How To Uninstall YACL Safely

Check Dependents First

Before deleting anything, work out which installed mods require the library. Mod pages list it as a dependency, and launchers often show dependency information per mod in their interfaces.

The error route works too, but backwards: remove the file and the game will name every mod that needed it. Better to know beforehand, using the same checks as the YACL troubleshooting guide, and decide whether those mods stay or go.

Key points:

• List mods that declare the library as a dependency
• Decide which of those mods you are also removing
• Back up the config folder before changing anything

Removing The File

Quit the game completely, then move the library file out of the mods folder rather than deleting it outright. Moving keeps the removal reversible for the first test launch, which is when surprises appear.

Launch the game and read any dependency message carefully. It names the mods that still expect the library, and those mods are your real decision list.

What Happens To Dependent Mods

A mod that requires the library will not load without it. The game either stops with a dependency message or disables the mod, depending on the loader and how the requirement is declared.

Nothing is damaged by this. Restoring the library file, or removing the dependent mods as well, returns the setup to a launchable state. The mod compatibility guide explains how these requirements are declared.

Cleaning Up Leftover Settings

Removing the library does not delete configuration files, including its dependents files, which stay in the config folder. Leaving them is harmless and makes reinstalling painless, since your tuned values return with the mods.

Delete them only when you are removing the mods for good and want a tidy folder. Even then, a dated backup copy costs nothing and preserves hours of tuning.

Reinstalling Later Without Drama

Reinstalling is just installation again: download the build matched to your Minecraft version and loader, return it to the mods folder, and launch. If you kept the settings files, dependent mods pick up where they left off.

Version discipline matters more the second time, because your mod list has moved on. Match the library build to the current setup, not to the version you removed months ago.

Final Verification After Removal

After the test launch succeeds, open a world copy rather than your main world for the first real session. Mods that depended on the library may have added blocks, items, or data that the world notices are missing, and a copy lets you see those warnings without committing to them.

Once a session on the copy runs cleanly, the removal is done and the main world is safe to open. Yet Another Config can always return later; uninstalling carefully is what keeps that return optional instead of forced.