Chapter 4. Uninstalling CodeReady Studio

You may want to uninstall a specific version of CodeReady Studio if you have concluded development in one version, say 11.x, and you now want to install a newer version, say 12.x. However, you can have more than one version of Installer-installed CodeReady Studio or Eclipse-installed CodeReady Studio on your system, provided you have these versions located in different directories.

4.1. Uninstalling CodeReady Studio installed using the Installer

Procedure

To uninstall CodeReady Studio, take the following steps:

1. Ensure that CodeReady Studio is not running.
2. On the command line, navigate to path/to/CodeReady Studio/Uninstaller.

3. On the command line, type:

   $ java -jar uninstaller.jar

4. In the IzPack Uninstaller dialog box:

   1. Click the Force the deletion of <path_to_CodeReady Studio_directory> check box, to remove the entire CodeReady Studio installation directory. If this is not selected, Red Hat CodeReady Studio will be uninstalled but some files will be left as is in the installation directory.
   2. Click Uninstall.
5. After the progress bar shows Finished, click Quit to close the Uninstaller dialog box.

Figure 4.1. Uninstall CodeReady Studio