Uninstall

This removes Barely and puts Docker back the way it was before setup:

barely uninstall

It then asks whether to delete your images, containers, volumes, licence, logs and settings too, and says how much disk that frees. The answer is no unless you say yes.

To answer without being asked, for a script, delete them:

barely uninstall -purge

Or keep them:

barely uninstall -keep

Uninstall removes:

• the background service that runs the VM
• barely's own copies of its programs in ~/.barely/bin
• the DOCKER_HOST line setup added to your shell profile
• the barely Docker context, switching Docker back to the context you used before
• the /var/run/docker.sock link, if it still points at Barely. This asks for your password.

The barely command itself stays. If you installed it with Homebrew, remove it with:

brew uninstall barely

Questions

Do I lose my images if I uninstall?

Not unless you say so. Uninstall asks whether to delete your images, containers, volumes, licence, logs and settings too, and the answer is no unless you say yes.

Does Docker Desktop work again afterwards?

Yes. Uninstall switches Docker back to the context you used before, and removes the /var/run/docker.sock link if it still points at Barely.