How can I uninstall Android Studio?

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How can I uninstall Android Studio?

Tried to take an Android development class, but now all I want to know is how to uninstall Android Studio. There must be a better method than "sudo rm..." commands?

Probably not relevant background, but first I spent about 2 days trying to work with Android Studio on a Windows 7 machine. Lots of problems, but the ultimate problem is probably that the machine was too small and not powerful enough. So I thought I'd take it to this new MacBook Pro, where I found a whole new batch of problems just beyond the first batch of problems. I feel like I'm learning by debugging the course, and I lack the motivation to continue. It hasn't pushed me all the way to an iPhone yet, but the experience has certainly reduced my estimation of the competence of the google folks...

At this point the main thing I want to know is how to get Android studio completely off the MacBook Pro (and also the Java SDK, which was a prerequisite).

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Aug 1, 2015 8:54 PM

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OGELTHORPE

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Aug 2, 2015 3:11 AM in response to shanen0

Go to the developers web site and look for uninstall instructions.

Ciao.

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shanen0 Author

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Aug 3, 2015 10:28 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

I'm sorry I was not explicit about where I got the "sudo rm..." approach that I mentioned. Also, I apologize that I did not go into details about why I decided to seek Apple's perspective on safe approaches.

There seems to be something of an awkward competitive situation in play here. Obviously, Apple would prefer to support iPhone developers rather than Android developers. Also, Apple apparently doesn't want Java in the store? (Given my own rather negative feelings towards Oracle, I even endorse that decision.) Meanwhile, the google wants to allow for Apple owners to develop Android apps... However the google is fundamentally a Linux shop, not UCB.

It seems that the professor was caught in the middle? At this point, I think he should not have mentioned the Mac option, or even deprecated it, given what happened when I tried to apply his instructions in that environment.

Perhaps I should be more concerned about the awkward incentive structure in these Apple-sponsored discussions? It seems that Apple's incentive system encourages friendly responses even if they are not especially informative? Obviously, it must have taken you [Oglethorpe] significant effort to accumulate over 38,000 points, and I might have rated your comment as partly helpful (which might have given you more points?) if I hadn't already been on the developers' website...

Overall, my opinion towards Apple has mostly been softened by my experiences with the MacBook Pro. It is a well-built machine, and I mostly felt that my interactions with Apple staff were sincere, but I still wound up basically giving the machine to a friend and I doubt I'll reclaim it. I prefer to think my own way, not Apple's, nor the google's, nor even Microsoft's.

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OGELTHORPE

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Aug 4, 2015 7:35 AM in response to shanen0

When a non-Apple concern creates software to be used on a MAC, it is their responsibility to make certain that it is compatible with Mac OSX. In the development of the application, consideration should be given to the prospect of having to uninstall the application. Often dragging the application to trash will delete it or in cases of more complex applications, and uninstaller is/should be created. Is is not Apples responsibility to provide uninstall facilities for third party applications.

My response to your post was short and appropriate. When you said ""sudo rm..." commands?" I took that to mean that you were trying to delete the application via terminal. Again if that were the case, the terminal command would have to provided by the developer. The developer of Android Studio has the onus to provide uninstall instructions, not Apple.

Ciao.

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shanen0 Author

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Aug 5, 2015 11:10 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

I'm straining to come up with something else to apologize for, and I'm failing. On the rereading, my posts seem clear enough.

Based on your "help", I think I should just do a full system install. Destroy the universe. That's pretty sure to get things back to a safe state.

There's a famous old expression: "When you have nothing [constructive] to say, then you should say nothing." Obviously, I've already said too much (but I still think the discussions.apple.com incentive structure needs a bit of tweaking).

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