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 forrm
(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 forrm
(Seeman rm
for more info)