How to uninstall Kite (a popular plugin which sits around eating your RAM & does just barely enough to justify its existence)

uninstall.kite.instructions.md

TL:DR

Run: ~/.local/share/kite/uninstall

To completely remove Kite from your system, there are a number of steps to follow

• Uninstall all editor plugins - uninstall the editor plugins Kite has installed, instructions here: https://help.kite.com/article/62-managing-editor-plugins
• Quit Kite - You can do so from the menu bar icon. If you don't have the menu bar icon shown, you can manually close all the Kite processes.
• Stop other Kite services
  • On macOS, run the terminal command launchctl remove com.kite.KiteHelper to stop the Kite Helper service.
• Uninstall Kite
  • On macOS, drag Kite.app from your Applications folder to the trash.
  • On Windows, you can uninstall Kite using the Add or Remove Programs tool.
  • On Linux, run the uninstaller located at ~/.local/share/kite/uninstall
• Remove Kite data - Finally, you can remove the local Kite data stored on your system.
  • On macOS and Linux, run the terminal command rm -rf ~/.kite
  • On Windows, remove the directory %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Kite

Kite removed uninstall instructions from their site. Spyder devs referred me to your link for uninstall help. I ended up finding the plugin persisting in my ~/.vim

Here, I referenced the commands posted on kite's website in 2022:

spyder-ide/spyder#20594 (comment)

Here is internet archive for the uninstall page in Oct 2022, let me know if I should remove this :

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https://help.kite.com/article/68-how-to-uninstall-kite

How to uninstall Kite

To completely remove Kite from your system, here are OS specific commands to:

Uninstall all editor plugins
Quit Kite and stop other Kite services
Uninstall Kite

Mac

Using your preferred Terminal:

curl -X "DELETE" localhost:46624/clientapi/plugins/installed && \
killall "Kite" && \
launchctl remove com.kite.KiteAutostart && launchctl remove com.kite.KiteHelper && \
rm -rf /Applications/Kite.app

Windows

Using PowerShell:

Invoke-WebRequest 'http://localhost:46624/clientapi/plugins/installed' `
-Method 'DELETE' -UseBasicParsing
& 'C:\Program Files\Kite\Uninstaller.exe'

Linux

Using your preferred Terminal:

curl -X "DELETE" localhost:46624/clientapi/plugins/installed && \
~/.local/share/kite/uninstall

GUI

Alternatively, you can also perform the following steps to uninstall Kite:

First, you will need to

[uninstall the editor plugins](https://web.archive.org/web/20221004032713/https://help.kite.com/article/62-managing-editor-plugins)

Kite has installed.

Next, you will need to quit Kite. You can do so from the [menu bar icon]

[menu bar icon](https://web.archive.org/web/20221004032713/https://help.kite.com/article/117-menu-bar-icon). 

If you don't have the menu bar icon shown, you can manually close all the [Kite processes]

[Kite processes](https://web.archive.org/web/20221004032713/https://help.kite.com/article/54-the-kite-processes)

Run uninstaller

On macOS, drag Kite.app from your Applications folder to the trash.

On Windows, you can uninstall Kite using the Add or Remove Programs tool.

On Linux, run the uninstaller located at

~/.local/share/kite/uninstall

Remove Kite data

Finally, you can remove the local Kite data and preferences stored on your system.

On macOS and Linux, run the terminal command

rm -rf ~/.kite 

On Windows, remove the directory

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Kite 

Last updated on March 16, 2021

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