diff --git a/browse/src/cli.ts b/browse/src/cli.ts
index f5129547..ae287515 100644
--- a/browse/src/cli.ts
+++ b/browse/src/cli.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { safeUnlink, safeKill, isProcessAlive } from './error-handling';
+import { safeUnlink, safeUnlinkQuiet, safeKill, isProcessAlive } from './error-handling';
 import { resolveConfig, ensureStateDir, readVersionHash } from './config';
 
 const config = resolveConfig();
@@ -812,11 +812,11 @@ Refs:           After 'snapshot', use @e1, @e2... as selectors:
 
     // Clean up Chromium profile locks (can persist after crashes)
     for (const lockFile of ['SingletonLock', 'SingletonSocket', 'SingletonCookie']) {
-      safeUnlink(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
+      safeUnlinkQuiet(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
     }
 
     // Delete stale state file
-    safeUnlink(config.stateFile);
+    safeUnlinkQuiet(config.stateFile);
 
     console.log('Launching headed Chromium with extension + sidebar agent...');
     try {
@@ -945,9 +945,9 @@ Refs:           After 'snapshot', use @e1, @e2... as selectors:
     // Clean profile locks and state file
     const profileDir = path.join(process.env.HOME || '/tmp', '.gstack', 'chromium-profile');
     for (const lockFile of ['SingletonLock', 'SingletonSocket', 'SingletonCookie']) {
-      safeUnlink(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
+      safeUnlinkQuiet(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
     }
-    safeUnlink(config.stateFile);
+    safeUnlinkQuiet(config.stateFile);
     console.log('Disconnected (server was unresponsive — force cleaned).');
     process.exit(0);
   }
diff --git a/browse/src/server.ts b/browse/src/server.ts
index 4f97afb9..c370ecc7 100644
--- a/browse/src/server.ts
+++ b/browse/src/server.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { emitActivity, subscribe, getActivityAfter, getActivityHistory, getSubsc
 import { inspectElement, modifyStyle, resetModifications, getModificationHistory, detachSession, type InspectorResult } from './cdp-inspector';
 // Bun.spawn used instead of child_process.spawn (compiled bun binaries
 // fail posix_spawn on all executables including /bin/bash)
-import { safeUnlink, safeKill } from './error-handling';
+import { safeUnlink, safeUnlinkQuiet, safeKill } from './error-handling';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as net from 'net';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -1188,11 +1188,11 @@ async function shutdown() {
   // Clean up Chromium profile locks (prevent SingletonLock on next launch)
   const profileDir = path.join(process.env.HOME || '/tmp', '.gstack', 'chromium-profile');
   for (const lockFile of ['SingletonLock', 'SingletonSocket', 'SingletonCookie']) {
-    safeUnlink(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
+    safeUnlinkQuiet(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
   }
 
   // Clean up state file
-  safeUnlink(config.stateFile);
+  safeUnlinkQuiet(config.stateFile);
 
   process.exit(0);
 }
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ process.on('SIGINT', shutdown);
 // Defense-in-depth — primary cleanup is the CLI's stale-state detection via health check.
 if (process.platform === 'win32') {
   process.on('exit', () => {
-    safeUnlink(config.stateFile);
+    safeUnlinkQuiet(config.stateFile);
   });
 }
 
@@ -1223,9 +1223,9 @@ function emergencyCleanup() {
   // Clean Chromium profile locks
   const profileDir = path.join(process.env.HOME || '/tmp', '.gstack', 'chromium-profile');
   for (const lockFile of ['SingletonLock', 'SingletonSocket', 'SingletonCookie']) {
-    safeUnlink(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
+    safeUnlinkQuiet(path.join(profileDir, lockFile));
   }
-  safeUnlink(config.stateFile);
+  safeUnlinkQuiet(config.stateFile);
 }
 process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
   console.error('[browse] FATAL uncaught exception:', err.message);