Uninstall Eclipse under OSX?

Question

I am running the Eclipse SDK 3.4.0 on Mac OS X 10.5.6.

Each time I try to install something new through "software updates", the message "Selected software items may be invalid during the current installation" appears.

So, I'm going to uninstall it and reinstall Eclipse.

Should I just delete the Eclipse folder or is there a way to delete it?

Answer 1

Eclipse is usually not installed, it just starts.

Answer 2

In fact, Eclipse creates some other files that are not in its directory, which survive the deletion of its directory.

In Snow Leopard, look at your user account:

• ~/Library/Caches/org.eclipse.eclipse
• ~/Library/Preferences/org.eclipse.eclipse.plist

Not sure if you need to enable viewing of hidden files to see them.

Answer 3

In Lion, I deleted the following files and folders:

• eclipse in /Applications (obvious)

• .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 must delete them through Terminal.

Answer 4

Here is my list of things to remove for OSX Mountain Lion

~ / .eclipse (folder);

~ / Library / Saved application /org.eclipse.eclipse.savedState;

~ / Library / Preferences / org.eclipse.eclipse.plist;

~ / Library / cache / org.eclipse.eclipse;

... and of course the eclipse installation folder

Answer 5

There is no need to delete anything, you can simply delete the eclipse / folder, but you must also use the new workspace or delete the workspace / .metadata folder.

Answer 6

Removing the eclipse folder is equivalent to deleting it. In fact, if you do not want to interfere with an existing installation, you can create another instance of eclipse and run it from a new location.

Answer 7

BTW. AppZapper is an excellent OSX tool for uninstalling applications and their preferences.

It is sometimes included with MacHeist.

Answer 8

Eclipse does not affect Mac OS beyond, so there is no uninstall problem.

I think that what you are facing is the result of the recently launched Eclipse plugin distribution system. There are currently two redundant and incompatible plugin installation tools. This is a complete mess. You might be better off (if possible) installing a newer version of Eclipse (maybe even 3.5 milestones) as they seem to be more stable in this regard.

Answer 9

• From the terminal, find all eclipse directories using

  sudo find / -iname "Eclipse"

• Delete these directories with the rm command.

Answer 10

Just delete the eclipse folder, wherever it is.

Answer 11

I had a similar problem as the GWT-PlugIn did not display in the interface. Removing the eclipse folder did not solve it; GWT was still there! Removing the workspace did not work! But deleting the .eclipse folder in the home directory has been done! I work under WIndows 7 here, but it should be the same with OSX. But first you need to make the folder visible. On a Linux-based system, the default folders starting at the point are invisible by default.

This folder was probably the reason that I had problems in the first place. If I remember correctly, I switched from basic Eclipse to EE, but did not delete this folder.

In my opinion, the skin for removing Eclipse is not bad.