Source: https://guides.edgible.com/guides/openclaw-on-edgible/09-openclaw-teardown.md Last updated: 2026-08-30 # 9. Tear down OpenClaw **Remove OpenClaw and its hostname without breaking the other guides on this VM.** ## 9.0 Why This guest is probably shared: it may still be serving [n8n on Edgible](../n8n-on-edgible/README.md) and [LLM on Edgible](../llm-on-edgible/README.md). Uninstalling the serving agent, deleting every app and dropping Hello World would break guides you have not finished. The default here is OpenClaw only: Telegram / WhatsApp, `openclaw-ui`, the Gateway, and optionally `~/.openclaw`. Do not switch the Control UI hostname to `None` on the way out to check something. Delete the app instead. **Where you run this:** `openclaw` and `edgible` on the **Ubuntu guest**; Automations in **Control UI**; BotFather in the **Telegram app**; the final check in a **phone browser on cellular**. ## 9.1 The job You disable the chat clients, delete the `openclaw-ui` app, stop the Gateway, and optionally wipe OpenClaw’s config. Cellular `openclaw-ui` should fail. `hello-world` (and n8n / ollama apps) still load if you left them. **Done when** - `edgible app list` has no `openclaw-ui`. - `ss -ltnp | grep 18789` is empty; nothing listens on `18789`. - Phone `openclaw-ui` URL does not chat (cert gone or connection fails). - Telegram bot does not reply (disabled / token revoked). WhatsApp unlinked if you had it. - n8n / `n8n-hooks` / `ollama` still listed if you had created them. - `hello-world` still loads unless you chose 9.7. - Port `18789` is not forwarded. **Need first:** You finished enough of this series that OpenClaw exists (at least [chapter 1](01-openclaw-on-the-box.md)). Skip steps for things you never installed. **Not this chapter:** deleting the Ubuntu VM, `edgible auth logout` (keeps the CLI off this box), or publishing anything new. ## 9.2 Stop jobs and chat clients (Ubuntu VM) ACP sessions and site crons keep running until you stop them. ```bash # Control UI or CLI: close Cursor ACP sessions if any # openclaw /acp close (from a chat that still works) ``` In Control UI → **Automations**, delete hourly Hello World / On this day jobs ([chapter 3](03-openclaw-changes-edgible-site.md) / [chapter 7](07-cursor-agent.md)). Telegram ([chapter 5](05-telegram-pocket-client.md)), on the Gateway host: ```bash openclaw config set channels.telegram.enabled false openclaw config unset channels.telegram.botToken openclaw gateway restart ``` In Telegram: **@BotFather** → your bot → **API Token** → **Revoke** if you will not use that bot again. WhatsApp ([chapter 6](06-whatsapp-pocket-client.md)): ```bash openclaw channels logout --channel whatsapp openclaw gateway restart ``` ## 9.3 Delete the Control UI app Closes `https://openclaw-ui..edgible.com`. Gateway can still be up on loopback until 9.4. ```bash edgible app list edgible app delete --name openclaw-ui edgible app list ``` **Smoke test.** You want `openclaw-ui` gone. `hello-world` (and n8n / ollama) still there. Never `None` on `18789` on the way out. Delete the app; do not “make it public then remove it.” ## 9.4 Stop the Gateway ```bash openclaw gateway stop openclaw gateway uninstall ss -ltnp | grep 18789 ``` Empty `ss` is success. If `uninstall` is unknown, `openclaw gateway stop` is enough; then `systemctl --user list-units | grep -i openclaw` and disable whatever is left. Optional: turn off linger if you enabled it only for this Gateway: ```bash sudo loginctl disable-linger "$USER" ``` ## 9.5 Optional: skill and config wipe Remove the `edgible` skill ([chapter 4](04-edgible-openclaw-skill.md)): ```bash openclaw skills list openclaw skills uninstall edgible ``` If `uninstall` is missing, stop the Gateway first, then delete the `edgible` folder under `~/.openclaw` (skills / workspace). Do not delete the whole `~/.openclaw` unless you mean 9.6. ## 9.6 Optional: full OpenClaw wipe This removes keys in `~/.openclaw/.env` (Gemini, DeepSeek, …) from this VM. Revoke those keys in the provider consoles if they leaked or you are done with them. ```bash rm -rf ~/.openclaw ``` The `openclaw` binary may still be on PATH (installer / nvm). Remove it only if you will not reinstall: follow OpenClaw’s uninstall docs for this install, or delete the npm/nvm copy you used in [chapter 1](01-openclaw-on-the-box.md). ## 9.7 Optional: Hello World too Only if you also want the shared public page gone. Skip this if n8n or LLM-on-Edgible still uses this VM. ```bash edgible app delete --name hello-world docker stop hello-world && docker rm hello-world ``` Leave `~/hello-world` on disk unless you want that HTML gone too. Do not `edgible agent uninstall` here. That serving agent is still what [n8n on Edgible](../n8n-on-edgible/README.md) (until [n8n teardown](../n8n-on-edgible/06-n8n-teardown.md)) and [LLM on Edgible](../llm-on-edgible/README.md) publish through. ### Verify - [ ] `edgible app list` has no `openclaw-ui`. - [ ] `ss -ltnp | grep 18789` is empty; nothing listens on `18789`. - [ ] Phone `openclaw-ui` URL does not chat (cert gone or connection fails). - [ ] Telegram bot does not reply (disabled / token revoked). WhatsApp unlinked if you had it. - [ ] n8n / `n8n-hooks` / `ollama` still listed if you had created them. - [ ] `hello-world` still loads unless you chose 9.7. - [ ] Port `18789` is not forwarded. --- ## Next Series index: [README](README.md). Workflows: [n8n on Edgible](../n8n-on-edgible/README.md). Published model: [LLM on Edgible](../llm-on-edgible/README.md).