Uninstall Eclipse under OSX

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I m running Eclipse SDK 3 4 0 on Mac OS X 10 5 6   Every time I try to install something new through  software updates   the message  The software items you selected may not be valid with your current installation  shows up   So I m going to uninstall it and re-install Eclipse   Should I just erase the Eclipse folder or is there a way to uninstall it

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Deleting the eclipse folder is equivalent to uninstalling it  In fact  if you don t want to tamper with the existing installation you can create another instance of eclipse and run from the new location

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From terminal  find all eclipse directories with   sudo find   -iname  Eclipse  Delete those directories with rm command

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BTW  AppZapper is a great OSX tool for uninstalling apps and their preferences   It sometimes comes a part of MacHeist

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From terminal  find all eclipse directories with   sudo find   -iname  Eclipse  Delete those directories with rm command

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Deleting the eclipse folder is equivalent to uninstalling it  In fact  if you don t want to tamper with the existing installation you can create another instance of eclipse and run from the new location

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Here is my list of things to delete for OSX Mountain Lion     eclipse  folder      Library Saved Application org eclipse eclipse savedState     Library Preferences org eclipse eclipse plist     Library Caches org eclipse eclipse       and of course the eclipse install folder

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I just had a similar problem  with the GWT-PlugIn not showing up in the interface  Deleting the eclipse folder did not solve it  GWT was still there  Deleting workspace didn t work  But deleting the  eclipse folder in the home directory did  I m working under WIndows 7 here  but it should be the same with OSX  But you may have to make the folder visible first  Under linux based system  folders starting with a dot are invisible by default   This folder was probably the reason I had problems in the first place  If I remember right  I switched from basic Eclipse to EE  but didn t delete this folder   In my opinion  an uninstall skript would do Eclipse quite good

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BTW  AppZapper is a great OSX tool for uninstalling apps and their preferences   It sometimes comes a part of MacHeist

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Actually Eclipse does create some other files not within it s directory which survive deleting it s directory   In Snow Leopard  look in your user s account under      Library Caches org eclipse eclipse   Library Preferences org eclipse eclipse plist   Not sure if you need to turn on viewing of hidden files to see those

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In my case with High Sierra  apart from the eclipse folder  I deleted also       eclipse    p2 pool plugins org eclipse      p2 pool  eclipseextension     p2 org eclipse equinox p2 repository     p2 org eclipse equinox p2 engine     p2 org eclipse equinox p2 core

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In my case with High Sierra  apart from the eclipse folder  I deleted also       eclipse    p2 pool plugins org eclipse      p2 pool  eclipseextension     p2 org eclipse equinox p2 repository     p2 org eclipse equinox p2 engine     p2 org eclipse equinox p2 core

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I know this thread is too old but recently I was wondering how to delete eclipse app on my MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra   Bellow are the steps which I followed to delete it from my system  Added screenshots for more clear understanding    Open the eclipse app and it will show an app icon in dock  If it is not already present in dock then please try to run the app from Spotlight Search by pressing     space   Now right click on that eclipse logo from dock and click Show in Finder under Options       It will open the location of the eclipse app in an external finder window       You can just delete the entire root directory  i e  - eclipse  by pressing     delete       Don t forget to delete the app from Trash as well if you are removing it from system completely    Thanks  Hope this helped

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Under Lion I deleted the following files and folders    eclipse in  Applications  obviously   eclipse in    eclipse keyring in   org eclipse eclipse in   Library Caches org eclipse eclipse savedState in   Library Saved Application State    Some of them are hidden so you should delete them via Terminal

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BTW  AppZapper is a great OSX tool for uninstalling apps and their preferences   It sometimes comes a part of MacHeist

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Eclipse has no impact on Mac OS beyond it directory  so there is no problem uninstalling   I think that What you are facing is the result of Eclipse switching the plugin distribution system recently  There are now two redundant and not very compatible means of installing plugins  It s a complete mess  You may be better off  if possible  installing a more recent version of Eclipse  maybe even the 3 5 milestones  as they seem to be more stable in that regard

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Here is my list of things to delete for OSX Mountain Lion     eclipse  folder      Library Saved Application org eclipse eclipse savedState     Library Preferences org eclipse eclipse plist     Library Caches org eclipse eclipse       and of course the eclipse install folder

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Just delete the eclipse folder wherever it is

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Deleting the eclipse folder is equivalent to uninstalling it  In fact  if you don t want to tamper with the existing installation you can create another instance of eclipse and run from the new location

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Actually Eclipse does create some other files not within it s directory which survive deleting it s directory   In Snow Leopard  look in your user s account under      Library Caches org eclipse eclipse   Library Preferences org eclipse eclipse plist   Not sure if you need to turn on viewing of hidden files to see those

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I know this thread is too old but recently I was wondering how to delete eclipse app on my MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra   Bellow are the steps which I followed to delete it from my system  Added screenshots for more clear understanding    Open the eclipse app and it will show an app icon in dock  If it is not already present in dock then please try to run the app from Spotlight Search by pressing     space   Now right click on that eclipse logo from dock and click Show in Finder under Options       It will open the location of the eclipse app in an external finder window       You can just delete the entire root directory  i e  - eclipse  by pressing     delete       Don t forget to delete the app from Trash as well if you are removing it from system completely    Thanks  Hope this helped

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No need to uninstall anything  you can just delete the eclipse  folder  but you should also use a fresh workspace or delete the workspace  metadata folder

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Just delete the eclipse folder wherever it is

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No need to uninstall anything  you can just delete the eclipse  folder  but you should also use a fresh workspace or delete the workspace  metadata folder

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Deleting the eclipse folder is equivalent to uninstalling it  In fact  if you don t want to tamper with the existing installation you can create another instance of eclipse and run from the new location

User · Answer

Eclipse has no impact on Mac OS beyond it directory  so there is no problem uninstalling   I think that What you are facing is the result of Eclipse switching the plugin distribution system recently  There are now two redundant and not very compatible means of installing plugins  It s a complete mess  You may be better off  if possible  installing a more recent version of Eclipse  maybe even the 3 5 milestones  as they seem to be more stable in that regard

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No need to uninstall anything  you can just delete the eclipse  folder  but you should also use a fresh workspace or delete the workspace  metadata folder

User · Answer

BTW  AppZapper is a great OSX tool for uninstalling apps and their preferences   It sometimes comes a part of MacHeist

User · Answer

No need to uninstall anything  you can just delete the eclipse  folder  but you should also use a fresh workspace or delete the workspace  metadata folder

User · Answer

I just had a similar problem  with the GWT-PlugIn not showing up in the interface  Deleting the eclipse folder did not solve it  GWT was still there  Deleting workspace didn t work  But deleting the  eclipse folder in the home directory did  I m working under WIndows 7 here  but it should be the same with OSX  But you may have to make the folder visible first  Under linux based system  folders starting with a dot are invisible by default   This folder was probably the reason I had problems in the first place  If I remember right  I switched from basic Eclipse to EE  but didn t delete this folder   In my opinion  an uninstall skript would do Eclipse quite good

User · Answer

Eclipse has no impact on Mac OS beyond it directory  so there is no problem uninstalling   I think that What you are facing is the result of Eclipse switching the plugin distribution system recently  There are now two redundant and not very compatible means of installing plugins  It s a complete mess  You may be better off  if possible  installing a more recent version of Eclipse  maybe even the 3 5 milestones  as they seem to be more stable in that regard

User · Answer

Under Lion I deleted the following files and folders    eclipse in  Applications  obviously   eclipse in    eclipse keyring in   org eclipse eclipse in   Library Caches org eclipse eclipse savedState in   Library Saved Application State    Some of them are hidden so you should delete them via Terminal

User · Answer

Eclipse has no impact on Mac OS beyond it directory  so there is no problem uninstalling   I think that What you are facing is the result of Eclipse switching the plugin distribution system recently  There are now two redundant and not very compatible means of installing plugins  It s a complete mess  You may be better off  if possible  installing a more recent version of Eclipse  maybe even the 3 5 milestones  as they seem to be more stable in that regard

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