element-hq / element-hq/element-web

Authentication data not being deleted after uninstall (windows)

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A-Authentication A-Electron O-Occasional S-Minor T-Defect
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Where are you starting? What can you see?
I am installing element after having uninstalled it in windows 11
3. What do you click?
Element Setup.exe
5. More steps…

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
I expected that an uninstall would delete all the application data and the login screen would pop up after a fresh install.
#### What happened instead?
The account logged in before uninstalling was still there.

### Operating system

Windows 11

### Application version

Version von Element: 1.11.75 Krypto-Version: Rust SDK 0.7.1 (c8c9d15), Vodozemac 0.6.0

### How did you install the app?

from https://element.io

### Homeserver

Synapse v1.112.0

### Will you send logs?

No

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