Uninstall DC Local or DC Local Server Mode

To fully uninstall DC Local or DC Local Server:

• Uninstall the app
• Delete the app-related data

Uninstalling DC Local

Switching to Plauti Desktop

If you are uninstalling DC Local because of the switch to Plauti Desktop, first copy your DC Local settings:

1. Go to C:\Users\\plauti\dclocal\config (Windows) or Users\\plauti\dclocal\config (Mac)

2. Copy and save the app.properties file

This way you can easily configure Plauti Desktop to be set up the same way as DC Local.

Uninstalling DC Local from Windows

1. On your Windows machine, go to Start > Settings > Apps > Installed Apps

2. Find Duplicate Check Local in the list of installed apps

3. At right, click the three-dot icon … and select Uninstall

4. Once the app is uninstalled, go to C:\Users\\plauti\dclocal

5. Delete all DC Local data that you do not wish to retain from the folder

Uninstalling DC Local from macOS

1. On your Mac machine, go to the Applications folder

2. Find Duplicate Check Local.app in the list of applications

3. Rightclick the app and select Move to Bin

4. Once the app is removed, go to Users\\plauti\dclocal

5. Delete all DC Local data that you do not wish to retain from the folder

Uninstalling DC Local Server Mode

Switching to Plauti Server

If you are uninstalling DC Local Server because of the switch to Plauti Server, first copy your DC Local Server settings:

1. Find the configuration files in the plauti/dclocal\_server folder.

   Usually this folder is located in the root directory. If you changed the running user, find it in the user directory instead.
   Windows - Root
   c:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile\\plauti\\dclocal\_server
   Windows - User
   c:\\Users\\username\\plauti\\dclocal\_server
   Linux - Root
   /root/plauti/dclocal\_server
   Linux - User
   /home/username/plauti/dclocal\_server

2. Copy the configuration files to a different location for safekeeping, in particular the application.properties file.

This way you can easily configure Plauti Server to be set up the same way as DC Local Server.

Uninstalling DC Local Server from Windows

1. On your Windows machine, go to Start > Settings > Apps > Installed Apps

2. Find Duplicate Check Local Server in the list of installed apps

3. At right, click the three-dot icon … and select Uninstall

4. Once the app is uninstalled, go to the DC Local Server data folder. It is usually located at

   C:\Users\\plauti\dclocal_server or
   C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\plauti\dclocal_server

5. Delete all DC Local Server data that you do not wish to retain from the folder

Uninstalling DC Local Server from Linux

1. Stop the running service and disable it to prevent it from trying to start on boot.

2. Use your distribution's package manager to remove the application.

   • On Debian/Ubuntu:
     To remove the package and all its configuration files, use the purge command
   • On RHEL/CentOS/Fedora:
     Use dnf or yum to remove the package. This will also handle dependencies.