Removing Orbstack?

[FanaHOVA]

I downloaded the Application directly on MacOS to try it out. I've since deleted it, but I just tried starting a Docker project, and I get an error that there's no Orbstack deamon, but I have no Orbstack installed anywhere:

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///Users/XXX/.orbstack/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?

What exactly did it change in my system and how can I remove it?

[FanaHOVA]

I now saw that I had to use docker context use default to fix it. It'd be good for Orbstack to do it automatically instead of leaving a broken env behind, or maybe have an "Uninstall" section in your docs. I eventually found this under "Installing".

[kdrag0n]

Yes, there's an uninstallation section on the "Install" page and it's also linked from the FAQ.

We do plan to implement automatic Docker context cleanup if possible, but it's very tricky with the standard macOS uninstall flow of dragging the app to the Trash.

Quick question: curious to know why you uninstalled OrbStack? Would love to know what we can do better.

[FanaHOVA]

Nothing wrong with it, but for my setup it wasn’t any faster, and I try to remove any dependencies that aren’t really needed. I’m probably not the target audience, but ran across it and wanted to give it a shot :)

[kdrag0n]

Got it, thanks for taking the time to share!

[Diluka]

How can I remove it?

[kdrag0n]

Use docker context commands to remove contexts.

[abraaoz]

Use docker context commands to remove contexts.

specifically:

docker context rm orbstack

[RadTechDad]

It should probably be mentioned as well that Orbstack changes the symlinks to the docker commands, so when uninstalling it, you'll have to fix them. For me, I restarted Docker Desktop, and it gave me a warning that symlinks were broken. It then gave me an option to repair them.

[clebuchegger]

this is still valid unfortunately

[iprokhorov]

No matter what I do, it remains after uninstallation—it's starting to get annoying.

igor@MyMac  ~/.orbstack/run  ls -l /var/run/docker.sock
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root daemon 46 6 Feb 22:52 /var/run/docker.sock -> /Users/igor/.orbstack/run/docker.sock

[searls]

Pretty shocked that an install script as involved as OrbStack's doesn't ship with any way to undo the clutter it unleashes. I didn't have docker or kubernetes installed prior to having OrbStack, but even if I delete the app and wipe the directories in the (insufficient) install docs, more stuff remains

The worst offenders are undoubtedly these binary symlinks, which I'm sure will cause people no end of confusion if they later install some other docker/kubes stuff via homebrew (which lands in /opt)

$ ls -alt /usr/local/bin | grep OrbStack
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   54 Jul  6 08:54 kubectl -> /Applications/OrbStack.app/Contents/MacOS/xbin/kubectl
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   76 Jul  6 08:54 docker-credential-osxkeychain -> /Applications/OrbStack.app/Contents/MacOS/xbin/docker-credential-osxkeychain
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   61 Jul  6 08:54 docker-compose -> /Applications/OrbStack.app/Contents/MacOS/xbin/docker-compose
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   53 Jul  6 08:54 docker -> /Applications/OrbStack.app/Contents/MacOS/xbin/docker
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   49 Jul  6 08:54 orb -> /Applications/OrbStack.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/orb
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   52 Jul  6 08:54 orbctl -> /Applications/OrbStack.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/orbctl

[petri]

Damn I wish I had never tried orbstack now...
Does orbstack also install some networking components? e.g. a local bridge or such that should be later removed?