[FEATURE] Clean Claude VM Bundle

[senthilnayagam]

Add support in Mole to detect and remove the Claude Desktop VM bundle
(claudevm.bundle) when cleaning Claude-related files on macOS.

Claude Desktop installs a local sandbox virtual machine used for tool
execution and code environments. This VM is stored as a bundle in the
user's Library folder and can consume 10--12 GB of disk space.

Currently, when Claude Desktop is removed from macOS, this VM bundle
remains on disk.

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Use case

Users uninstalling Claude Desktop expect the system to reclaim all disk
space used by the application. However, the following folder remains
after uninstall:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/vm_bundles/claudevm.bundle

This folder contains the sandbox VM image and can take around 12 GB of
disk space.

Since this location is inside the hidden Library directory, many users
are unaware that it remains on their system.

Adding support for cleaning this folder would allow Mole to provide a
complete cleanup experience.

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Proposed solution

When Mole detects that Claude Desktop was installed, it could also check
for the following directory:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/vm_bundles/claudevm.bundle

If present, Mole could offer an optional cleanup item such as:

Claude Desktop
✓ Remove Application
✓ Remove Preferences
✓ Remove Cache
✓ Remove Claude VM bundle (~12 GB)

This would allow users to easily remove the leftover VM image and
reclaim disk space.

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Alternatives considered

Currently the only workaround is manual deletion:

rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/vm_bundles/claudevm.bundle

However, this requires users to: - Know the folder exists - Navigate to
hidden Library directories - Manually remove it

Integrating this cleanup into Mole would simplify the process and reduce
confusion.

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Additional context

Example leftover directory:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/vm_bundles/claudevm.bundle

Typical disk usage:

10–12 GB

This bundle contains the virtual machine used by Claude Desktop for
sandboxed tool execution. When the app is removed, the VM bundle remains
unless manually deleted.

Including this in Mole's cleanup options would help users fully reclaim
disk space after uninstalling Claude Desktop.

[tw93]

@senthilnayagam Thanks for reporting this.

I’ve fixed this in the latest nightly. You can update with mo update --nightly and try again.

Mole now treats claudevm.bundle as orphaned leftover data, not normal cache, so it will be cleaned only when Claude Desktop is no longer installed or running.