How to completely uninstall Android Studio on Mac?
Execute these commands in the terminal (excluding the lines with hashtags - they're comments):
# Deletes the Android Studio application
# Note that this may be different depending on what you named the application as, or whether you downloaded the preview version
rm -Rf /Applications/Android\ Studio.app
# Delete All Android Studio related preferences
# The asterisk here should target all folders/files beginning with the string before it
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/Google/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes the Android Studio's plist file
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.android.*
# Deletes the Android Emulator's plist file
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.android.*
# Deletes mainly plugins (or at least according to what mine (Edric) contains)
rm -Rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes all logs that Android Studio outputs
rm -Rf ~/Library/Logs/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Logs/Google/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes Android Studio's caches
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes older versions of Android Studio
rm -Rf ~/.AndroidStudio*
If you would like to delete all projects:
rm -Rf ~/AndroidStudioProjects
To remove gradle related files (caches & wrapper)
rm -Rf ~/.gradle
Use the below command to delete all Android Virtual Devices(AVDs) and keystores.
Note: This folder is used by other Android IDEs as well, so if you still using other IDE you may not want to delete this folder)
rm -Rf ~/.android
To delete Android SDK tools
rm -Rf ~/Library/Android*
Emulator Console Auth Token
rm -Rf ~/.emulator_console_auth_token
Thanks to those who commented/improved on this answer!
Notes
- The flags for
rm
are case-sensitive1 (as with most other commands), which means that thef
flag must be in lower case. However, ther
flag can also be capitalised. - The flags for
rm
can be either combined together or separated. They don't have to be combined.
What the flags indicate
- The
r
flag indicates that therm
command should-attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument. - DESCRIPTION section on the manpage for
rm
(Seeman rm
for more info) - The
f
flag indicates that therm
command should-attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation, regardless of the file's permissions. - DESCRIPTION section on the manpage for
rm
(Seeman rm
for more info)
Run the following commands in the terminal:
rm -Rf /Applications/Android\ Studio.app
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.android.*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.android.*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Logs/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/.AndroidStudio*
rm -Rf ~/.gradle
rm -Rf ~/.android
rm -Rf ~/Library/Android*
rm -Rf /usr/local/var/lib/android-sdk/
To delete all projects:
rm -Rf ~/AndroidStudioProjects
For someone using Android Studio 4.0 or above on MacOS 10.15.1 or above. Using command line blow:
# Deletes the Android Studio application
# Note that this may be different depending on what you named the application as, or whether you downloaded the preview version
rm -Rf /Applications/Android\ Studio.app
# Delete All Android Studio related preferences
# The asterisk here should target all folders/files beginning with the string before it
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/Google/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes the Android Studio's plist file
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.android.*
# Deletes the Android Emulator's plist file
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.android.*
# Deletes mainly plugins (or at least according to what mine (Edric) contains)
rm -Rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes all logs that Android Studio outputs
rm -Rf ~/Library/Logs/Google/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes Android Studio's caches
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/Google/AndroidStudio*
# Deletes older versions of Android Studio
rm -Rf ~/.AndroidStudio*
Difference
Library/Preferences/Google/AndroidStudio*
Library/Logs/Google/AndroidStudio*
Library/Caches/Google/AndroidStudio*
I was also facing same kind of problem on my Macbook Pro. I took these very simple steps and freshly installed Android Studio.
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These Very Simple Steps Can Solve Your Problem.
- Type "Command+option+Space Bar"
- Type "Android Studio"
- Click '+' button just below search box.
- A new bar will come up "Kind" is "any" click on "kind" --> Others --> search for "system file" and select that by putting a tick mark.! And click on Ok.
- Then select "are included" from the drop down menu !
- Then you get a lot of system file that need to be deleted to complete the fully un-installation of any app.
- Click "command+A" to select all files and take a look on the file remove is some video files are also included. And click "command + Delete"
- Empty your trash. Done
You may also delete gradle file, if you don't use gradle any where else:
rm -Rfv ~/.gradle/
because .gradle folder contains cached artifacts that are no longer needed.