diff --git a/hermes_cli/subcommands/uninstall.py b/hermes_cli/subcommands/uninstall.py
index 1250af3e04d..f746a8906a6 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/subcommands/uninstall.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/subcommands/uninstall.py
@@ -38,4 +38,9 @@ def build_uninstall_parser(subparsers, *, cmd_uninstall: Callable) -> None:
     uninstall_parser.add_argument(
         "--yes", "-y", action="store_true", help="Skip confirmation prompts"
     )
+    uninstall_parser.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Print what uninstall would remove without changing anything",
+    )
     uninstall_parser.set_defaults(func=cmd_uninstall)
diff --git a/hermes_cli/uninstall.py b/hermes_cli/uninstall.py
index 9b53500734b..6832d3d5607 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/uninstall.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/uninstall.py
@@ -575,6 +575,14 @@ def run_uninstall(args):
     project_root = get_project_root()
     hermes_home = get_hermes_home()
 
+    if bool(getattr(args, "dry_run", False)):
+        _print_uninstall_dry_run(
+            project_root=project_root,
+            hermes_home=hermes_home,
+            full_uninstall=bool(getattr(args, "full", False)),
+        )
+        return
+
     # Detect named profiles when uninstalling from the default root —
     # offer to clean them up too instead of leaving zombie HERMES_HOMEs
     # and systemd units behind.
@@ -704,6 +712,30 @@ def run_uninstall(args):
     )
 
 
+def _print_uninstall_dry_run(*, project_root: Path, hermes_home: Path, full_uninstall: bool) -> None:
+    """Print the uninstall plan without stopping services or deleting files."""
+    print()
+    print(color("Dry run: no files, services, or environment entries will be changed.", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD))
+    print()
+    print(color("Would inspect/remove:", Colors.YELLOW, Colors.BOLD))
+    print("  • Gateway services and standalone gateway processes")
+    print("  • Hermes PATH entries from shell configs / Windows User PATH")
+    print("  • Hermes wrapper scripts and Hermes-managed node/npm/npx symlinks")
+    print("  • Desktop Chat GUI artifacts")
+    print(f"  • Code checkout: {project_root}")
+    if full_uninstall:
+        print(f"  • Hermes config/data: {hermes_home}")
+        if _is_default_hermes_home(hermes_home):
+            profiles = _discover_named_profiles()
+            if profiles:
+                print("  • Named profiles (interactive uninstall asks before removing):")
+                for prof in profiles:
+                    print(f"    - {prof.name}: {prof.path}")
+    else:
+        print(f"  • Keep Hermes config/data: {hermes_home}")
+    print()
+
+
 def _perform_uninstall(
     *,
     project_root: Path,
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_uninstall_dry_run.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_uninstall_dry_run.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec74c8e5c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_uninstall_dry_run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from hermes_cli import uninstall
+
+
+def test_dry_run_prints_plan_without_mutating(monkeypatch, tmp_path, capsys):
+    project_root = tmp_path / "hermes-agent"
+    hermes_home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+    project_root.mkdir()
+    hermes_home.mkdir()
+    (hermes_home / "config.yaml").write_text("model: {}\n")
+
+    called = False
+
+    def _fail_if_called(**kwargs):
+        nonlocal called
+        called = True
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(uninstall, "get_project_root", lambda: project_root)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(uninstall, "get_hermes_home", lambda: hermes_home)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(uninstall, "_is_default_hermes_home", lambda home: False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(uninstall, "_discover_named_profiles", lambda: [])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(uninstall, "_perform_uninstall", _fail_if_called)
+
+    uninstall.run_uninstall(SimpleNamespace(dry_run=True, yes=True, full=True))
+
+    output = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert called is False
+    assert "Dry run" in output
+    assert str(project_root) in output
+    assert str(hermes_home) in output
+    assert project_root.exists()
+    assert hermes_home.exists()
+
+
+def test_build_uninstall_parser_accepts_dry_run():
+    import argparse
+    from hermes_cli.subcommands.uninstall import build_uninstall_parser
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command")
+    build_uninstall_parser(subparsers, cmd_uninstall=lambda args: args)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args(["uninstall", "--dry-run", "--full"])
+
+    assert args.dry_run is True
+    assert args.full is True