{"found":true,"collection":"failure_modes","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/fm.incomplete-teardown-on-bot-delete","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"fm.incomplete-teardown-on-bot-delete","title":"Deleting a Bot leaves its logins and files behind on the shared computer","symptom":"The Bot, its conversation and its routines disappear, but the credentials and files it created remain reachable by every other Bot.","cause":"Deletion is scoped to the Bot record, not to the shared machine's state.","detection":"Requires manually inspecting the shared computer after deleting a Bot.","fix":"Treat teardown as a manual checklist: sign out of every site the Bot used, and remove its files from the shared computer yourself. Note that routine deletion is separately immediate and unrecoverable, and that deleting a Bot deletes the routines it owned.","severity":"medium","source_id":"src.tp.nervegna.designers-review","source_url":"https://nervegna.substack.com/p/grok-bot-for-designers-and-product","confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-03"}}