In IntelliJ on OS X, how do you clear out all global setting info, licensing etc. (external to any project)

Question

I am having some low level issues with IntelliJ on my mac, I really want to just zero everything out and start over. But even after removing the application and re-installi

Answer 1

For those with newer versions like 2016, here's a guide to tell you all the places where IntelliJ can be at:

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519

Answer 2

For AppCode (Objective C IDE) 1.0.4, on OSX, the path is: ~/Library/Preferences/appCode10

Answer 3

Normally information like this will be found in one of the following places in OS X:

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/AppName

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.appname.plist

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AppName

/Library/Preferences/AppName

/Library/Preferences/com.appname.plist

/Library/Application Support/AppName

If the app adheres to the standard OS X conventions you weill find info in one or all of these places. If it doesnt store here you might check for a /Users/username/.intellij folder or something similar in your home directory

Answer 4

I just checked, and IntelliJ IDEA (at least 9.x versions) seems to store its global settings in ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea90CE/

Update: IntelliJ IDEA 10 uses ~Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea10/ and 12 ~Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea12/. You'll probably find it for whatever version you're on.

(Where ~ is your home directory.)

Best way to clear it? Well, just delete the whole directory. :-) Or, if you suspect there might be something useful there after all, move it to a new name.

Answer 5

I just ran through this and here is the list of files that I had to delete for IntelliJ 13:

~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist.lockfile
~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Caches/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Caches/com.jetbrains.intellij
~/Library/Logs/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Saved Application State/com.jetbrains.intellij.savedState

Answer 6

run the following commands in terminal to remove completely. worked for me

rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist.lockfile
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/com.jetbrains.intellij*
rm -Rf ~/Library/Logs/IntelliJIdea13
rm -Rf ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.jetbrains.intellij.savedState
rm -Rf /Applications/IntelliJ*  
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJ*  
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.intellij.*  
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.intellij.*  
rm -Rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/IntelliJ*  
rm -Rf ~/Library/Logs/IntelliJ*  
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/IntelliJ*  
rm -Rf ~/.IntelliJ*  
rm -Rf ~/Library/Intellij*