Android/Eclipse: where to write command-lines like "emulator -wipe-data"?

Question

Many blogs mention writing command lines to do different stuffs...but I don't know where to write these command lines! For example, I want to clean my emulator with emulator -wipe-data but where should I put this?

Alanna

Answer 1

Open command prompt & goto

android-sdk-windows\tools

Then for the following command:

emulator -avd -wipe-data

use something like:

emulator -avd myandroidavd -wipe-data

Shrimp

Thanks ! But how to open "command prompt" ? :) Sorry for my stupid questions... (on Mac ? And on PC ?) – Alanna

Check this: "How to use command prompt and cmd commands" youtube.com/watch?v=foYsmpDrYjY – Shrimp

Thanks ! It works on my PC but not on my Mac. Somebody knows how to clean the AVD on a Mac ? – Alanna

The emulator launches after the wipe, is it possible to disable that? – Ulcerous

Answer 2

to set the wipe option on Mac, with the Android SDK Manager running, click the start button to launch an AVD. A Launch Options window opens. There is a Wipe User Data checkbox about half way down.

Danzig

Answer 3

So Simple Solution. If you have Ubuntu System, Then Go to this path:

/home/rahul/Android/Sdk/emulator

If you have other Operating System, Then go to this path according to you. After Check List of Emulators using this command:

./emulator -list-avds

It will show thw result look like:

Pixel_3_XL_API_29
Pixel_3_XL_API_29_2
Pixel_3_XL_API_29_3

After, All Wipe Command:

emulator -avd Pixel_3_XL_API_29_3 -wipe-data

Concatenation

Answer 4

You can follow the accepted answer or simply open the AVD manager and follow the below demonstration to wipe the emulator data.

Click the down arrow icon next to the edit icon.

Click wipe data.

Mordvin

this is not from command line – Pinxit

@pepan, Thanks for finding this out after 2 and a half years of posting this answer. This answer is for the newbies who can do the same approach without a terminal. – Mordvin