How to remove entry from PATH on mac

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I was trying to install Sencha Touch SDK tools 2 0 0 but could not run it properly  It created an entry in the  PATH variable   Later I deleted the sencha sdk tools folder but didn t realize that the path variable is still there    When i did echo  PATH I got -   Applications SenchaSDKTools-2 0 0-beta3  usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  usr X11 bin  I searched on how to remove variables from  PATH and followed these steps      Gave the command PATH   usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  usr X11 bin  Did echo  PATH which showed  usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  usr X11 bin gave the command export PATH Closed terminal and reopened it  Gave the command echo  PATH  This time I got   Applications SenchaSDKTools-2 0 0-beta3  usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  usr X11 bin   Can anyone tell me what am i doing wrong

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Use sudo pico  etc paths inside the terminal window and change the entries to the one you want to remove  then open a new terminal session

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Close the terminal End the current session   Open it again

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On MAC OS X Leopard and higher  cd  etc paths d   There may be a text file in the above directory that contains the path you are trying to remove   vim textfile   check and see what is in it when you are done looking type  q     q just quits  no saves   If its the one you want to remove do this  rm textfile   remove it  delete it   Here is a link to a site that has more info on it  even though it illustrates  adding  the path  However  you may gain some insight

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What you re doing is valid for the current session  limited to the terminal that you re working in    You need to persist those changes   Consider adding commands in steps 1-3 above to your   HOME   bashrc

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echo  PATH and copy it s value export PATH    export PATH   path you want to keep

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If you re removing the path for Python 3 specifically  I found it in    zprofile and    zshrc

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when you login  or start a bash shell  environment variables are loaded configured according to  bashrc  or  bash profile  Whatever export you are doing  it s valid only for current session  so export PATH  Applications SenchaSDKTools-2 0 0-beta3  PATH this command is getting executed each time you are opening a shell  you can override it  but again that s for the current session only  edit the  bashrc file to suite your need  If it s saying permission denied  perhaps the file is write-protected  a link to some other file  many organisations keep a master  bashrc file and gives each user a link of it to their home dir  you can copy the file instead of link and the start adding content to it

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Check the following files    etc bashrc  etc profile    bashrc    bash profile    profile    MacOSX environment plist   Some of these files may not exist  but they re the most likely ones to contain  PATH definitions

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