Uninstall DC Local or DC Local Server Mode

Last published at: July 18th, 2025

To fully uninstall DC Local or DC Local Server:

  • Uninstall the app
  • Delete the app-related data

Uninstalling 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\<your-username>\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\<your-username>\plauti\dclocal
  5. Delete all DC Local data that you do not wish to retain from the folder

Uninstalling DC Local Server Mode

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\<your-username>\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.