Uninstalling Bibliogon

There are two ways to uninstall Bibliogon, depending on how you installed it.

Path A: Launcher (all platforms)

If you installed Bibliogon using one of the launchers (Windows, macOS, or Linux):

1. Open the Bibliogon launcher.
2. Click Uninstall.
3. Confirm when prompted.

The launcher removes the installation directory and its own manifest. Docker volumes (your book data) are preserved by default.

If uninstall is interrupted (process killed, Docker locked files, power loss), the launcher writes cleanup.json at the start and marks each step as complete. On next launch, the launcher silently retries any step still marked incomplete.

To also remove Docker volumes and images, run the commands in the "What gets removed" section below.

Path B: Script (all platforms)

If you installed via install.sh or want a complete removal including Docker resources:

cd ~/bibliogon
bash uninstall.sh

The script asks for confirmation before removing anything. Type yes to proceed.

What gets removed

The uninstall script removes:

Component	Location	Command
Docker containers	Running stack	docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml down
Docker volumes	Book data, database	docker volume ls --filter name=bibliogon -q \| xargs docker volume rm
Docker images	Backend + frontend images	docker images --filter reference='*bibliogon*' -q \| xargs docker image rm
Launcher manifest	Platform config dir	See below
Installation directory	~/bibliogon (default)	rm -rf ~/bibliogon

Launcher manifest locations: - Windows: %APPDATA%\bibliogon\install.json - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/bibliogon/install.json - Linux: ~/.config/bibliogon/install.json

Keeping your data

If you want to keep your books before uninstalling:

1. Open Bibliogon in the browser
2. Go to the Dashboard
3. Use Backup to export each book as a .bgb file
4. Save the .bgb files somewhere safe
5. Then uninstall

After reinstalling, use Restore to import the .bgb files back.