Chapter 5. Uninstalling CodeReady Studio

The following section describes how to uninstall CodeReady Studio using Eclipse or the Installer.

Note that you can have multiple versions of CodeReady Studio installed on your system, provided you have these versions located in different directories.

5.1. Uninstalling Red Hat CodeReady Studio using Eclipse

The following section describes how to uninstall CodeReady Studio installed with Eclipse Marketplace or Update Site Zip.

Procedure

  1. Start Eclipse IDE.

  2. Click Help → Eclipse Marketplace

    crs eclipse marketplace

    The Eclipse Marketplace window appears.

  3. Navigate to the Installed section.

    crs uninstall from eclipse
  4. Locate Red Hat CodeReady Studio.
  5. Click the down arrow near the Change button.

  6. Click Uninstall.

    The Confirm Selected Features window appears.

    crs uninstall selected features
  7. Ensure that Red Hat CodeReady Studio is selected.
  8. Click Confirm.

  9. Click Finish.

    The Software Updates dialog box appears prompting you to restart Eclipse.

  10. Click Restart Now.

    Note that the changes do not take effect until you restart Eclipse.

5.2. Uninstalling CodeReady Studio using the Installer

The following section describes how to uninstall CodeReady Studio installed with the Installer.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that CodeReady Studio is not running.

  2. Navigate to the /Uninstaller directory: 

    $ cd /path-to/codereadystudio/Uninstaller

    Replace path-to with the path to the CodeReady Studio /codereadystudio/Uninstaller directory.

  3. Start the Uninstaller: 

    $ java -jar uninstaller.jar

    The IzPack Uninstaller dialog box appears.

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  4. Select the Force the deletion check box.

    If the check box is not selected, some files will be left behind in the installation directory.

  5. Click Uninstall.