How to Uninstall RescueTime

Windows

  1. Click on your Start menu and go to All Programs > RescueTime > Uninstall RescueTime.
  2.  Click on your Start menu again and select Control Panel. In the Control Panel window select Add or Remove Programs. Select RescueTime and click the Remove button.
  3. This will run the uninstall program which will remove the RescueTime application and all configuration settings from your computer.

OS X

  1. You must first exit RescueTime by clicking on the menu icon located at the top of your screen next to the clock and selecting Quit RescueTime.
  2. Once RescueTime has quit, you can remove RescueTime by going to your Applications folder and dragging the RescueTime.app icon to the Trash.
  3. Remove configuration files by deleting the RescueTime.com directory located at: Macintosh HD:[username]:Library:RescueTime.com
    1. The Library directory is hidden by default. If you cannot find the Library directory you can get to it by holding down the OPTION key while selecting Go from the Finder Menu and selecting "Library" from there.

Reinstall

If you need to re-install the application after the clean uninstall, follow these steps:

  1. Go to https://www.rescuetime.com/download
  2. Login using your RescueTime account credentials.
  3. Download and install the application. 

Please note: Uninstalling the client application does not cancel your account

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