Halloy 2026.8

Uninstalling Halloy ​

Remove binary ​

Remove the Halloy executable via package manager, or from the install location selected after building from source.

macOS ​

For uninstalling installations from the following third party repositories in macOS

Homebrew ​

sh
brew uninstall --cask halloy

MacPorts ​

sh
sudo port uninstall halloy

Linux ​

For uninstalling installations from the following third party repositories in Linux

Flatpak ​

sh
flatpak uninstall org.squidowl.halloy

or

sh
flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.squidowl.halloy

to also remove all data stored by Halloy.

Snapcraft ​

sh
snap remove halloy

or

sh
snap remove --purge halloy

to also remove all data stored by Halloy.

Windows ​

Winget ​

sh
winget uninstall squidowl.halloy

Built from source ​

On modern POSIX shells, the command

sh
command -v halloy

will reveal the location of the Halloy executable, which can then be removed via rm.

Remove data ​

History, logs, and other state data ​

History, logs, and other state data is stored in the following locations:

  • Windows: %AppData%\Roaming\halloy
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/halloy or $HOME/.local/share/halloy
  • Linux: $XDG_DATA_HOME/halloy or $HOME/.local/share/halloy

Configuration and themes ​

Configuration (and associated files such as sounds) and themes are stored in the following locations:

  • Windows: %AppData%\halloy
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/halloy or $HOME/.config/halloy
  • Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/halloy or $HOME/.config/halloy