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Long back I have installed Intellij idea. I want to completely remove it now. I deleted /usr/local/bin/idea I delete ~/.IntellXXX directory

I don't see any result if do 'which idea' or 'whereis idea'

However I am still able to find idea and launch it through 'search your computer' I am wondering where is idea installed and is still getting launched.

Pushker Chaubey
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I installed via "Ubuntu Software"

my location is /snap/intellij-idea-ultimate/current/bin

to locate bin folder I have used:

  • (needed to increase RAM)
  • "Files" [CTRL + F] "idea"
  • found that: /snap/..., Home/..., /var/snap..., /run/user... and more
Michal Miky Jankovský
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I guess you don't have enough rights to see your current idea location. Try to issue command like

ls your-path-from-which-idea

i.e.

which idea | ls

as root and you'll probably see contents of a folder above your current idea install folder. You can remove the folder via full path then as root (via sudo).

WebComer
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To remove the product completely, do the following:

  • Delete the installation directory

  • Delete the "config" and "system" configuration directories. These contain IntelliJ IDEA's caches, configuration and plugins.

See http://devnet.jetbrains.net/docs/DOC-181 for the OS specific locations of these two directories.

That should be all you need.

r00t-err0r
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Warning: Deleting directories is never a good idea. It can render some package managers broken or software in a extremely difficult to recover half-installed state!

Best always to first uninstall the way you installed it. And after having successfully removed it the correct way, you can start deleting any left-over configuration files.

Some likely ways to check for installations and how to remove (if the installation is ultimate edition):

snap

snap list | grep -i intellij

sudo snap remove intellij-idea-ultimate

flatpak

flatpak list --app | grep -i intellij

sudo flatpak uninstall com.jetbrains.IntelliJ-IDEA-Ultimate

apt

apt list --installed | grep -i intellij

sudo apt purge intellij-idea-ultimate
Carolus
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Not 100% sure if it's that, but I was able to find the location under the shortcut I had on desktop. It was XFCE and I right-clicked on the shortcut, went to "properties" and then "launcher". Under command there was a path that looks like installation directory for me (named idea-IC-191.7479.19).

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