MacOS – How to uninstall Jetbrains IDE

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When news version of Jetbrains IDE is installed previous version does not remove automatically. And currently there are no option (i.e. checkbox) to uninstall old version while installing.

How can one completely uninstall Jetbrains IDE (like IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, RubyMine, PhpStorm, CLion, AppCode, Rider, Data Grip etc.) in OS X?

Best Answer

Move the .app file to the Trash, then manually delete the support folders listed in this IntelliJ support article:

  • ~/Library/Preferences/[PRODUCT][VERSION]
  • ~/Library/Caches/[PRODUCT][VERSION]
  • ~/Library/Application Support/[PRODUCT][VERSION]
  • ~/Library/Logs/[PRODUCT][VERSION]
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