How to Completely Uninstall Eclipse IDE from macOS

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In this post, I’d like to share some tips that help you remove Eclipse IDE completely from macOS operating system. Follow these steps to uninstall Eclipse IDE on Mac, no matter how it was installed (by installer or zip package):

1. Delete shortcut of Eclipse IDE you created on Dock or Launchpad (right click > Move to Trash)

2. Delete files in your user home directory:

- Eclipse application file (right click > Move to Trash)

- all files in the .p2directory where Eclipse plugin binaries. Use the following command in terminal: sudo rm -rf .p2

                - all files in the .m2 directory where Eclipse stores dependencies in local repository. Use the following command in terminal: sudo rm -rf .m2

3. Delete all files whose name start with org.eclipse in the following locations:

                ~/Library/Caches

                ~/Library/Preferences

                ~/Library/Saved Application State

For example, use the following command in terminal:



      cd $HOME/Library/Caches

      sudo rm -rf org.eclipse.*

Note that you will need to provide admin password to execute sudo command. And finally, restart your Mac computer then you will get Eclipse IDE completely uninstalled.

 

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