "2025-02-16T15:30:37Z")

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> [@Pinipon88](#):
>
> umbreld client apps.uninstall.mutate --appId

Hi Chrip, thanks for your help! I’m stuck with Umbrel not letting me uninstall apps—nothing happens when I click uninstall. I tried running your command from the terminal, but I got this error:

> umbrel@umbrel:~$ umbreld client apps.uninstall.mutate --appId thunderhub  
> TRPCClientError: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/umbrel/umbrel/secrets/jwt’  
> at TRPCClientError.from (file:///tmp/caxa/applications/umbreld/vcojyhuknq/0/node\_modules/@trpc/client/dist/TRPCClientError-fef6cf44.mjs:26:16)  
> at file:///tmp/caxa/applications/umbreld/vcojyhuknq/0/node\_modules/@trpc/client/dist/httpUtils-1efcb902.mjs:123:36 {  
> meta: {},  
> shape: undefined,  
> data: undefined,  
> [cause]: [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/umbrel/umbrel/secrets/jwt’] {  
> errno: -2,  
> code: ‘ENOENT’,  
> syscall: ‘open’,  
> path: ‘/home/umbrel/umbrel/secrets/jwt’  
> }  
> }

Do you know what might be causing this and how I can fix it? Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![blockdyor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/blockdyor/32/4641_2.png) [@blockdyor](https://community.umbrel.com/u/blockdyor)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/16 "2025-02-18T15:34:20Z")

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I fixed the issue by manually deleting some apps from the Umbrel apps folder. I did this by adding an “\_” to the app folder name (/Umbrel/app-data). It seems that certain LND dashboards, like Thunderhub, Ride The Lightning, and Lightning Terminal, were preventing uninstallation from the GUI. Once I manually removed those apps, the uninstall option in the GUI started working again.

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**Author:** ![twokeee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@twokeee](https://community.umbrel.com/u/twokeee)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/17 "2025-02-21T01:55:11Z")

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close all running apps, go in terminal and type:

_\> **sudo rm -rf /home/raspberrypi/app-data/nextcloud** _

replace with your path and the application to be uninstalled

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**Author:** ![emmyvinte](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/emmyvinte/32/6907_2.png) [@emmyvinte](https://community.umbrel.com/u/emmyvinte)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/18 "2025-02-23T13:34:10Z")

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tks!

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**Author:** ![sl1ng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@sl1ng](https://community.umbrel.com/u/sl1ng)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/cant-uninstall-app/20580/19 "2025-02-23T13:52:55Z")

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Nice one, thanks!