Manual Uninstall Guide

This guide walks you through removing Accessibility Agents from every platform, step by step. Use this if the automated uninstaller did not fully clean up, or if you prefer to remove things manually.

Quick automated uninstall

Before going manual, try the automated uninstaller first:

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Community-Access/accessibility-agents/main/uninstall.ps1 | iex

macOS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Community-Access/accessibility-agents/main/uninstall.sh | bash

If that did not fully clean up, follow the manual steps below for each platform you installed.

The automated scripts also write a summary or plan file by default:

Project scope: .a11y-agent-team-uninstall-summary.json or .a11y-agent-team-uninstall-plan.json
Global scope: the same file names under your home directory

Use --summary=... on shell scripts to change that location.

For PowerShell uninstall, use -SummaryPath <path>, --summary <path>, or --summary=.... The spaced form is the safest option for absolute Windows paths such as C:\temp\uninstall-summary.json.

How to tell what was installed

Check the manifest file that the installer creates:

Project install: .claude/.a11y-agent-manifest in your project directory
Global install: ~/.claude/.a11y-agent-manifest (or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\.a11y-agent-manifest on Windows)

Each line tells you what was installed:

Prefix	Meaning
`agents/`	Claude Code agent file
`copilot-agents/`	Copilot agent file
`copilot-config/`	Copilot config file (copilot-instructions.md, etc.)
`copilot-skills/`	Copilot skill file
`copilot-instructions/`	Copilot instruction file
`copilot-prompts/`	Copilot prompt file
`copilot-global/central-store`	Copilot agents installed globally to VS Code profiles
`codex/project` or `codex/global`	Codex CLI was installed
`gemini/project` or `gemini/global`	Gemini CLI was installed
`scope:project` or `scope:global`	Whether this was a project or global install

If the manifest is missing, that is okay. Follow all the sections below that apply to your setup.

1. Claude Code agents

Claude Code agents live in a .claude/agents/ folder.

Project install

# From your project root:
rm -rf .claude/agents/*.md
rm -f .claude/.a11y-agent-manifest
rm -f .claude/.a11y-agent-team-version

On Windows:

Remove-Item .claude\agents\*.md -Force
Remove-Item .claude\.a11y-agent-manifest -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item .claude\.a11y-agent-team-version -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Global install

rm -rf ~/.claude/agents/*.md
rm -f ~/.claude/.a11y-agent-manifest
rm -f ~/.claude/.a11y-agent-team-version

On Windows:

Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\agents\*.md" -Force
Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\.a11y-agent-manifest" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\.a11y-agent-team-version" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

How to verify: Open Claude Code and type /agents. You should see no accessibility agents listed.

2. GitHub Copilot agents (VS Code)

Copilot agents can be in two places depending on whether you did a project or global install.

Project install

Agent files, config files, and asset directories live under .github/ in your project:

# Remove agent files
rm -f .github/agents/*.agent.md

# Remove config files (ONLY if they contain just our content)
# Check each file first. If you see ONLY content between
# "<!-- a11y-agent-team: start -->" and "<!-- a11y-agent-team: end -->"
# markers, delete the whole file. If you have your own content too,
# just delete the lines between those two markers (inclusive).
cat .github/copilot-instructions.md
cat .github/copilot-review-instructions.md
cat .github/copilot-commit-message-instructions.md

# Remove asset directories
rm -rf .github/skills/
rm -rf .github/instructions/
rm -rf .github/prompts/

On Windows:

Remove-Item .github\agents\*.agent.md -Force

# Check and remove config files (see note above about section markers)
Get-Content .github\copilot-instructions.md
Remove-Item .github\copilot-instructions.md -Force
Remove-Item .github\copilot-review-instructions.md -Force
Remove-Item .github\copilot-commit-message-instructions.md -Force

Remove-Item .github\skills -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item .github\instructions -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item .github\prompts -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Global install

Global Copilot agents are stored in two places:

Central store: ~/.a11y-agent-team/
VS Code profiles: Inside each detected VS Code User/prompts/ folder for stable and/or insiders

Remove the central store

rm -rf ~/.a11y-agent-team/

On Windows:

Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.a11y-agent-team" -Recurse -Force

Remove from VS Code profiles

Find your VS Code User folder:

OS	VS Code Stable	VS Code Insiders
Windows	`%APPDATA%\Code\User\`	`%APPDATA%\Code - Insiders\User\`
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/`	`~/Library/Application Support/Code - Insiders/User/`

In each profile folder:

# Remove agent, prompt, and instruction files
rm -f prompts/*.agent.md
rm -f prompts/*.prompt.md
rm -f prompts/*.instructions.md

# Remove asset subdirectories
rm -rf prompts/skills/
rm -rf prompts/instructions/

On Windows (example for VS Code Insiders):

$Profile = "$env:APPDATA\Code - Insiders\User"
Remove-Item "$Profile\prompts\*.agent.md" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$Profile\prompts\*.prompt.md" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$Profile\prompts\*.instructions.md" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$Profile\prompts\skills" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$Profile\prompts\instructions" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Restore VS Code settings

The installer may have added chat.agentFilesLocations to your VS Code settings. To remove it:

Open VS Code
Press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P on Mac)
Type "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)"
Find and remove this block:

"chat.agentFilesLocations": {
    ".github/agents": true,
    ".claude/agents": false
}

Remove the `a11y-copilot-init` command

If you installed globally on macOS, the installer added a11y-copilot-init to your PATH. Remove these lines from your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc:

# Accessibility Agents - Copilot init command
export PATH="$HOME/.a11y-agent-team:$PATH"

Then reload your shell: source ~/.zshrc (or ~/.bashrc).

How to verify: In VS Code, open Copilot Chat and type @. You should not see any accessibility agents.

3. Codex CLI

Codex CLI support is a section inside an AGENTS.md file.

Project install

# If .codex/AGENTS.md contains ONLY our content, delete it:
rm -f .codex/AGENTS.md
rmdir .codex 2>/dev/null

# If it has your own content too, edit it and remove everything between:
# <!-- a11y-agent-team: start -->
# ... (our content) ...
# <!-- a11y-agent-team: end -->

Global install

# Same approach but in your home directory:
rm -f ~/.codex/AGENTS.md
rmdir ~/.codex 2>/dev/null

On Windows:

Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\AGENTS.md" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

How to verify: Run codex "Build a login form" and confirm no accessibility rules are mentioned.

4. Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI support is an extension folder.

Project install

rm -rf .gemini/extensions/a11y-agents/
# Clean up empty parent dirs
rmdir .gemini/extensions 2>/dev/null
rmdir .gemini 2>/dev/null

Global install

rm -rf ~/.gemini/extensions/a11y-agents/
rmdir ~/.gemini/extensions 2>/dev/null

On Windows:

Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.gemini\extensions\a11y-agents" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

How to verify: Run gemini "Build a login form" and confirm no accessibility skills are loaded.

5. Auto-updates

If you enabled auto-updates during global install, they need to be removed too.

Windows

# Remove the scheduled task
Unregister-ScheduledTask -TaskName "A11yAgentTeamUpdate" -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

# Remove update files
Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\.a11y-agent-team-update.ps1" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\.a11y-agent-team-update.log" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\.a11y-agent-team-repo" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

macOS

# Remove the LaunchAgent
launchctl bootout "gui/$(id -u)" ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.community-access.accessibility-agents-update.plist 2>/dev/null
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.community-access.accessibility-agents-update.plist

# Remove update files
rm -f ~/.claude/.a11y-agent-team-update.sh
rm -f ~/.claude/.a11y-agent-team-update.log
rm -rf ~/.claude/.a11y-agent-team-repo

6. Final cleanup

After removing everything above:

Restart Claude Code, VS Code, and any open terminals
Verify agents are gone by checking each tool's agent/extension list
Delete empty directories left behind (.claude/agents/, .github/agents/, .codex/, .gemini/)

If you still see agents after restarting, check that you removed files from the correct location (project vs global). The manifest file (if it existed) tells you which scope was used.

Need help?

If you run into any trouble:

Open an issue: github.com/Community-Access/accessibility-agents/issues
Include your OS, which platforms you installed (Claude/Copilot/Codex/Gemini), and whether it was project or global

We are happy to help and sorry for any inconvenience.

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Manual Uninstall Guide

Quick automated uninstall

How to tell what was installed

1. Claude Code agents

Project install

Global install

2. GitHub Copilot agents (VS Code)

Project install

Global install

Remove the central store

Remove from VS Code profiles

Restore VS Code settings

Remove the `a11y-copilot-init` command

3. Codex CLI

Project install

Global install

4. Gemini CLI

Project install

Global install

5. Auto-updates

Windows

macOS

6. Final cleanup

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Manual Uninstall Guide

Quick automated uninstall

How to tell what was installed

1. Claude Code agents

Project install

Global install

2. GitHub Copilot agents (VS Code)

Project install

Global install

Remove the central store

Remove from VS Code profiles

Restore VS Code settings

Remove the a11y-copilot-init command

3. Codex CLI

Project install

Global install

4. Gemini CLI

Project install

Global install

5. Auto-updates

Windows

macOS

6. Final cleanup

Need help?

Remove the `a11y-copilot-init` command