I need a way of reinstalling openclaw without loosing anything just reinstall the main files

[night gyro]

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[tepid basalt]

it's installed globally via npm, the runtime is at /usr/lib/node_modules/openclaw/ and your data is entirely in ~/.openclaw/. They're completely separate.

To reinstall just the main files without touching any of your data:

sudo npm install -g openclaw@latest

That overwrites only the package files in /usr/lib/node_modules/openclaw/. Everything in ~/.openclaw/ - your config, crons, sessions, agents, credentials, memory - is untouched.

If you want to reinstall the current version specifically:
sudo npm install -g openclaw@2026.4.22

Or to force a clean reinstall:
sudo npm uninstall -g openclaw && sudo npm install -g openclaw@latest

The uninstall only removes /usr/lib/node_modules/openclaw/ and the symlink. ~/.openclaw/ is never touched.

What's prompting the reinstall, something specific acting up?

[timber narwhal]

a few things. It cant search online and packages are missing

I'm on windows. Ive already ran the install command to get things to reinstall

[tepid basalt]

so your using WSL?

[timber narwhal]

So I guess I need to uninstall and reinstall