Uninstall
The proper way to remove CLion depends on the method you used to install it.
If you installed CLion using the Toolbox App, do the following:
Open the Toolbox App, click the settings icon
for the necessary instance, and select Uninstall.
If you are running a standalone CLion instance, the default IDE directories are preserved when you remove your instance in case you want to keep your settings for later or to use them with another instance, another version, or another IDE. You can remove those directories if you are sure you won't need them.
Open the Apps & Features section in the Windows Settings dialog, select the CLion app and click Uninstall.
Depending on your version of Windows, the procedure for uninstalling programs may be different. You can also manually run Uninstall.exe in the installation directory under /bin.
Remove the following directories:
%APPDATA%
\JetBrains \<product><version> %LOCALAPPDATA%
\JetBrains \<product><version>
For example:
C:
\Users \JohnS \AppData \Roaming \JetBrains \CLion2024.1 C:
\Users \JohnS \AppData \Local \JetBrains \CLion2024.1
Delete the CLion application in the Applications directory.
Remove the following directories:
~
/Library /Application Support /JetBrains /<product><version> ~
/Library /Caches /JetBrains /<product><version>
For example:
~
/Library /Application Support /JetBrains /CLion2024.1 ~
/Library /Caches /JetBrains /CLion2024.1
Delete the installation directory.
Remove the following directories:
~
/.config /JetBrains /<product><version> ~
/.cache /JetBrains /<product><version> ~
/.local /share /JetBrains /<product><version>
For example:
~
/.config /JetBrains /CLion2024.1 ~
/.cache /JetBrains /CLion2024.1 ~
/.local /share /JetBrains /CLion2024.1
note
The default location of the IDE directories has changed starting from CLion version 2020.1. If you had a previous version, new installations will import configuration from the old directories. For more information about the location of the default directories in previous IDE versions, see the corresponding help version, for example: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/2019.3/tuning-the-ide.html#default-dirs.
You can run the uninstaller with the /S
switch as an administrator. The uninstaller is located in the installation directory under bin.
Run cmd (Windows Command Prompt) as administrator, change to the CLion installation directory, and run the following:
>bin\uninstall.exe /S
If you installed CLion as a snap package, use the following command to remove it:
$sudo snap remove clion
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