Allow deleting/clearing old Remote Control sessions on mobile app

[zizishi]

When using Remote Control sessions from the mobile app, closed/finished sessions continue to appear in the session list even after they've been terminated on the computer. Over time, this creates a long list of stale sessions (Idle, Starting up, Ready for review, Archived) that makes it hard to identify which session is currently active.

Current behavior

• Old Remote Control sessions persist in the mobile app's session list indefinitely
• No visible option to delete or bulk-clear sessions on mobile (no swipe-to-delete, no long-press menu)
• The web interface (claude.ai/code) is a landing page with no session management
• The CLI has no sessions delete subcommand

Expected behavior

• Ability to delete individual sessions (e.g., swipe-to-delete or a menu option)
• Ability to bulk-delete/clear old sessions
• Ideally, automatically clean up sessions that have been idle/terminated for a long time

Platform

iOS (Claude mobile app)

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. Remote Control: ghost sessions persist after restart, no cleanup mechanism #40812
2. [FEATURE] Delete Claude Code sessions #13514
3. Unified sessions, settings & projects across Desktop, Mobile and CLI #42050

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[0xbrainkid]

The ability to delete or clear old Remote Control sessions from the mobile app is a session identity management need — as sessions accumulate over weeks/months, the list becomes cluttered with stale sessions that the user has long since abandoned.

From an agent identity and session management perspective, each Remote Control session represents a connection between a mobile device and a desktop environment. Stale sessions that no longer correspond to active desktop environments are orphaned references — they point to contexts that may not exist or may have changed significantly.

The three operations needed:

1. Delete individual session: Remove a session entry from the mobile session list. The underlying desktop environment is unaffected; this only removes the mobile's stored reference to it.

2. Archive/hide old sessions: Mark a session as inactive or archived so it does not appear in the main list but is recoverable if needed. Less destructive than delete.

3. Bulk cleanup: "Remove all sessions not seen in 30 days" or "Remove disconnected sessions."

Security consideration: Deleting a Remote Control session entry should also invalidate any stored credentials or tokens for that session. A deleted session should not be reactivatable by an attacker who has the session ID — the deletion should revoke the session on the server side, not just hide it in the UI.

Workaround currently: On desktop, claude --remote-control --sessions (or equivalent) may list and allow deletion of sessions. If this exists, documenting it as the current workaround would help users while the mobile UI is updated.

[github-actions]

Closing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.

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