diff --git a/src/lib/actions/uninstall/run-plan.ts b/src/lib/actions/uninstall/run-plan.ts
index c99289bbeb..29b6f5ef75 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions/uninstall/run-plan.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions/uninstall/run-plan.ts
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ function executePlan(plan: UninstallPlan, paths: UninstallPaths, options: Uninst
       if (options.keepOpenShell) runtime.log("Keeping OpenShell binaries as requested.");
       else for (const target of paths.openshellInstallPaths) removeFileWithOptionalSudo(target, runtime);
       removePath(paths.nemoclawStateDir, runtime);
+      removePath(paths.gatewayLocalStateDir, runtime);
       removePath(paths.openshellConfigDir, runtime);
       removePath(paths.nemoclawConfigDir, runtime);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.test.ts b/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.test.ts
index 98fe073412..7027562bbf 100644
--- a/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.test.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,18 @@ describe("uninstall paths", () => {
     const paths = defaultUninstallPaths({ home: "/home/test" });
     expect(uninstallStatePaths(paths)).toEqual([
       path.join("/home/test", ".nemoclaw"),
+      path.join("/home/test", ".local", "state", "nemoclaw"),
       path.join("/home/test", ".config", "openshell"),
       path.join("/home/test", ".config", "nemoclaw"),
     ]);
   });
+  it("#3456: exposes the Linux Docker-driver gateway state dir so uninstall can clean it", () => {
+    // ~/.local/state/nemoclaw/ holds the openshell-gateway PID file, SQLite
+    // database, audit log, and vm-driver/ state. Documented as
+    // NEMOCLAW_OPENSHELL_GATEWAY_STATE_DIR in docs/reference/commands.md.
+    // Before this fix, uninstall left it behind (#3456 hulynn comment).
+    const paths = defaultUninstallPaths({ home: "/home/test" });
+    expect(paths.gatewayLocalStateDir).toBe(path.join("/home/test", ".local", "state", "nemoclaw"));
+    expect(uninstallStatePaths(paths)).toContain(path.join("/home/test", ".local", "state", "nemoclaw"));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.ts b/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.ts
index 2c46a3a3bb..32e8602ca3 100644
--- a/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.ts
+++ b/src/lib/domain/uninstall/paths.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface UninstallPaths {
   nemoclawConfigDir: string;
   nemoclawShimPath: string;
   nemoclawStateDir: string;
+  gatewayLocalStateDir: string;
   openshellConfigDir: string;
   openshellInstallPaths: string[];
   repoRoot: string;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export function defaultUninstallPaths(options: UninstallPathOptions): UninstallP
     nemoclawConfigDir: path.join(options.home, ".config", "nemoclaw"),
     nemoclawShimPath: path.join(options.home, ".local", "bin", "nemoclaw"),
     nemoclawStateDir: path.join(options.home, ".nemoclaw"),
+    gatewayLocalStateDir: path.join(options.home, ".local", "state", "nemoclaw"),
     openshellConfigDir: path.join(options.home, ".config", "openshell"),
     openshellInstallPaths: openshellInstallPathsForBinDirs(["/usr/local/bin", xdgBinHome]),
     repoRoot: options.repoRoot || path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", ".."),
@@ -73,6 +75,6 @@ export function defaultUninstallPaths(options: UninstallPathOptions): UninstallP
   };
 }
 
-export function uninstallStatePaths(paths: Pick<UninstallPaths, "nemoclawConfigDir" | "nemoclawStateDir" | "openshellConfigDir">): string[] {
-  return [paths.nemoclawStateDir, paths.openshellConfigDir, paths.nemoclawConfigDir];
+export function uninstallStatePaths(paths: Pick<UninstallPaths, "nemoclawConfigDir" | "nemoclawStateDir" | "openshellConfigDir" | "gatewayLocalStateDir">): string[] {
+  return [paths.nemoclawStateDir, paths.gatewayLocalStateDir, paths.openshellConfigDir, paths.nemoclawConfigDir];
 }