Uninstall ZVM

ZVM stores its binary, installed Zig versions, aliases, and settings under $HOME/.zvm on Unix-like systems and $HOME\.zvm on Windows. Remove the installer-managed shell configuration before deleting that directory.

Linux, BSD, macOS, and other Unix-like systems

The installer adds a block beginning with # ZVM to one shell startup file:

• Fish: ~/.config/fish/config.fish
• Zsh: ~/.zshenv, ~/.zprofile, or ~/.zshrc
• Other shells: ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile

Remove that entire block, including ZVM_INSTALL and the lines that add $HOME/.zvm/bin and $ZVM_INSTALL to PATH. Then remove ZVM:

rm -rf "$HOME/.zvm"

Close and reopen your terminal to clear the old environment values.

Windows PowerShell

Run this in PowerShell to remove the user-level environment entries and ZVM:

$ZvmPaths = @(
    "$HOME\.zvm\self"
    "$HOME\.zvm\bin"
)

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(
    "ZVM_INSTALL",
    $null,
    [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
)

$UserPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable(
    "Path",
    [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
) -split ";" | Where-Object {
    $_ -and $_.TrimEnd("\") -notin $ZvmPaths
}

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(
    "Path",
    $UserPath -join ";",
    [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
)

Remove-Item Env:ZVM_INSTALL -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$env:Path = (($env:Path -split ";") | Where-Object {
    $_ -and $_.TrimEnd("\") -notin $ZvmPaths
}) -join ";"

Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$HOME\.zvm"

Restart open terminals and editors so they inherit the updated environment.