How to completely uninstall Android Studio from windows(v10)?
To Completely Remove Android Studio from Windows:
Step 1: Run the Android Studio uninstaller
The first step is to run the uninstaller. Open the Control Panel and under Programs, select Uninstall a Program. After that, click on "Android Studio" and press Uninstall. If you have multiple versions, uninstall them as well.
Step 2: Remove the Android Studio files
To delete any remains of Android Studio setting files, in File Explorer, go to your user folder (%USERPROFILE%
), and delete .android
, .AndroidStudio
and any analogous directories with versions on the end, i.e. .AndroidStudio1.2
, as well as .gradle
and .m2
if they exist.
Then go to %APPDATA%
and delete the JetBrains
directory.
Finally, go to C:\Program Files
and delete the Android
directory.
Step 3: Remove SDK
To delete any remains of the SDK, go to %LOCALAPPDATA%
and delete the Android
directory.
Step 4: Delete Android Studio projects
Android Studio creates projects in a folder %USERPROFILE%\AndroidStudioProjects
, which you may want to delete.
In 2022, If you are looking for uninstall.exe, then the latest Android studio version doesn't come with an uninstaller, download an older version of the Android studio from the Android studio download archive official LINK.
Download the zip files and extract the uninstall.exe from it and put it in your Android Studio folder, no need to install that older version.
I was having a problem installing the latest v4.1.2 as it was having an issue where after I start it, it shows my old blank project, so the things I did were:
Caution: Please move your sdk and projects to a separate location before following steps if you haven't. So it might save your time downloading sdks and stuff.
1- Uninstall old Android Studio completely (from Control Panel -> Programs).
2- Delete this Android Studio folder located at C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Google
3- Delete this Android Studio folder located at C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Google
4- Delete these folders (.android ,.AndroidStudio*, .gradle) located at C:\Users\<user_name>
After doing all this, I managed to have fresh updated Android Studio v4.1.2
Firstly uninstall Android Studio from control panel using program and features. Later you also need to enable displaying of hidden files and folders and delete the following:
users/${yourUserName}/appData/Local/Android
First go to android studio folder on location that you installed it ( It’s usually in this path by default ; C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio, unless you change it when you install Android Studio). Find and run uninstall.exe file.
Wait until uninstallation complete successfully, just few minutes, and after click the close.
To delete any remains of Android Studio setting files, in File Explorer, go to C:\Users\%username%, and delete .android, .AndroidStudio(#version-number)
and also .gradle, AndroidStudioProjects
if they exist. If you want remain your projects, you’d like to keep AndroidStudioProjects
folder.
Then, go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming
and delete the JetBrains directory.
Note that AppData folder is hidden by default, to make visible it go to view tab and check hidden items in windows8 and10 ( in windows7 Select Folder Options, then select the View tab. Under Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives, and then select OK.
Done, you can remove Android Studio successfully, if you plan to delete SDK tools too, it is enough to remove SDK folder completely.