How to completely uninstall Android Studio from windows(v10)?

Asked 10/10, 2016 at 7:46 Answered 26/10, 2023 at 12:23

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I have already seen this question. But that's for Mac OS. I am using windows. Every time I create a new project or try to build/rebuild the project it freezes!! I have installed the latest version(9/10/2016). But things are getting worse. I want to completely remove it and install it as if I would be installing it for the first time. Any help be Appreciated.

Incline answered 10/10, 2016 at 7:46 Comment(2)

use IOBit Uninstaller then Uninstall and then Powerfull scan and remove all – Mithgarthr 10/10, 2016 at 7:51

@NikunjParadva can I be sure that it won't cause(edit) harm to other softwares of system softwares? – Incline 10/10, 2016 at 7:54

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To Completely Remove Android Studio from Windows:

Step 1: Run the Android Studio uninstaller

The first step is to run the uninstaller. Open the Control Panel and under Programs, select Uninstall a Program. After that, click on "Android Studio" and press Uninstall. If you have multiple versions, uninstall them as well.

Step 2: Remove the Android Studio files

To delete any remains of Android Studio setting files, in File Explorer, go to your user folder (%USERPROFILE%), and delete .android, .AndroidStudio and any analogous directories with versions on the end, i.e. .AndroidStudio1.2, as well as .gradle and .m2 if they exist.

Then go to %APPDATA% and delete the JetBrains directory.

Also delete the any AndroidStudio* directories that are in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google and %APPDATA%\Google.

Finally, go to C:\Program Files and delete the Android directory.

Step 3: Remove SDK

To delete any remains of the SDK, go to %LOCALAPPDATA% and delete the Android directory.

Step 4: Delete Android Studio projects

Android Studio creates projects in a folder %USERPROFILE%\AndroidStudioProjects, which you may want to delete.

Girlfriend answered 10/10, 2016 at 8:1 Comment(14)

advice number 3 helped me to get rid of 11gb, which were left by android studio. Thanks – Dongdonga 14/5, 2018 at 12:15

can't find it in the program list :( – Teenyweeny 20/4, 2019 at 8:4

If you don't see %LOCALAPPDATA% you need to show hidden files. You can do this here: kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=27479 – Pulpit 5/6, 2019 at 15:18

All developers: "But seriously why would anyone ever need to uninstall MY app." – Grownup 14/8, 2020 at 20:55

My SDK appears to be installed to C:\AndroidSDK. This answer is a couple years old, I wonder if maybe the newer versions install here--or maybe I customized the install. – Herbie 11/9, 2020 at 21:57

@Herbie You customized your installation, I used standard install and I found every folder he mentioned in the same location. – Weslee 16/9, 2020 at 5:47

Careful there with those rampage.. or it might delete our beloved Intellij IDE unintentionally... – Cosh 25/9, 2020 at 13:49

What's missing is AppData/Local/Google, here one might find another AndroidStudio folder with the settings – Muttonhead 20/10, 2020 at 20:25

You don't need to delete the JetBrains folder, that#s for Rider or Resharper, it has nothing to do with Android Studio – Martell 15/12, 2020 at 11:44

%AppData%/Local/Google/AndroidStudio* %AppData%/Roaming/Google/AndroidStudio* Are needed as well – Accredit 8/2, 2021 at 10:11

I started out yesterday with about 27.5 GB free when I installed it. After following this advice, and also uninstalling an unrelated 3.5 GB app, I'm left with 28.5 GB. They only left 2.5 GB of untraceable garbage. Great success! – Desberg 6/6, 2022 at 10:4

This saved me 20GB, I appreciate it! – Upstretched 13/6, 2022 at 13:51

not having any luck deleting things from program files seems they are in use by something – Rainbow 14/12, 2022 at 7:53

Soo many upvotes. Must be an AS thing. It's killing my PC atm. I wish I could read dump files better. – Orabelle 17/3 at 17:26

In 2021, If you are looking for uninstall.exe, the latest Android studio version doesn't come with an uninstaller. Download an older version of the Android studio from the Android studio download archive official LINK; you can download Android Studio 4.1.1.

Download the zip files, extract the uninstall.exe from it, and put it in your Android Studio folder; there is no need to install that older version.

UPDATE - 04/14/2022

Looks like the new version comes with unistall.exe now.

Tried on - Android Studio Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Patch 3 for Windows 64-bit (April 2022)

Empoverish answered 3/9, 2021 at 16:24 Comment(5)

I found uninstall.exe file in above link, under Android Studio 4.1.1. Thanks! – Mairemaise 6/9, 2021 at 13:32

Why they make it hard to uninstaller thing? – Epictetus 27/11, 2021 at 1:45

Working. Thank you – Aeroembolism 4/1, 2022 at 5:51

Downloading a zip of 901 MB just to get one file... – Committee 13/10, 2022 at 10:28

Bumblebee 2021.1.1 April2022 doesnt have an uninstaller by today – Nunciature 21/1, 2023 at 8:57

I was having a problem installing the latest v4.1.2 as it was having an issue where after I start it, it shows my old blank project, so the things I did were:

Caution: Please move your SDK and projects to a separate location before following steps if you haven't. So it might save your time downloading SDKs and stuff.

1- Uninstall old Android Studio completely (from Control Panel -> Programs).

2- Delete this Android Studio folder located at C:\Users\\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Google

3- Delete this Android Studio folder located at C:\Users\\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Google

4- Delete these folders (.android ,.AndroidStudio*, .gradle) located at C:\Users\\<user_name>

After doing all this, I managed to have fresh updated Android Studio v4.1.2

Mauldon answered 12/2, 2021 at 7:35 Comment(1)

I was looking for a way to fully remove Android Studio since it didn't work even after reinstalling. This answer helped me solve the problem, specifically, step 3. The issue was with a plugin that I couldn't remove inside Android Studio. For anyone else having a similar problem, the plugins are located at C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Google\AndroidStudioX\plugins where X is the version. Removing this folder will also remove any faulty plugin. – Birdlime 4/3, 2021 at 11:57

First go to android studio folder on location that you installed it ( It’s usually in this path by default ; C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio, unless you change it when you install Android Studio). Find and run uninstall.exe file.

Wait until uninstallation complete successfully, just few minutes, and after click the close.

To delete any remains of Android Studio setting files, in File Explorer, go to C:\Users\%username%, and delete .android, .AndroidStudio(#version-number) and also .gradle, AndroidStudioProjects if they exist. If you want remain your projects, you’d like to keep AndroidStudioProjects folder.

Then, go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming and delete the JetBrains directory.

Note that AppData folder is hidden by default, to make visible it go to view tab and check hidden items in windows8 and10 ( in windows7 Select Folder Options, then select the View tab. Under Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives, and then select OK.

Done, you can remove Android Studio successfully, if you plan to delete SDK tools too, it is enough to remove SDK folder completely.

Rahel answered 15/3, 2019 at 9:25 Comment(0)

Summary of all paths of leftover files from Android Studio:-

C:\Program Files\Android
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Android Open Source Project
C:\Users\USERNAME\.gradle
C:\Users\USERNAME\.android
C:\Users\USERNAME\.konan
C:\Users\USERNAME\.m2
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Google

Thorlie answered 28/2, 2023 at 9:24 Comment(1)

Careful in removing these 2 folders since they can also contain files for Chrome and other Google products: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google, C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Google – Mercantile 24/1 at 19:41

Firstly, uninstall Android Studio from the control panel using program and features. Later you also need to enable displaying of hidden files and folders and delete the following:

C:/Users/${yourUserName}/AppData/Local/Android

Nuclei answered 10/10, 2016 at 7:54 Comment(1)

My JetBrains folder was under c:\users\ironman\appdata\roaming. Also another Android Studio file that I deleted was "c:\users\ironman\.emulator_console_auth_token". – Anaheim 27/1, 2017 at 4:25

If you do not have an uninstaller, follow the below steps:

Download and install an old version of Android Studio (eg: android-studio-ide-191.5977832-windows.exe aka Android Studio 3.5.2) from the download archives.
Copy (do not cut) and Paste the uninstall.exe from the installed Android Studio folder in your original Android Studio folder. Now, run the uninstall.exe which you just pasted, this will start the uninstall process for your original Android Studio.
After the original Android Studio is uninstalled, proceed to run the uninstaller in the old version of Android Studio that you downloaded.
After the old Android Studio is uninstalled, follow this to completely remove any leftover Android Studio related files, folders etc.

Now your system has no Android Studio.

Klatt answered 26/9, 2021 at 7:21 Comment(0)

Complementary to the 1st and 2nd upvoted answers, also take a look if anything like Android Studio folder remains at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ to avoid wrong references in future installations.

Nobody answered 3/6, 2021 at 18:12 Comment(0)

In my case - Windows 10 Home, for removing previous settings, I had to delete AndroidStudioX from C:\Users\<Your User>\AppData\Roaming\Google as well.

Twilley answered 21/8, 2021 at 15:4 Comment(0)

https://mcmap.net/q/127964/-how-to-completely-uninstall-android-studio-from-windows-v10 is complete answer but you need to delete also %APPDATA%/Local/Google/Android folder.

Scull answered 15/12, 2021 at 21:8 Comment(0)

latest Android Studio in 2022, March has an uninstall.exe in the root directory. For me uninstalling from "Windows Remove Programms View" didn't work, failing with error popup. But going to the installation directory and just executing uninstall.exe just works perfectly.

Pastorship answered 2/3, 2022 at 9:28 Comment(0)

Caution: Please move your SDK and projects to a separate location before following steps if you haven't. So it might save your time downloading SDKs and stuff.

1- Uninstall old Android Studio completely (from Control Panel -> Programs).

2- Delete this Android Studio folder located at C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Google

3- Delete this Android Studio folder located at C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Google

4- Delete these folders (.android ,.AndroidStudio*, .gradle) located at C:\Users\<user_name>

Catercorner answered 26/10, 2023 at 12:23 Comment(0)

.android

check this folder in

C:\Users\user

its have an issue and fix it then restart android studio.

Easterner answered 13/7, 2019 at 7:53 Comment(0)

If you are a JetBrains customer, then Android Studio can also be installed via the JetBrains Toolbox. In that case, it can be uninstalled from the JetBrains Toolbox (and only from there).

Sexed answered 9/5, 2023 at 15:47 Comment(0)

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I tried multiple times to get a clean install without success.

I found if I still had the AndroidStudioProjects folder then Android would naturally go to my last project I was working on and start to build that project.

I made a copy of that folder and saved my code to the desktop. Then I deleted the AndroidStudioProjects folder and I had the option of a completely fresh install.

This was done after following this to the letter: https://mcmap.net/q/127964/-how-to-completely-uninstall-android-studio-from-windows-v10

Stuart answered 13/12, 2021 at 22:22 Comment(0)

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