Uninstall Eclipse under OSX?

Question

I\'m running Eclipse SDK 3.4.0 on Mac OS X 10.5.6.

Every time I try to install something new through \"software updates\", the message \"The software items you selec

Answer 1

I know this thread is too old but recently I was wondering how to delete eclipse app on my MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra.

Bellow are the steps which I followed to delete it from my system. Added screenshots for more clear understanding.

1. Open the eclipse app and it will show an app icon in dock. If it is not already present in dock then please try to run the app from Spotlight Search by pressing ⌘ + space.

2. Now right click on that eclipse logo from dock and click Show in Finder under Options.

3. It will open the location of the eclipse app in an external finder window.

4. You can just delete the entire root directory (i.e. - eclipse) by pressing ⌘ + delete.

5. Don't forget to delete the app from Trash as well if you are removing it from system completely.

Thanks. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

BTW. AppZapper is a great OSX tool for uninstalling apps and their preferences.

It sometimes comes a part of MacHeist

Answer 3

Just delete the eclipse folder wherever it is

Answer 4

Eclipse has no impact on Mac OS beyond it directory, so there is no problem uninstalling.

I think that What you are facing is the result of Eclipse switching the plugin distribution system recently. There are now two redundant and not very compatible means of installing plugins. It's a complete mess. You may be better off (if possible) installing a more recent version of Eclipse (maybe even the 3.5 milestones) as they seem to be more stable in that regard.

Answer 5

No need to uninstall anything, you can just delete the eclipse/ folder, but you should also use a fresh workspace or delete the workspace/.metadata folder.

Answer 6

Here is my list of things to delete for OSX Mountain Lion

~/.eclipse (folder);

~/Library/Saved Application/org.eclipse.eclipse.savedState;

~/Library/Preferences/org.eclipse.eclipse.plist;

~/Library/Caches/org.eclipse.eclipse;

... and of course the eclipse install folder