Windows Instructions

The AnythingLLM Desktop application is currently in a public beta. To download the application for your operating system go to https://useanything.com/download

The beta application is unsigned! Your internet browser may need you to verify you want to download and run the AnythingLLM Desktop app since it may be marked as "untrusted" depending on your security settings.

After downloading the windows exe installer for AnythingLLM, you can double-click the installer and it will display the installation process.

Since the application is unsigned. Native windows defender will want to ensure you mean to execute this application. Click on "more details" and the "Run anyway" button will be visible.

this alert is temporary until the application signing process is completed on our end.

After which, now the regular installer can run to install AnythingLLM Desktop!

Click on the application to boot up AnythingLLM! You are done with installation.


Uninstalling the Windows application

You should find the uninstall executable in /Users/{user}/AppData/Local/Programs/AnythingLLM or /Users/{user}/AppData/Local/Programs/anythingllm-desktop


Clear data from previous installations

To completely clear all application data from your system like your local database, documents, and vector cache you can delete the folder located in /Users/{user}/AppData/Roaming/anythingllm-desktop/storage You can delete the entire /Users/{user}/AppData/Roaming/anythingllm-desktop folder or just the storage folder to reset your install.


Updating your application

As new releases are made available, you can simply download the latest exe from the beta download page and then re-install over the existing AnythingLLM application. This will persist your data, but allow you to use the latest version of the software.

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