Uninstalling Kraken Client

There are two ways to uninstall Kraken. Follow whichever path you prefer.

Automated

You can uninstall Kraken automatically by simply re-installing RuneLite from:

https://runelite.net

This will overwrite any of Kraken's configuration and restore your game client to your standard RuneLite installation. Your plugins, settings, and configuration for RuneLite will remain even through a re-install of RuneLite.

Alternative

If you don't wish to re-install RuneLite, then you can run KrakenInstaller.exe (or KrakenSetup.jar on macOS). This will launch the same installer you used to set up Kraken originally. Click the "Uninstall" button to uninstall Kraken.

The uninstaller restores RuneLite's main class, removes KrakenSetup.jar from the classpath and deletes it, removes the -javaagent entry and --disable-telemetry, and clears the read-only flags on config.json and settings.json. It leaves the --add-opens/--add-exports lines in config.json; they are harmless and you can delete them by hand if you prefer.

Manually

The following instructions detail how to uninstall Kraken on both Windows and MacOS.

The Kraken installer marks config.json and settings.json read-only, so clear that first or your editor will refuse to save:

• Windows: right-click the file → Properties → untick Read-only
• macOS: chmod u+w /Applications/RuneLite.app/Contents/Resources/config.json

Windows

• Pressing Win + R typing: %localappdata%/RuneLite and hitting enter
• Open the config.json file in a text editor
• Replace it with the following:

{
  "classPath": [
    "RuneLite.jar"
  ],
  "mainClass": "net.runelite.launcher.Launcher",
  "vmArgs": [
    "-XX:+DisableAttachMechanism",
    "-Drunelite.launcher.nojvm\u003dtrue",
    "-Drunelite.launcher.blacklistedDlls\u003dRTSSHooks.dll,RTSSHooks64.dll,NahimicOSD.dll,NahimicMSIOSD.dll,Nahimic2OSD.dll,Nahimic2DevProps.dll,k_fps32.dll,k_fps64.dll,SS2DevProps.dll,SS2OSD.dll,GTIII-OSD64-GL.dll,GTIII-OSD64-VK.dll,GTIII-OSD64.dll",
    "-Xmx768m",
    "-Xss2m",
    "-XX:CompileThreshold\u003d1500"
  ]
}

• (Optional) Remove --disable-telemetry from clientArguments in settings.json
• (Optional) You can optionally remove the KrakenSetup.jar file

⚠️ Do NOT delete or modify RuneLite.jar, RuneLite.exe or any other files as this could corrupt your RuneLite installation

Mac

• Open /Applications/RuneLite.app/Contents/Resources/config.json in a text editor
• Replace the file's contents with

{
  "classPath": [
    "RuneLite.jar"
  ],
  "mainClass": "net.runelite.launcher.Launcher",
  "vmArgs": [
    "-XX:+DisableAttachMechanism",
    "-Drunelite.launcher.nojvm=true",
    "-Xmx768m",
    "-Xss2m",
    "-XX:CompileThreshold=1500",
    "--add-opens=java.desktop/com.apple.eawt=ALL-UNNAMED"
  ]
}

• (Optional) Remove --disable-telemetry from clientArguments in settings.json in the same folder
• (Optional) You can optionally remove the KrakenSetup.jar file from /Applications/RuneLite.app/Contents/Resources/KrakenSetup.jar

Fully Removing Kraken Settings

To fully remove Kraken's plugin settings, external repositories, cached client files, and local plugin data, perform the following tasks.

Windows

1. Open the local RuneLite directory, frequently located at C:\Users\<your-name>\.runelite
2. Delete the kraken directory

Mac

1. Open the local RuneLite directory, frequently located at ~/.runelite
2. Delete the kraken directory

The kraken directory holds everything Kraken stores outside the RuneLite install:

Path	Contents
creds_v3.json	Your Discord sign-in
krakenprefs.json	Kraken launcher settings
sideloaded-plugins/	Plugin JARs you sideloaded
external/repositories.txt	External plugin repositories you added (encrypted)
plugins/Profile/	Accounts saved by the Profiles plugin
mouse_data/	Recorded mouse gestures (API developers only)
logs/launcher.log	Kraken launcher logs