{"id":548,"date":"2015-11-04T07:46:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macremover.com\/uninstallguides\/?p=548"},"modified":"2015-11-04T07:46:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:46:03","slug":"two-available-ways-to-uninstall-eclipse-totally-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macremover.com\/uninstallguides\/2015\/11\/04\/two-available-ways-to-uninstall-eclipse-totally-on-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Two available ways to uninstall Eclipse totally on Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi, everybody! As we all know, Eclipse is a free App that is thought to be anentry point for beginners to programming. However, if you are not one of theprogrammers, you might think this App useless and want to uninstall it. Keep\u00a0reading, this post will give you a good guide to uninstall Eclipse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Many Mac users wonder what is the best way to uninstall Eclipse on their Mac whenthey don\u2019t need it anymore. The best consequence is uninstall it totally in no\u00a0time and minimun effort. So this post provides you two available ways to uninstall\u00a0it. The two ways are called “manually uninstall Eclipse” and “uninstall it by a\u00a0tool” . Maybe you are one of those people who have been searching effective ways\u00a0to uninstalling Eclipse for a long time and tired of it, we recommend you read\u00a0this post. Maybe you will find this guide very useful.<\/p>\n

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\nThe first way – manually remove Eclipse on your Mac<\/h2>\n

Some Mac users remove Eclipse just delete it from Mac, because they don’t realize\u00a0that there will be some attached files stay on Mac. These additional files will\u00a0occupy limited space and finally make the Mac slow. So you need to get rid of all\u00a0these files to make your Mac run well.<\/p>\n

In fact, manually remove Eclipse just take some simple steps to finish, although\u00a0it takes some time to finish. People just need to drag the program file to the\u00a0Trash, find out the leftovers and remove it. And finally empty the Trash if you\u00a0don’t need the the Eclipse anymore. Details about how to uninstall Eclipse<\/em> are as\u00a0follows:<\/p>\n

Step 1.<\/strong> Remove it from your Mac<\/p>\n

Open the Applications<\/strong> folder in the Finder<\/strong>, find out the Eclipse icon you need to\u00a0uninstall, drag the file icon to the Trash<\/strong> in the dock. Also you can highlight\u00a0this App with a single click and move it to the Trash by pressing Cmd+ Del<\/strong> on your\u00a0keyboard.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong> If the Eclipse can be found in the dock, you can directly drag it from the\u00a0desktop to the Trash.<\/p>\n

Congratulations! you have remove Eclipse from you Mac. However, it is not as\u00a0effective as you wish if you want to totally uninstall Eclipse from your Mac.There are some preference files, kernel extensions and hidden files still stay on\u00a0your Mac anyway. So the next steps for your to totally uninstall is to clean these\u00a0leftovers.<\/p>\n

Steps 2.<\/strong> Find and remove leftovers that is attached to Eclipse<\/p>\n

Open the finder<\/strong>, go to the Menu Bar<\/strong>, open the “go<\/strong>“menu, select the entry: |\u00a0Go\u00a0<\/strong>to Folder<\/strong>… And then enter the path of the Application Support folder: ~\/Library<\/p>\n

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Search for any files or folders with the name of application or its vendor in the~\/Library\/Preferences\/ , ~Library\/Application support\/\u00a0<\/strong>and~\/Library\/Caches\/\u00a0<\/strong>folders. Right click on those items and click move to Trash<\/strong> to delete them.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, we suggest the most common locations where you should look for them.\u00a0These locations are:<\/p>\n